FISHES OF TEXAS AND THE RIO GRANDE BASIN. 
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XXXI.— CENTRARCHIDiE. THE SUNFISHES. 
141 . Pomoxis annularis Raf. Crappie; “ Sac-a-lait.” Long Lake and Trinity River at Magnolia 
Point, Neelies River east of Palestine, Buffalo Bayou at Houston, and Duncan Lake and 
other ponds near the mouth of the Trinity River, from which it is brought to the Houston 
market. 
142. Pomoxis sparoides (Lac.). Calico Bass; “Sac-a-lait.” This species is brought to the Houston 
market in considerable numbers from San Jacinto River at Lynchburg. Both this and the 
crappie are known here as “ sac-a-lait.” Taken also by Jordan & Gilbert in Red River at 
Fulton, Ark. 
143 . Chaenobryttus gulosus (C. & V.). Warmoutli; “Goggle-eye.” Leon River, Rio Medina, Dry 
Creek, and San Pedro Creek (as Calliurus melanops types, Girard, 1857, and Girard, 1858, 
pi. in). Rio Lampasas at Belton (Jordan & Gilbert, 1886). Long Lake, Trinity River, 
and Neches River near Palestine. Big White Oak Bayou, Sims Bayou, Kilper’s Ponds, Hunter 
Creek, and Buffalo Bayou near Houston. San Jacinto River at Lynchburg, from which it is 
brought to the Houston market. Dickinson Bayou near Dickinson. 
144 . Lepomis cyanellus Raf. Blue-spotted Sunfish. Tributary of Gypsum Creek, headwaters of the 
Brazos River, headwaters of Colorado River, Red River at Fort Washita, and Rio Brazos 
(as Calliurus formosus types, Girard, 1857, and Girard, 1858, pi. v, figs. 1-4). Otter Creek, 
Arkansas, Rio Blanco (as Calliurus diaphanus types, Girard, 1857, and Girard, 1858), (as 
Pomotis longulus types, Baird & Girard, 1853, pi. xn). Rio Cibolo, a tributary of the Rio 
San Antonio (as Bryttus longulus, Baird & Girard, 1854). Rio Medina (as Bryttus signifer 
types, Girard, 1857, and Girard, 1858, pi. vn, figs. 5-8). Rio Cibolo, Mineville, Rio Seco, 
and the Rio Pecos (as Calliurus longulus, Girard, 1858, pi. v, figs. 5-8, and pi. vr, figs. 
5-8). Rio Cibolo and the Minneville River (as Calliurus longulus, Girard, 1859, pi. iv, 
figs. 1-4). Red River at Fort Washita and the Rio Brazos (as Calliurus microps types, 
Girard, 1857, and Girard, 1858, pi. iv, figs. 1-4). Indianola to Nueces, Delaware Creek, 
and headwaters of Rio Brazos (as Calliurus murinus types, Girard, 1857, and Girard, 1858, 
pi. vn, figs. 1-4). Brownsville (as Apomotis cyanellus, Jordan, 1878). Trinity River at 
Dallas and Fort Worth (as Apomotis cyanellus, Cope, 1880). Rio Lampasas at Belton and 
Rio Colorado at Austin (Jordan & Gilbert, 1886). In the collection made by Mr. Orland 
Coate there are 19 specimens of this species from Spring Creek and 12 from Fulton Creek. 
The type of Calliurus murinus (U. S. N. M. No. 415) is a single specimen 6 inches long, in 
good condition, and labeled as coming from “ near Indianola, Tex.” 
145 . Lepomis symmetricus Forbes. Head, 2f; depth, 2£; eye, 3f ; snout, 4£; D. x-10; A. m-9; 
scales, 6-35-10. Body rather short and deep, the back evenly arched, a slight depression 
above eye ; caudal peduncle stout, its least depth nearly one-half length of head. Mouth 
small, oblique, the maxillary reachiug to vertical of eye; supplemental maxillary bone not 
present; 5 rows of scales on cheek; opercular process two-thirds diameter of eye, flexible 
margin narrow, the black not confined to the bony part. Lower pharyngeals broad, broader 
than in somewhat larger specimens of L. gibbosus, the teeth bluntly coni c ; gill-rakers lono- 
and slender, the longest more than half diameter of eye. Lateral line gently arched, incom- 
plete, developed on about 14 scales only. Fins moderate, longest dorsal spine equal to dis- 
tance from tip of snout to posterior edge of pupil; soft dorsal higher, its longest ray half 
length of head ; pectorals long, 1^ in head ; reaching third anal spine; ventrals short, scarcely 
reaching anal, or nearly twice in head; anal, size of soft dorsal. Coloration in alcohol: 
Base of each scale on upper parts of body and along sides brown, outer margin pale, the 
general appearance resulting being that of 12 or 13 longitudinal rows of brown spots, 4 of 
which lie above the lateral line; on the caudal peduncle the spots are less regular; all 
parts of the body, including fins as well, covered thickly with small coifee-colored specks,, 
the head and breast being especially thickly covere d ; tips of the ventral fins black ; no black 
spot on dorsal or anal, and no blue lines on cheek. Compared with spec imens of Lepomis 
symmetricus from New Orleans, collected by Dr. R. W. Shufeldt (U. S. N. M. No. 35213), the 
pharyngeal bones are somewhat narrower, the lateral line is less developed and the anal 
spines are longer. One specimen (U. S. N. M. No. 44830), 3 inches long, from Kilper’s Pond, 
Houston, Tex., November 21, 1891. 
