THE SMALL MOUTHED BLACK BASS. Drawn from Nature Expressly for this Work by Dr. E.R.Copeland: CHRONOLOGICAL CATALOGUE Of the Nominal Species of Micropterus as noticed by various Authors, with Identifications. Huro nigricans Cuvier & Valenciennes....... 1828 Micropterus salmoides. Grystes salmoides Cuvier & Valenciennes.. 1829 Micropterus dolomieu? Centrarchus obscurus DeKay Centrarchus fasciatus Kirtland. Grystes nigricans Agassiz....... 1842 Micropterus dolomieu. 1842 Micropterus dolomieu. 1850 Micropterus salmoides. NOMINAL SPECIES. DATE IDENTIFICATIONS. Micropterus fasciatus Cope...... Dioplites treculii Vaillant & Bocourt... 1865 Micropterus dolomieu. 1866 Micropterus dolomieu. 1873 Micropterus dolomieu. 1874 Micropterus salmoides. 1874 Micropterus salmoides. 1874 M. dolo. var. achigan. 1874 Micropterus salmoides. 1876 Micropterus salmoides. 1877 Micropterus salmoides. Micropterus pallidus Gill & Jordan......... SYNOPSIS OF SPECIES OF MICROPTERUS. Common Characters.-Body elongated, ovate-fusiform; slightly compressed; arched and thick along the back, thinner and straight along the belly; lower jaw longest; both jaws armed with broad bands of small, pointed, recurved, card-like teeth of uniform size; villiform teeth on vomer, palatine and pharyngeal bones; teeth on gill-rakers; spinous and soft portions of dorsal fin partly divided by a notch; anal fin with three spines; caudal fin emarginate; opercule emarginate behind, ending in two flat points; supplemental maxillary bone well developed. *Mouth large; angle of mouth anterior to the posterior border of the eye. Third dorsal spine only one-half higher than the first. a. Notch between spinous and soft rays of dorsal comparatively shallow. b. Scales small on body, much smaller on breast and back of neck, and quite small on cheeks; eleven rows of scales between lateral line and dorsal fin; 70 to 80 scales along the lateral line (exclusive of small pre-caudal scales). c. No scales on preopercular limb. d. Anal fin almost without scales. (?) e. Head moderate in size; slightly convex between the orbits. f. Color, slaty or dusky green on back and sides, shading to white on belly and lower jaw; young brighter green, and more or less spotted and marked with vertical bars; tail in young (in some localities), yellow at base, middle black, tip white; opercle with several oblique olivaceous streaks; D. X, 13; A. III, 11. DOLOMIEU. ** Mouth very large; angle of mouth extends beyond the posterior border of the eye. †† Third dorsal spine twice (at least) as high as the first. aa. Dorsal notch deep, almost dividing the fin into two. bb. Scales moderate; not much smaller on cheeks, nape or breast; eight rows of scales between lateral line and dorsal fin; 65 to 70 scales along lateral line (exclusive of small pre-caudal scales). cc. A single row of scales on preopercular limb. dd. Anal fin somewhat scaly. (?) ee. Head large; flat between the orbits. ff. Color, olive green, darker on back and shading to white on belly and under side of lower jaw; more or less spotted when young; not barred, though sometimes an irregular dark lateral band; three oblique streaks on cheeks; these markings grow obscure with age; D. X, 12; A. III, 10.......... ...SALMOIDES. MICROPTERUS DOLOMIEU LACÉPÈDE. THE SMALL-MOUTHED BLACK BASS. SYNONOMY. 1802-Micropterus dolomieu LACÉPÈDE, Hist. Nat. des Poiss., IV, 325. Micropterus dolomieu VAILLANT & BOCOURT, Miss. Sci.. au Mex., Zool.: ined. 1817-Bodianus achigan RAFINESQUE, Am. Mo. Mag. and Crit. Rev. II, 120. Lepomis achigan GILL, Pro. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 20, 1860. 1820-Calliurus punctulatus RAFINESQUE, Ich. Ohiensis, 26. Dioplites variabilis VAILLANT & BOCOURT, MSS. Miss. Micropterus variabilis VAILLANT & BOCOURT, Miss. Sci. 1822-Cichla fasciata LE SUEUR, Jour. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. II, 216. Cichla fasciata KIRTLAND, Zoology Ohio (2d An. Rept. Geol. Surv. Ohio), 191, 1838. Centrarchus fasciatus KIKTLAND, Bost. Jour. Nat. Hist. * Used on the supposition that the name "Labre salmoïde" as used by Lacépède was vernacular (French), unaccompanied by a classical form, and therefore not available. |