On a collection of fishes from eastern Mississippi

488 PROCEEDINGS OF

UI^ITED

STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM.

Tnhlc of measurements.

Species. .

Locality

Extremelength

Lengthtoendofcaudal armature.

Body

:

Greatest height Greatestwidth Heightat ventrals Least heightoftail

Lengthot'caudal peduncle Head:

Greatest length

Distancefrom snouttonape ^.

.

Gieatestwidth

Widthof interorbitalarea.. .

Lengthofsnout Lengthofthe operculum Lcugtli ofmaxillary Lengthofmandible Diameterof orbit Dorsal(spinous)

:

Distancefrom snout Lengthofbase Greatest height

(Soft)lengthofbase Heightatlongestray Anal

:

Distancefrom snout Lengthofbase Heightatfirstfreespine Heightatlongestray Caudal: ^•

Lengthofmiddle rays Lengthofexternalrays Pectoral:

Length Ventral:

Length Dorsal Anal

Numberofplates in lateral line.. .

Caranxbeani.

Beaufort,N.C.

Inches and lOOths.

6.85 5.48

lOOths of length.

Caranxcibi.

Cuba.

Inches and lOOths.

11.00 9.00

30 27 15

Hi

lOi 8 14 16 9 43 17 9 38 13 63 38 4 11

13 VIII-I, 20 II-I,22 25

lOOths of length.

100 33 14 30 4 10 30

10 10 8

Hi

15 7

10 34i 12i

31 2i

34 11 VIII-I, 25 II-I,22 29

Indiana State University,

Bloomington, Ind., November 10, 1880.

OIV

A

COIil^ECTIOlV

OF FISHES FKO.n FASTFKN

ITIBSSISSSPPI.'^

By

O. p.

HAY.

The

collectionoffishes which itis the objectof the presentpaperto describe

was made

almost wholly

by

the author, whileon a trip along the eastern side of the State of Mississi])pi, during- the latter partof

March

and the earlypart of April of the presentyear, 1880.

The

route taken

was

along the Mobile

and

Ohio Railroad,

and

extended from Corinth, near the northern lineof the State, to Shubuta, a

town

about onehundred milesnorth of Mobile. Stojjswere

made

alongthis lineof travel of from afewhours tofour orfive days.

The

conditions forcol-

*AfullseriesofthesehasbeeupreseutedtotheNationalMuseuui.

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lectingwereusuallyvery unfavorable, on accountofhigh waterandthe superabundanceof logs and snags. Nevertheless, I succeeded in col- lecting altogether 53 species. Three additional species,and additional specimensofseveral species thatI

had

alreadysecured,havesincebeen sent

me by

Mr. WilliamA. Warner, of Enterprise.

Of

the 56 species

named

in the succeeding pages, I describe 15 as

new —7 of them in the fiimily of Uthcostomatidce, and 8 in Cyprinidcc.

Littlehas yetbeen doneinthe

way

ofdeterminingthe fishfaunaofthis

and some

ofthe otherSouthernStates,where so richafield isoffered to thenaturalist.

At

Corinth a few draws were

made

with the seinein a little stream that runs near the railwaydepot. This streamis abranch of the Tus- curabia, which eventually emi)ties into theMississipi)ithroughtheBig

Hatch

ee.

At

Artesia, in

Lowndes

County,

my

collecting was done in

Catawba

Creek

and

itsbranches

and

ponds. This creekflows intotheTibbyhah, itselfan affluent of theTombigbee. South of this point, I nextfished atMacon,in

Koxubee

County, on the i^"oxubee lliver.

The

riveritself

was

too high toenter,

and

I

had

tocontent myself with workingthe l)onds

and

Horsehunter Creek, whichat this point flows into thei^ox- ubee.

At

Narkeeta,in

Kemper

County,I

saw

afew "Sunfishes" takenfrom the SucarnocheeEiver, atributary ofthe Tombigbee.

At

Enterprise, inClarke County,

my

collecting

was

doneintheChick-

asawha

Eiver

and

its branches, near thetown. Ihave in

my

collection from that place33 species.

One

species was caughtwith a hook from the

same

streamat Shubuta,inthe south part^ofthesamecounty. Fur- thersouth thisriver joins the Leaf, toformthePascagoula,whichflows intothe Gulf.

I havenotin this paper attempted^{to discuss}the geographical^distri- butionof the species obtained, as this I consider useless until a

much more

complete surveyof the State hasbeen made. ^ThisI hopeto be able todo at

some

future time.

At

the end of this paper1 subjoin a

list ofthespeciesobtainedat eachofthelocalitiesthat I have named.

Types ofthe

new

species described have been furnished theISTational

Museum,

as well as duplicates ofmostoftheothers. Duplicatesofsome of the

new

specieshavealsobeenplaced inProfessor Jordan'scollection.

The

remainder^ofthe collection^isthe property ofButlerUniversity, at Indianapolis, Indiana.

I take pleasureinacknowledging

my

indebtednesstoProf.D. S.Jor-

dan

forvarious suggestions

made

in reference to the species herein named,as wellas forgeneralaidobtainedfrom hisnumerouspapersou thefresh-water fishesofourcountry.

490 proceedings of united states national museum.

Family ETHEOSTOMATID^.

Genus AMMOCRYPTA,

Jordan.

'

1.

Ammocrypta

gelida, Hay,sp.nov. (No.27,425, U.S.Nat.Mus.)

General form of the

body

that of P.pellucidus (Bd.) Ag.; terete, slen- der,

and

in life almost transparent.

Head

pointed.

Mouth

terminal, larger than in P.pellucidus^the maxillarybone extending backto aver- tical fromtheanterior ofthe orbit.

Jaws armed

withlarge, cnrva^d teeth.

Ej

es high np, 4 in the head, lessthan the lengthofthe snout.

Cheeks and

operclesnaked. Opercularspineabsent, thebone termi- natingbehind in athin

and

obtuse process.

Body

almost

naked

; about threerows of pectinated scales along the lateralline, 05scales in eachrow.

The

rays of the medianlinsas follows: T>.

X,

₁₁; A.I, 10 or9. Dor- sals separated.

Length

of spinous dorsaleight-ninthsthat ofthehead,

and

four-fifthsas high as long. Soft dorsal three-fourths the length of the head,

and

two-thirds ashigh as long. Anal,inlength, slightlyless tlian soft dorsal, aiid alittle less iuheight thaninlength.

