Centrarchus fasciatus DEKAY, Fishes N. Y. 28, 1842. Grystes fasciatus GÜNTHER, Cat. Fishes Brit. Mus. I. 252, Centrarchus fasciatus ROOSEVELT, Game Fish of North, 217, 1862. Micropterus fasciatus COPE, Pro. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 83, 1865. (Name only.) Grystes fasciatus PUTNAM, Storer's Fish Mass. 278, 1867. Micropterus fasciatus COPE, Jour. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. VI, 216, 1868. Micropterus fasciatus COPE, Pro. Am. Phil. Soc. 450, 1870. 1822-Cichla ohiensis LE SUEUR, Jour. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. II, 218. Cichla ohiensis KIRTLAND, Rept. Zool. Ohio: 2d Geol. 1822-Cichla minima LE SUEUR, Jour. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. II, 220. Cichla minima KIRTLAND, Rept. Zool. Ohio: 2d Geol. Rept. Ohio, 191, 1838. 1829-Grystes salmoides CUVIER & VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. des Poiss. III, 54. Grystes salmoides JARDINE, Nat. Lib. I, Perches, 158. 1835. Grystes salmoides DEKAY, Fishes N. Y. 26, 1842. Grystes salmoides STORER, Synopsis Fishes N. A. 36, 1846. Micropterus salmoides GILL, Pro. Am. Asso. Adv. Sci. Micropterus salmoides JORDAN, Ind. Geol. Surv. 214, 1874. Micropterus salmoides UHLER & LUGGER, Fishes of Md. Micropterus salmoides JORDAN, Ann. N. Y. Lyc. Nat. Micropterus salmoides JORDAN, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. IX, Micropterus salmoides HALLOCK, Sportsman's Gazetteer, 373, 1877. (In part.) Micropterus salmoides JORDAN, Man. Vert. E. U. S. 2d Micropterus salmoides JORDAN, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. Micropterus salmoides HENSHALL, Rept. Ohio Fish Com. Micropterus salmoides JORDAN, Pro. U. S. Nat. Mus., II, 218, 1880. 1842-Centrarchus obscurus DEKAY, Fishes New York, 30. Centrarchus obscurus STORER, Syn. Fishes N. A. 40, 1846. 1857-Grystes nigricans GARLICK, Treat. Art. Prop. Fish, 105. Grystes nigricans NORRIS, Am. Anglers' Book, 103, 1864. ETYMOLOGY: Dolomieu, proper name (in honor of M. Dolomieu). HABITAT: Canada to Alabama; along the Appalachian Chain and westward; introduced eastward. SPECIFIC DESCRIPTIONS. MICROPTERUS DOLOMIEU Lacépède, 1802. "Dix rayons aiguillonés et sept rayons articulés à la premiére nageoire du dos; quatre rayons à la seconde; deux rayons aiguillonés et onze rayons articulés à la nageoire de l'anus; la caudale en croissant; un ou deux aiguillons à la seconde pièce de chaque opercule."[Br. 5; P. 16; V. I, 5; C. 17].—(LACÉPÈDE, Hist. Nat. des Poiss., IV, 325, 1801). BODIANUS ACHIGAN Rafinesque, 1817.- "Lower jaw much longer, gill-covers with two flat and short thorns, lateral line nearly straight, base ascending diagonal; blackish with round scattered fulvous spots, belly gray, fins brown, the dorsal depressed in the middle and with twenty-five rays, whereof ten are spinescent, tail lunulated, with a gray edge.-Obs. vulgar names in the United States Black Bass, Lake Bass, Big Bass, Oswego Bass, Spotted Bass, etc., and in Canada Achigan or Achigan verd or Achigan noir; but many species are probably blended under those names, this is probably the Achigan of Charlevoix. It is a fine fish, from one to three feet long, and weighing sometimes eight to twelve pounds, affording a good food, etc. It is found in all the large lakes of New York and Canada. It has many rows of small teeth, and is voracious; eyes blue, iris gilt-brown; anal fin with fifteen rays, whereof three are spinescent, and short, pectoral fins fulvous dotted of brown at the base, and with fifteen rays, thoracic fins with six rays, whereof the first is spinescent, caudal fins with twenty rays. This species and the foregoing have six branchial rays, and the gill-covers are composed of four pieces, all scaly except the second. Body more cylindrical than in the foregoing."