Head

in the length to base of caudal 4^; depth inlength 7 J.

Color of the

body

in spiritswhite; in life translucent, with a golden yellow

band

along each side.

Head

above dusky,from being thickly sprinkled with blackpoints.

A

few such points are scatteredover the wholedorsalsurface. Spinous dorsalwith a black spot abouthalf

way up

iu front. Soft dorsal, anal,

and

caudal slightly dusky. i!>fo spots along the sidesordorsalregion.

Length

to baseofcaudal 1| inches.

Found

in the

Chickasawha

EiveratEnterprise. Itseems to prefera sandybottom.

The

description ofthis species seemsto agree prettywellwith that of

Ammocrypta

heanii, published

by

ProfessorJordan in Bulletin No.10of theUnited States National ]\Iuseum.

Judging

from his description, however,

my

species isslenderer and has a headcomparatiA'ely shorter.

A. heanii has depthinlength6, head _3f.

The

^finformulais alsodiffer- ent, beingin hisspeciesD.X,10^; A.I,0.

The

coloration ofthe spinous dorsalis different.

Nor

do Iobserve that thesoft dorsal

and

analtins of

my

^speciesare notablyhigherthanthey are inspecimensof P.pellu- cidus.

To

the generic characters given

by

ProfessorJordaninhisdescription of A. heanii I will

add

that of the complete absence of an oi)ercular spine. This spine is wanting in no other Etheostomoid fishes

known

tome, although^itisfeebly developedin Micropercapuiictulata.

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Genus PEECIKA,

"^ Hald.

2. Percinacaprodes(Raf.)Grd. (No. 27,424, U. S.Nat. Mus.)

Fercinacajrrodes,Jord.^n,AuualsN.Y.Lye. Nat.Hist. 1877, 312(Synonomy)

A

siugle specimenof the "Hog-fish", taken from the Chickasawha, has been sent

me by

Mr.

W,

A. Warner.

Genus HADROPTERUS,

Agassiz.

3. Hadropterusspillmani, Hay, sp.uov. (No. 27,432.)

Body

elongated, compressed.

Head

in the length about 4 times.

Depth

inthe length, exclusive of the caudal fin,5 times.

Eye

equalto snout,

and

one-fourth the length of thehead.

Lateral line witl\from 50to GO scales, G ro\YSabove and9 below.

A

row

of enlarged, non-deciduous, ctenoid plates along the middle ofthe belly. Cheeks

and

opercles scaled.

The

whole chest covered with small plates orscales.

The

fin-raysas follows: D. XII, 12_; A. II, 9. Spinous dorsalabout nine-tenths aslong- asthe head,

and

one-half as high aslong; softdor- sal three-fifthsas long as the head,

and

five-sixthsasliigh aslong; anal equalinlength tothe soft dorsal,

and

about ashighas long. Ventrals

and

pectorals reachingback about tothe

same

i)oint,two-thirds thedis- tancefromthebaseof theventrals to thevent. Caudalfin truncated.

Spinous

and

soft dorsals wellseparated.

The

snout israther pointed; upper

jaw

notprotractile;

mouth

moder- ate, the maxilhuy reachingback toavertical from theanteriorof the orbit. Teeth onjaws,vomer, aijdpalatines.

Mouth

slightly oblique.

The

generalcoloris darkabove,reddish yellow below.

The

sides are crossed by about adozen

brown

bands, which are broadest along the lateral line, where coalescing-they form adark horizontal band. This

band

becomes narrower

and

better defined onthe head, and iscontin- uedalong theupper edgeof the opercleand cheek, throughthe eye, to the tipof the snout.

A

harrow darkline runs

downward

and forward fromthe loweredgeofthe ^orbit. There arethree well-defined spots at the baseof the caudalfin.

The

vertical fins are blotched

more

or less with duskycolors; the ventralsare bluish black, while thepectorals arelighter.

The

cheeks

and

the occipitalregion are paleincolor; thesnout

and

interorbital spaceare bluish black.

Length, exclusive of caudal fin,3inches.

This species is allied to S. nigrofasciatus, adescription of whichis

given

by

Professor Jordan in the

Ann.

X. Y. Lye. Xat. Hist. 1877, 310.

Judging from a comparison of

my

specimens with his description, I think thattheyevidently belong^to adistinctspecies.

Several specimens of this

handsome

^fish were caught with small hooks inabranch fiowingintothe Chickasawhaat Enterprise. 1 dedi- cateit to

mv

^{friend Rev.William Spillman,}

M.

D., of Enterp)ise,

who

402 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM.

lias spent along life in scientific labors in the South,

and who

has thereby done

much

to increase our

knowledge

of the geology

and

nat- ural history of his

own and

neighboring States.

Genus BOLBOSOMA, DeKay.

4. Boleosomamaculatum,Agassiz. (No.27, 443.) B. hrcvipinne, Cope,Proc.Amer.Phil. Soc. 1870, 268.

A

^{singlespecimen ofaBoleosoma}

was

^obtainedin Horsehunter Creek atMacon.

An

examination indicatesthatit isB.maculatum^ although

itdoes not agree whollywith descriptions of that species. It is

much

paler than specimens of that species obtained in the streams about Indianai)olis. Therearenodark barson the back,

and

the spots usually found alongthelaterallinearenot asconspicuous aa

common. The

tin

formulaisD.VIII, 12; A. I, 8. Lateral line 50.

1 donot believe that the sei)arationofB. olmstedi

and

B. maculatum asdistinct species can bemaintained.

The

charactersmostrelied onin distinguishing

them

are thediiierence inlength of thesoft dorsal, the difference inthe

number

ofscales along thelateralline,

and

the smooth- ness or scaliness of the cheeks. I have

examined

specimens in the State collection at Normal, 111., labeled B. maculatum, that appear to combine these characters

m

^allsortsofways.

Some

havescaledcheeks, 55vertical rows ofscales,

and

dorsalfin-rays

X,

VI.

Another

specimen noted has scaled cheeks, 48 rows of scales,

and

dorsal rays VIII, 11.

Another

has bare cheeks, 53 scales, dorsal IX, 12. Another, bare cheeks, 40 scales, dorsal rays IX, 13. Specimens there labeled B.

olmstedi

seem

to bein no

way

different.*

As

to color, I have specimens from

Western

Illinois that are almost black, esi)eciallythe head, thevertical

and

the ventral fins. Theseare males.in theirbreeding dress, but theyappeartobeunusually dark.

Genus i^ANOSTOMA, Putnam.

5. Nanostomazonale(Coiie)Jordan. (No.27,417.)

PmcUichthyszonalis, Cope, Journ.Acad.Nat. Sci.Phila. 1869, 212.

Nanoslomazonule, Jordan, Bull.U.S. Nat.Mus. No.10, 6, 1877.

Two

specimensof this beautiful species were seinedin a shallow

and

sandycreek flowing intothe

Chickasawha

Eiver at Enterprise.

They

differ in no

way

from described specimens, except that none of the transversebands anterior to the anal fin i3ass around the lowerpart of the body.

Even

in thisrespect they are likea specimen mentioned

by Cope

fromthe

Miami

River, in Indiana.

The

belly, throat,

and

spaces between the barsbelow the lateralline are, inspirits,pure white.

*Since the above lineswere pennedIhave received the October number of the AmericanNaturalist,from^vhichIlearnthatProf.S.A. Forbes, of the IllinoisState LaboratoryofNatural History,inhis interesting articleon "TheFoodofthe Darters", regardsthetwoso-calledspecies as identical. ProfessorJordan alsoinformsmethat henowconsidersthetwoformsasmerely" subspecies".

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6. Nanostomaelegans,Hay, sp.nov. (No. 27,445.)

Body

stout

and somewhat

compressed.

Head

short and deep,with swollencheeks.

The

snoutis turned abruptly downward.

The

moutli

is subtenninal, horizontal,

and

small, the maxillary not reachingback to thevertical from the anterior oftheorbit.

Upper jaw

notprotractile.

Eye

in the head 4 times.

Head

inthe length tocaudal (as inallmeasurementsin thispaper) 4 times; depthⁱⁿ length5.

Depth

ofcaudal peduncle twiceinitslength

;

this equalto threetenths ofthelengthofthe body.

Eows

ofscales 5-42-G. Laterallinecomplete, nearlystraight.

The

formula of the vertical finsis D. X, ₁₂; A. II, 8.

The

spinous dorsal slightlylonger than the head,

and

half as high as long. Soft dorsal five-sixths as long as the head,

and

two-thirds as highas long.

Anal

three-fourths the lengthofthe head,

and

ashigh aslong, the pos- teriorrays being thelongest.

The

pectoralfins arevery wide

and

long, reaching beyondthetips of the ventrals and to t^e vent. Caudal finemarginate.

Cheeks, opercles,

and

backof the neck scaly; the chestand there-

gionjustbehindthe ventrals naked. Gill-membranebroadly connected across the breast.

The

general colorofthe body,after lyinginspirits, ispurple.

Along

the back are six large square blotches of black,

and

along the sides abouteight broadtransverse bars of the

same

color, butfainter; these least distinct forward.

Along

the lateral line, alternating with the transversebars, area

number

of spots, which, inthe caseof

my

largest specimen, areof a

more

intense color than the bars. These spots con- nect the bars,

and

with

them

forma darklateral band.

Besides these markings,

many

of the scales, bothwithin

and

outside thedark bars,principallyabove the lateral line,but also below,have at theirbase a jet-black dot. These dots are so arranged as toform

somewhat

regular longitudinal lines.

At

the extremityof thecaudal pedunclethereis a small black spot justabovethelast transversebar,

and

anotherbelow it. There area fewblack spots behind the eye; a dark bar running from the eye

downward, and

another from theeye forwardto the snout.

Ventral

and

anal fins indigo-blue.

Some

of the

same

coloronthe ])ectorals- In life thereis a barof deep orange orred ruunhig along thebase of both dorsals.

The

tips of the ventral rays in somespeci-

mens, malesperhajis, are swollen.

Lengthoflongestspecimen²ⁱinches.

Taken

in a shallow, rocky,

and

sandy branch of the

CMckasawha

Riverat Enteri^rise.

The

small, subinferior mouth,littlecompressedbody,and widelycon- nected gill-membrane ally this species to JSfanostoma.

The

dorsal fins areseparated as in Nothonotus.

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Genus PCECILICHTHYS,

Agassiz.

7. PcEcilichthysartesias,Hay, sp. nov. (No.27,434.)

Inthis species the

body

is

more

elongated than usual,

and

consider- ablycompressed.

The

head is large

and

contained in the length to caudal fin 3^ times; depth in length 5 times. Caudal pedunclecon- tainedin the length of thebody'4J; its depth one-halfitslength.

Mouth

large, the maxillary reaching to a vertical from the pui>il, terminal,nearlyhorizontal; the lower

jaw

slightlyshorterthanthe up- per. Gill-membranerather broadly connected across the breast.

The

eye^equaltothe snout, and containedinthehead_4J times.

The

cheeks arewholly covered with small scales, resemblingin this respect P. asprigeniSj Forbes, from Central Illinois.

The

opercles arecovered withlarge scales.

The

scales on the region between the occiput

and

the dorsalfin arevery small.

Therearealong the sidesabout50verticalrowsofscales,8 horizontal rows above the lateral line

and

11 below.

The

lateral line extends slightly behind the posterior

end

of the soft dorsal, being absent on about10 or 12 scales. Just above the base of thei)ectoralfin, on each

side, there ^isan enlarged blackscale.

The

two dorsals are contiguous, the

membrane

of the first reaching the second.

The

fin-rays are, D. XI, 13^; A. II, 7.

The

length of the

firstdorsal,measured from the firsttothe la-vStspine,equal to thelength ofthe head; itsheightlessthan halfitslength.

The

soft dorsal seven- ninthsthe length of the head; its height about four-fifths its length.

The

anal isin length a YiUlo

more

thanone-half the length of thehead;

itsheight alsoone-half the iK^ad.

The

j)ectoral

and

ventral finsreach

backward

tothe

same

point.

The

pectorals are

much

smaller than in P. cocrulcus (Stor.) Ag., reaching back only three-fifths the distance from their origin tothe vent, while in thatspecies they extend

backward

four-fifths this distance.

Color.

—

^{Sides yellowish olive, with} indications of transverse

and

oblique bars of dark,

and

sprinkled with

many

small blotches of car- mine. Pectorals

and

ventrals dull blue. Dorsals with abroad

band

of carminerunning along the middle, borderedon eachside with orange.

The

tipsofthedorsals dull blue, as is also the baseof the soft dorsal.

Base

of the spinous dorsal with several blotches of carmine.

Anal

mostly crimson, tippedwithblue. Caudal first'blue, then orange, then carmine, followed

by

orange, and tipped with blue.

The

iris is yellow.

Length

ofthe only specimen obtained 2^inches.

From

asmall branchflowing intotheCatawba, itselftributary tothe Tombigbee.

A

brilliantlittle fish, attracting

by

^its brightcolors the eye at adis- tance of

many

feet.

The

palatine ^eeth of this species form a broad band, whereas in P. cocruleusthey arefewin

number and

in asinglerow.

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8. Poecilichthyssaxatilis,Hay, sp. nov. (No. 27,433.)

In

my

collection there is a single specimenof another PceciUcJithys thatappears to be undescribed. It measures but 1| inches in leagth.

The

lateral lineis incomplete, butextends asfar back astheposterior raysofthesoft dorsal,being found on35scalesand not arched over the pectorals. There areabout50verticalrowsof scales

and

11 horizontal rows,5 abovethelateral line

and

6 below.

The

operculahave afewlarge scales,butthe cheeksarenaked.

The

breast

and

throat are bare.

The

dorsal

and

anal fin-rays are as follows: D. XI, 10^; A.II, 7.

The

spinous dorsal equals theheadinits length, andisone-half as highas long.

The

soft dorsal is two-thirds aslongas the head,

and

ashighas long.

The

dorsalsare separated

by

a space equal toone-half the head.

The

anal,in height

and

length, isequalto nearly one-half thelengthofthe head.

The

headis contained 4 timesin the length of the body,thedepth 5 times,

and

the caudal peduncle _3.J times.

The

head is narrow and pointed; the profile descends in a gradual curve.

The mouth

is hori- zontal,terminal,

and

large, the maxillary extending back to avertical

fromtheanterioredgeof thepupil.

The

eyeis equaltothe snout, and

iscontainedin the head 4times.

Upper

jaw non-iirotractile.

Incolorthe specimenin

my

possession rather resembles a Boleosoma oraBoleiclithysthanatypicalPoecilicJithys. Above,the groundcoloris

yellowisholive, belowpale.

On

the dorsal regionare aboutsix square

brown

spots.

Along

thesidesthereareabouteight

somewhat

^V-shaped spots ofthe

same

color,between which and thedorsal blotches are

many

specksof

brown

arrangedinzigzaglines.

A

blackstreak before theeye

and

another belowit. Opercle mostly black.

An

enlarged blacklui-

meral scale on each side. All the fins,except theanal, more or less barred with dusky.

Found

at Enterprise in arocky

and

sandy stream flowing into the Chickasawha.

Genus YAILLANTIA,

Jordan.

9. Vaillantiachlorosoma, Hay,sp.nov. (No.27,428.)

Body

slender, compressed,

and

the dorsal region

much

arched.

At

the vent the

body

is suddenlycontractedintothelongand slender cau- dal peduncle, which (measuix^d from the posterior anal ray to baseof caudalfin) is containedin the wholelength of the

body

3^ to3.}times,

and

has adepthone-third itslength.

The

head is small, pointed,

and

contained in thelength from 4^ to 4£ ^tiuies.

Eye

inthe head4.

Up-

per

jaw

protractile.

Mouth

horizontal,moderate,subinferior, the upper

jaw

overlapping thelower.

The

depth of the

body

in its length from

5to 5i times

Thereare from50to COverticalrowsof scales,andabout 12 horizon- talrows between the softdorsal and anal.

The

lateral line isfounduu

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from 4to20 or

more

ofthescales. Cheeks

and

opercles scaled. Eegion in frontof pectoral

and

ventral fins sometimes scaled

and

sometimes naked.

The

fin-rays are, D. IX, 11 (10)^; A. I, 7or 8.

The

dorsals are sepa- rated

by

a distance eqnal to one-half the length of the head, or more.

The

spinous dorsal isfive-seventhsas long asthe head,

and

four-fifths as highas long.

The

softdorsalhas about the

same

dimensions.

The

analis equal to one-half thehead inlength

and

height.

Incolor this speciesis of ai^ale greenishyellow, with

many

blotches

and

zigzag markings of brown. There isa

row

ofabout ten of these blotches on each side,most distinct on the caudal i)eduncles. Also there are abouteightsquare

brown

spots along thedorsal region. To]) of thehead, a spot

on

theojierculum,

and

another below theeye,dark_; alineof the

same

color, but

more

distinct, fromtheeyeto the snout.

Length

of thelargest specimen^{1"^}inches.

Thisspecies appearsto bewidelydistributed, asI obtaineditatCor- inthin a smallstreamthatflows intotheTuscumbia,atArtesiain

Sandy

Creek,

and

at

Macon

inHorsehunterCreek.

The

characters ofthis speciesappear toagree in

many

respectswith those of Boleosoma ^gracile, Girard, described in the Proc. Acad. Nat.

Sci.Phila. 1859, 103. Girard's specimens were from Southwest Texas.

In B. gracile,however, the spinous dorsalis described as being longer

and

lowerthanthesoft dorsal,

and

the anal as being

much

deeperthan long, which statements do notwell applyto Boleichthys chlorosoma. I

am

also informed

by

ProfessorJordan thatthe

jaw

ofB.gracileisnon- protractile.

The

species thatI have above described belongs to Professor Jor- dan's genus Vaillantia (Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 12, 89),the typeof

which

is Boleosoma camurum, Forbes.

From

that species it difi'ers,

among

otherthings, inhavingthe

two

dorsals widely separated. InB.

camurum

they are contiguous.

Genus MICROPEECA, Putnam.

10. Micropercaproeliaris,Hay,sp.nov. (No.27,418.)

The

speciesaboutto be described

may

j)ossiblybelong to thegenus Boleichthys. 1

have

but a single specimen, which hasatotal length of 1^inches. It

was

obtained atCorinth,

and wa«

atfirstsupposed tobe aspecimenof V. chlorosoma.

The body

is rather short

and

stout, the depth being contained inthe length alittle

more

than 4 times.

Behind

thevent the

body

becomes contractedintothecaudal peduncle, Avhich iscompressed

and

contained in the length of the

body

3 times. Its

median

depth is one-thirdits length.

The

headiscontained inthe length 4 times.

The

snoutconical

and

X^oiuted.

The

jaws are equal, the upjier not protractile; the

mouth

TROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 497

termiual, slightly oblique,

and

ratlier small.

The

maxillary reaches back to a verticalfrom the anterior of the orbit.

The

eye is small 4 iu head,

and

greaterthan the snout. Cheeks

and

operclescovered with largescales. Opercularspine well(leveloi)ed.

The

scales of the

body

arelarge, there being only 3Gvertical and 11 horizontalrows, the latter counted between the dorsal andanterior of anal.

The

lateral lineis found onbut

two

scales anteriorly. Fin-rays, I).Ylir, 11; A. I, C.

Anal

II, G,in a specimen of the same species from

Alabama

in the U. S. Nat. Mus. {Jide Jordan).

The

two dorsals are wellseparated. Spinousdorsal two-thirds the length of the head,

itsheighta little

more

than one-half the head. Soft dorsal with about the

same

dimensions.

Anal

spine slender and of moderate length.

Length

of anal 3 times in thehead; its height twice itslength. Pec- torals

and

ventralsreaching nearly to the vent.

Color greenish olive, with

many

spec]i:s of brown. These

brown

specks

somewhat

inrows above the place for the lateral line.

About

ten oblong spots of

brown

along thesides, most distinctabovethe anal

tin. Below, white.

The

usual black streaksbelow and infrontof the eye. Dorsal tins

somewhat

barred.

The

generalappearanceof thislittlefish isthat of aBoleichthys, but thevery shortlateralline, large scales, equal jaws, &c., seem to allyit

mostclosely to Microperca.

From

the latter it differs inhaving but a singleanal spine

and

the beginnings of alateral line. Since, however, this "lateral line" is found on the opercle of

M.

punctnlata, it would not be surprisingif it shouldbe sometimes, even in thatspecies, found on cueor

two

of theanteriorscales.

Family CENTRARCIIID^.

Genus MICROPTERUS,

Lacepede.

11. Micropteruspallidas (Raf.) Gill

&

Jor. (No. 27,450.) Htiro ni[/rwans, DeKay, FaunaN. Y. Fishes, 1842,15.

Micropterusnigricans. Cope, Proc.Acad. Nat. Sci.Phila, 1865,8;j.

DiopVites nuecensis, GiRARU,U. S.Pac. R. R.Sm'v.vol,x, 4, Micropteruspallidus,Jordan',AnnalsN.Y.Lye. Nat.Hist. 1877, 314.

Thisspeciesisabundanteverywhere,

and

isesteemedasoneofthebest food-fishes. Itiscalled'"Trout_", instead of "Bass", as at the North.

The young

are conspicuously

marked by

a darlc, sometimes inter- rupted, lateral band. This is sometimes found also in the adults.

There is oftena small patch of feeble teeth on the tongue^{of both} this speciesand

M.

salmoides.

Specimens were obtained in the

Catawba

at Artesia, and in the

Chickasawha

at Enterprise.

Proc. Nat. Mus. ⁸⁰ 32

Feb. 36,

^fl

8 8

1

.

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Genus AMBLOPLITES,

Eaf.

12. Ambloplitesrupestris(Rat.)Gill. (No.27,4r)l.)

Centrarchitspectacanilms,DeKay,FauuaN. Y. Fishes, 1842, 30.

Amhloplitesccneus, Giuaiid,Pac. R. R. Surv. vol.x,_8, pi. i.

A

^{fine specimenof thisspecies}

was

^takenintlie

Cbickasawha

at En- terprise.

Another

has sincebeen sent

me by

Mr. Warner.

'

Genus CH^^XOBRYTTUS,

Gill.

13. Chcenobryttus^gulosu.s(C.

&

V.)Gill. (No.27,459.)

CaUiunismelanops, GiRAi^D,Pac. R. R. Surv.vol._{x, 11, pi.}iii.

Cho'.nobrijttus gulosiis, Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1805,81.—Joisdan, AunalsN.Y. Lye. Nat.Hist. 1877, 381.

A

^single specimenof this

was

obtained at Enterprise. It has

many

ofthe characteristics assigned bj^Professor Jordan to Ch.viridis. This latterspeciesisattributed

by him

tothe regionfromYirgi]iiato Florida.

Inthe specimen

which

I caughtthe colorationis quite dark, being a reddish brown.

Most

ofthescaleshaveadarkspotinthecenter. This spot, on afewof thescales aloug the sides, is(piite conspicuous.

The

finsare dark in color, the soft dorsal, especiallybelund, being- marke<l with spots.

The

base of the anal is also obsoletely spotted. Tii)s of soft dorsal

and

analin lifebrightred.

Lower jaw and

snoutlivid blue.

The

specimen agrees well with Girard's Calliurns melanops. I thiukit

not unlikelythat Ch. gulosus

and

viridis will turn out to be varieties of the

same

species.

Genus APOMOTIS,

Eafinesque.

14. Apomotiscyanellus(Raf.)Jordan. (No. 27,449.)

CalliuruxformosKS, Giuakd, Pac. R. R. Surv.vol. x, 14, pi. v, ligs.1-4.

Apomotiscyanellus,Jokdax, Bull.U. S.Geol.Surv. vol.iv,No.2,398.

I obtained si^ecimens ofthis widely distributed species from

Catawba

Creekat Artesia,

and

from the

Noxubee

at

Macon.

Genus LEPOMIS,

Ratinesque.

15. Lepomispallidu.s(MitcMU)^Gill

&

Jordan. (No. 27,457.) I'omoiisincisor, DeKay,FaunaN.Y. Fishes, 1842, 33.

romotlssjjcciosus, GiRAr.D, Pac. R. R. Surv.vol. x, 23, pi. viii, figs. 5-S.

LcpiopomuspaJlidus, Joudax,Bull. U. S.Geol.Surv. vol. iv. No.2, 397.

Lepiopomisincisor, Goode

&

Bean,Proc. U.S.Nat. I\Ius.1879,139.

Numerous

specimens of the above specieswere obtained in

Catawba

Creek atArtesia,

Noxubee

Riverat Macon,

and

in the

Chickasawha

at Enterprise.

16. Lepoinisobscurus(Ag.)Jordan. (No.27,4.")8.)

Ponioiisohscurits,Agassiz,Amor.Jouru. Sci.andArts, 18u4, 302.

Lepiopomisohscurus,Jordan, AnnalsN. Y.Lj'c.Nat. Hist. 1S77, 317.

A

^{fine example}of this species, 6 inches long,

was

^{obtainedwith the}

hook

from Sucarnochee Creek atNarkeeta, a stationon the Mobile

and

Ohio Railroad.

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This speciesis distinctfromL. jmllidus, althougli closely related toit.

The

color is

much

darker.

Each

scale has in its centera dark spot, longest

up and

down.

The

opercular flapis longer and more abruptly formed thanin L.palUdiis.

The

opercular flap, measuring fromwhere thescales cease,is equalto thediameterofthe eye,whilein L. palUdtis

itis equalto only two-thirds theeye's diameter.

The

pectoral

and

ven- tral finsreachfully to the firstanal spine.

17. Lepomisfallax(B.

&

^G.)Hay. (No. 27,456.)

Pomoiisfalhixaudconrexifrons, B.

&G.

Proc.Acad. Nat.Sci.Phila.18.54,24.

Fomolisfallax, Giuard,Pac. K.11.Surv. vol. x,27, pi. ix, ^{fig. 5.}

While

at Enterprise Iobtained

some

small specimens of a Sunfish whichbelongs toProfessor Jordan'sgenusXenotis. i sawseveral adult specimens, but could procurenone from their captors,

who

took profes- sional iiride in their long "strings''.

My

attention

was

especially attracted to this fish

by

its

immense

opercularflap. Since returning home, Mr.William A. Warner, of Enterprise, has kindly sent

me

addi- tional material, and,

among

other things,aspecimenofthis fish, having atotallength ofG inches. After acarefulstudy ofthisspecies

my

con- clusionis that ^it is the Pomotis fallaxof Baird

and

Girard, described from Northern Texas.

The

agreementwith thedescription and figures giveninthe PacificRailroad Survey Report isveryclose indeed. Fig.

5, pi. ix, gives a verygood although

somewhat

reduced representation of

my

^{largestspecimen.}

Xenotissoils,Gill

&

^Jor.(Bull.U.S.N"at.Mus.No.10, 22),not Pomotis

soils, C.

&

V. (see Proc. U. ^S. Xat. IMus. 1879, 225), is a

more

elongate species, the greatest depth being contained 2^ times ⁱⁿ the lengthin-

stead of 2, asin

my

specimens.

The

eye of that species is contained intheflap

U

times instead of2, as intliis.

The

flapofthatiscoritained 2J timesⁱⁿthe restof the

head

instead of 2^{times, asin this.} In that thereare"about 5 rows [of scales] above

and

11 below"thelateral line;

in thisthereis one

more

both above and below.

From

P. hrcvieeps, B.

&

G.,it ai)pears to^dift'erinhaving alarger eye, a

more

anterior dorsal fin, and longer ventral fins; from X.megalotis, inthat the

body

isnot soheavyanteriorly.

Icannotgive a descriptionof thecolors in life, exceptthat theyare brilliant. In spirits thebody above^isyellowishbrown,the scalesbeing dark-edged^{; fins dusky,} narrow blue stripes on the cheeks; fla]) jet- black, with a paleedge.

Professor Jordan informs

me

thathe

now

regardsL.fallax assimply avariety of L, mefjalotis. I have not

had

the opportunity ^toexamine enough material to enable

me

to satisfv myself of the correctness of this conclusion.

He

also discardsthe genusXcnotes.

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Genus CENTRAECHUS,

Cmier.

18. Centrarchusirideus (Lac.)C.

&

V.

C. irideus,Jordan,Bull.U. S.Nat. Mns.No. 10, 31.

At

Narkeeta, on the Mobile

and

Ohio Railroad, I

saw

aspecimen of Centrarchus taken fromthe SucarnocheeEiver,but

was

not ableto pro- cureit.

From

an examination

made

at the time I regard itas being"

C

^{irideus. It appeared, however, to}

have some

^of the characters of G. maeropterus; there being,for instance,8anal spines instead of7,the usual number.*

Genus POMOXYS,

Eaflnesque.

19.

Pomoxys

nigromaculatus(LeS.)Girard. (No. 27,401.)

Centrarchusliexacanihus,DeKay, FauuaN. Y. Fishes, vol.iv, 1842, 31.

Fomoxlsnigromaculatus, Girard, Pac. E. R. Surv.vol. x,6.

Numerous

specimens of this were taken from Horsehunter Creek at Macon.

Both

^this

and

the next are

much

sought afteras food

and

to stockfish-ponds.

20.

Pomoxys

annularis, Rafmesque. (No.27,400.)

Fomoxisannularisandnitidus, Girard,Pac. R. R. Surv.vol. x, 6.

Same

localityas above.

Family ELASSOMATID^.

Genus ELASSOMA,

Jordan.

21. Elassoma zonatum, Jordan. (No. 27,4.52.)

Elassoma zonatum,Jordan, Bull. U. S. Nat.Mas. No.10. ^.'0: Bull.111.Lab.

Nat.Hist.No.2,47.

Two

specimens of this interesting species were secured in a

pond

along the

Noxubee

Eiver at Macon.

The

largest

was

1^' inches in length,

somewhat

largerthanthe sj)ecimens hitherto found. After care- fulsearchI

have been

unableto find

any

evidencesof the existence of vomerine teethin this species.

The

fin-formulais,D.^I; Y,10; A.Ill,5 or0.

The

scales are very small

and

difficult to count.

As

nearly as I

^'.ould

make

out,there are42 vertical rows

and

18 or20 horizontal rows between anal

and

dorsal.

The

pseudobranchiai areobsolete.

*Sincetliispaper has goneto press,ProfessorJordan writesniethat heisno^vsat- isfiedthat C.maeropterusandC. irideusareidentical,andthatasthetermmaeropterus hasthepriority,it must heaccei)tedas thenameofthespecies. Hehadalready,in his"CatalogueoftheFishes ofIllinois,"publishedin Bull.No.^'2, 111. Ijab.Nat. Hist., expressed the opinion thattheymighthavetobemergedinto one.

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Family APHREDODERIDtE.

Genus APHREDODERUS, Le

Sueur.

22. Aphredoderus sayanus(Gilliaiiis)DeKay.

AphredoderuHmyanus,DeKay, FaunaN.Y. Fishes,35.

Aplwdoderus isolepsis(Nels.)Jordax,Bull. 111.Lab. Nat.Hist.No.2,48.

Aphrodediruscookianus, Jordan,Proc.Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila.1877,60.

A

^{single small} specimen

was

obtained at Macon. All the

names

cited abovebelong tovarieties of the

same

species.

DeKay

mentions that thisspeciesoccurs at

New

Orleans.

Family CYPRINODONTID^.

Genus ZYGONECTES,

Agassiz.

23.Zygonectesnotatus(Raf.)Jordan. (No.27,444.)

Zjioonectesnotatus, JoRDAK,Bull.U.S. Nat.Mus.No.9,47.

Many

fine specimensof this species were taken. I have

them

from Corinth, Artesia, Macon,

and

Enterprise. This

and

the succeeding species are seen almost everywhere, especially in quiet waters, swim-

ming

near the surface.

One

of

my

specimens from Enterprise is 3 incheslongto the caudal, or atotalof 3Jinches.

The

coloris translucent yellowish green above, silverywhite below, with a broad, dentate,lateral

band

of black. There are four or five longitudinalrows of black dots abovethe lateral baud, especially con- spicuousin specimens from Enterprise.

The

fins are golden,thedorsal

and

caudal dotted withblack.

24.Zygonectes raelanops(Cope) Jordan. (No. 27,427.)

HaplocliUmmelanops,Cope,Proc.Amer. Phil.Soc. 1870,457.

Zi/gonectci mclanops,Jordan,Bull.111. Lab.Nat. Hist.No.2, 52.

Many

of theselittlefishes wereseinedintheponds andrivulets along

Catawba

Creek in the vicinity of Artesia, and in Ilorsehunter Creek nearMacon.

They

^{correspondclosely}with Professor Cope'sdescription cited above. Thisspeciesappearsto have avery widedistribution. It

was

originallydescribed

by

Professor

Cope

from the Neuse River, in

North Carolina. It was next discovered in Southern Illinois

by

Prof.

S. A. Forbes, the accomplished superiutendent of the ^Illinois State Laboratoryof Natural History. ^Ihave

now

the pleasureofannouncing

itsoccurrenceat points

much

farther south.

Family IIYODONTID^.

Genus HYODON, Le

Sueur.

25.

Hyodon

selenops,Jordan

&

^Bean. (No. 27,455.)

Ht/odonsehiwps,Jordan,^Bull.U. S.Nat.Mus.No. 10,f)7.

This beautiful species appears to be abundant ^{in the} Chickasawha Elver.

At

Enterprise, where I

saw

a

number

taken from the water

502 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM.

with hooks, they are called

"Hickory

Shad".

They

are notesteemed very highly as a

meaus

for gratifying the palate. This species is

reportedfromtheTennessee

and Cumberland

Eivers.

Family CLUPEID^.

Genus CLUPEA,

Artedi.

26.Clupeachrysochloris(Raf.)Jor. (No.27,453.) Pomolohnseltrysochloris, Rai<"inesque.

A

^{single specimenof this species has been sent}

me by

^Mr.William

A. Warner,

of Enterprise.

Genus DOROSOMA,

Eafinesque.

27. Dorosoma cepedianum(LeS.)Gill. (No.27,454.)

Dorosoma cej)ediana, Jordan, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pbila. 1877, 69; subsp.

heterurum, Bull.U.S.Nat. Mus.No. 10, 65.

Several specimens ofthis sj^ecies were caught while seining adeep l)ond along the

Noxubee

liiver near IMacon. I do not tind that the characters assigned

by

ProfessorJordantothe variety heterurumexistin

my

specimens, unlessitbethat of the long filamentous ray of the dorsal

fin.

Even

thisdistinction doesnot always hold good. I findno partic- ular differences

between my

largest specimen, S^ inches long,

and

a specimen ofthe

same

sizefrom thePotomac.

Family CYPRINID^E.

Genus HYBOEHYNCHUS,

Agassiz.

28. Hyborhynchusnotatus(Raf.)Ag. (No.27,441.)

Hiihorhijnclius notatns, Copp:,Trans.Amer. Phil.Soc. 1869, 392.

A

^{single specimen obtained at Corinth;}

many

in the waters about Artesia

and

]Macon. In their coloration

some

of the specimensthatI obtained are different from

any

that I

have

seen from other localities

and

from

any

descriptions thathavefallenunderrayeye. These i^eculi- arities of color are observed onlyin the largest individuals, those 2J inchesin length.

Some

of these are quite brown,this color l)eing pro- duced

by

each scale havinga black border.

The head

isblue-black, of varyiug degrees of intensity, being in

some

cases almost jet-black.

Thereisadeepblack

band

occupyingthe whole upperhalfof thedorsal fin.

The

greater part of the caudal fin is also black, the base

and

tip only being light. There is sometimes a black spot near the tipof the posteriorrays of the analfin. In

many

ofthese dark-colored specimens the dark lateral

band

usually seeu in this species iseitherobsolete or indistinct. These highly colored individuals are, no doubt, males in their

wedding

suitsof black.

The

other party does not dress so gor- geously.

PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 503 Genus HYBOGNATHUS,

Agassiz.

29.Hybognathusargyritis, Girard. (No. 27,431.)

Byborjnathusargi/ritis,Giuaijd, Pac. Pt.R.Surv.vol. x,235; Proc.Acad. Nat.

Sci.Phila. 1856, ^182,

Specimensofthisspecieswereseinedin JETorsehunterCreekatMacon,

and

in tlie Chickasawha Eiver at Enterprise.

Some

of these have a totallength of-l.i inches.

Genus ALBUEN^OPS,

Girard.

30. Alburnopstaurocephalus,Hay, sp.nov. (No. 27,439.)

This veryinteresting species resembles

much

Hyhorhynchiis uotatus,

and

thereforerecalls strongh' Professor Cope's description of Ilijbopsu tuditanns,fromNorthernIndiana. (SeeTrans.

Amer.

Phil.Soc.18G!),381.) It isa true Hyhopsis,orAlburnops^asindicated bythe short alimentary canal

and

thecloseunionof the spinousdorsalrayto thefirstsoftdor- sal.

The

teethare 4-4,hooked, compressed,andprovided with amasti- catorysurface.

The body

isstout,

somewhat

compressed, broad andflat above,with a deep

and

angulated caudal peduncle.

The

latter iscontained in the

body

about Sj times. Itsdepth is one-half its length.

The

hcc-d is

broad

and

flatabove,

and

atthe temporalregion formsan angle with the cheeks.

The

breadth of the head behind the eyes isequal to the distance from the muzzleto the back oftheorbit,andnearly two-thirds the length of the head.

The

muzzle is broad

and

obtuse; but not so truncate asthat of Hyhorhynchus ^{notatiis, since}the profde roundsgrad- ually into the snout.

The mouth

^israther small, horizontal, and terminal; the jaws about equal,the upper heavy.

The

maxillary hardly reaches ^a perpendicular fromthe anteriormargin ofthe^orbit.

Eye

large, 3^ inthe head.

Head

inthe length,exclusive of the caudal,

U

^times.

Depth

about equalto the leugth of the head.

Dorsal I, 8^; A. ^{I, 7.}

The

^{dorsal beginsabove theventrals,islonger} than high,

and

has on the anterior rays, ratherbelow the middle, a blackspot. Thisfin

commences

nearer the snoutthanthecaudal.

The

analis small.

The

scales along the lateral line are rather ^large

and

silvery; the formula is 8-43-4.

The

scales in front of the dorsal fin are small, especially onthe nape.

In color this species is pale yellow, with a dusky tinge givenit

by

inimerous black punctulations oneach scale.

The

sides aresilvery, as are also the cheeks

and

opercles. There is an obsolete dusky

band

along thelateralline,terminating at the base of the caudal ina small but^{distinctblack spot.}

The

top of thehead

and

snout brown.

Lengthof the largestspecimen3inches, exclusiveof ^caudal.

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From

the Cliickasawha at Enterprise.

Caught

for bait for hirger fishes,

ami

called "Ball Heads".

While

this species

mast

resembleH. tudltanus,itevidently is distinct from it.

The

dorsal finof thatspeciesis said to be markedlynearerto the candal than tothe

end

ofthe mnzzle, while the contraryis trne in

my

si)ecies. If the horizontal rows of scales

have

been counted cor- rectly,

and

in the

same way

inboth species,there isone

more row

above thelateral line in

mine

than in ProfessorCope's sjiecies.

The mouth

in

S.

tuditcuius is said to be verysmall

and

inferior, as in Hyhoi^lujnclms notatus.

The

latter feature certainly does not belong to the present species.

31. Albuniopslongirostris, Hay,sp.nov. (No.27,440.)

The

general appearance of this species is

much

like that of small specimensof Ericymhahuccata.

Head

rathersmall,containedinthe

body

4^ ^times.

Eye

small,being contained in the

head

4 times; not equaling the snout, whichisone- third the length of the head.

The

upper

jaw

is rounded

and much

overlaps the lower jaw.

The

mouth, therefore, inferior, rather large, ho-rizontal.

The

maxillary- attains a vertical from the anterior of the orbit. Teeth 4-4, hooked,

and

havingatritarating surface.

Lateralline

somewhat

decurved. Scaleslarge, there being30 along the lateral line, 4 horizontal rows above,

and

only 3 below.

About

12 large scales in front of thedorsal.

Depth

inlength 4-|to 5.

Origin of the dorsalfin

midway

between the tipof tlie snout

and

the base of the caudal

and

directly over theinsertion oftheventrals. liays of dorsal I,8; anal I, 7. Dorsal nearly twiceas high^anteriorlyaslong

;

anal short

and

^low. Caudal deeplyforked,nearly one-fourth the length of the bodi". Pectorals far from reaching the ventrals; these extend- ingfally tothe vent.

Caudal pedunclein

body

3^ times; itsgreatest width nearly one-half itslength.

Thisfishis ofa palestraw-color, slightly

dusky

from the

brown

edges of the scales. Thereisa very narrow, dark dorsal line; also an obso- lete lateral

band

just below the lateral line.

Top

of the head brown;

theverticalfins dusky.

Length

of the largest specimen 2 inches. Seined in considerable

numbers

at Enterprise. Tliefemales teem with eggs.

32. Albarnopsxaeaocsphalus,Jor. (No.27,435.)

Hyho-jsisxwnocephalus,Jordan, AnualsN.Y.Lye. Nat. Hist. 1877,SS.').

Alhurnopsxfvnocepliahis, Jordan, Bull.U. S.Geol. Surv., vol.iv. No.2, 420 Several specimens of a dark-colored

minnow

were seined at Enter- prisetheresemblanceofwhich to H.xcviiocephalusis so close thatIhave referred

them

to thatspecies, so well described

by

Professor Jordan in his "l^'ishesof

Upper

Georgia". There are

some

difierences, however, thatI have thought worthy ofmention.

PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 505 The body

in

my

specimensisdeeper,thedepth being containedinthe lengthbut4.1timesorless.

The

backdoes not seemtobe so broadnor the caudal peduncle so deep.

The

dark

band

that occursonthe caudal peduncleof typical specimensfrom Georgiais,inthesefromMississippi, continuedforwardalong theside tothe snout; being, however,slightly broaderand lessperfectlydefined anteriorly.

Ido not, however, think that the differences form sufficientgrounds for establishinga

new

species.

My

largestspecimenshaveatotallength of3inches.

Professor Jordan's specimenswere obtained intheuppertributaries ofthe

Alabama

Eiver.

Genus HEMITEEMIA,

Cope.

33. Hemitremiamaculata,Hay, sp.nov. (No. 27,438.)

Body

long

and

slender, slightlyelevatedatthe dorsal,

somewhat

com- jiressed.

Depth

inthe length 5 times.

Head

flattened above; snout, looked atfrom above, obtuse.

Mouth

small, the maxillaryfallingcon- siderably short of the anterior border of the orbit, terminal, slightly oblique. Teeth4-4, with grinding surface.

Head

in the length 4J ^times.

Eye

in head 3^, about equal to the snout.

The

fin-rays are, D. I, 8; A. I, 8.

The

dorsalbegins slightlybehiud the ventrals. Its length three-fifths, its lieight four-fifths, of thehead.

Anal, in length, one-half, in height two-thirds, the head. Caud