*- (RAFINESQUE, Amer. Mon. Mag. and Crit. Rev. II, 120, 1817.) CALLIURUS PUNCTULATUS Rafinesque, 1820.- "Lower jaw longer; body olivaceous, crowded with blackish dots; head brownish, flattened above; lateral line hardly curved upward at the base; tail unequally bilobed, lower lobe larger, base yellow, middle blackish, tip white; dorsal fin yellow, with 24 rays, of which ten are spiny. An uncommon fish from four to twelve inches long. I observed it at the Falls; rare in the Ohio, more common in some * [Bodianus rupestris.] small streams. Vulgar names, Painted Tail or Bridge Perch; tail with two lobes, slightly unequal, base flexuose; belly and lower fins pale, anal fin with 13 rays, the three anterior spiny and shorter, behind rounded and far from the tail, although nearer than the dorsal fin; thoracic fin with five rays, none of which appear spiny, and no appendage; pectoral fins short, trapezoidal, with 15 rays; branchial rays concealed."-(RAFINESQUE, Ich. Ohi. 26, 1820.) LEPOMIS TRIFASCIATA Rafinesque, 1820.-" Whitish, crowded with unequal and irregular specks of gilt olive color, none on the belly; gill covers with three large oblique streaks of the same color; opercule without appendage, spine acute, a faint brown spot below the lateral line; lower jaw longer; dorsal fin streaked behind; tail forked, yellow at the base, brown in the middle, tip pale. "Found in the Ohio and many other streams; reaches over a foot in length sometimes; vulgar names, Yellow Bass, Gold Bass, Yellow Perch, Streaked Head, etc. Fins olivaceous; dorsal hardly depressed in the middle with 24 rays whereof 10 are spiny, bind part with three brownish and longitudinal streaks; anal fin rounded with 13 rays, 3 of which are spiny, 2 short and a long one; pectoral fins nearly triangular and acute, 16 rays; thoracics 6, tail 2, very broad, forks divaricate nearly lunulate; eyes small black, iris brown; lateral line following the back; diameter less than one-fourth of the length."-(RAFINESQUE, Ich. Ohi. 31, 1820.) LEPOMIS FLEXUOLARIS Rafinesque, 1820.-"Olivaceous brown above, sides with some transversal and flexuose olive lines, belly white; lateral line nearly straight flexuose; spine broad acute, behind the base of the opercule, no appendage nor spot, preopercule forked downwards; upper jaw slightly longer; tail bilobed, base olive, middle brown, tip white. "A fine species, reaching the length of two feet, and affording an excellent food. Common all over the Ohio and tributary streams; vulgar names, Black Bass, Brown Bass, Black Perch, etc.; fins olivaceous, dorsal with 23 rays, whereof 9 are spiny and rather shorter; anal with 12 rays, whereof 2 are spiny; pectorals trapezoidal, 16 rays; branchial rays uncovered; iris brown. This fish might perhaps form another subgenus, by the large mouth, head without upper sutures, spine hardly decurrent, nearly equal jaws, gill covers, lateral line, etc. Its tail and preopercule are somewhat like Calliurus. It might be called Nemocampsis, meaning flexuose line. Diameter one-fourth of the length." (RAFINESQUE, Ich. Ohi. 31, 1820.) LEPOMIS SALMONEA Rafinesque, 1820.—“Olivaceous brown above, sides pale with some round yellowish spots, beneath white; preopercule simple, head without sutures, lower jaw hardly longer, spines flat, short, acute, and decurrent above and beneath, opercule acute beneath the spines; tail lunulate, tip blackish; vent posterior. "Length from 6 to 24 inches. Vulgar names White Trout, Brown Trout, Trout Pearch, Trout Bass, Brown Bass, Black Bass, Black Pearch, etc. Common in the Kentucky, Ohio, Green and Licking rivers, etc. It offers a delicate white flesh, similar to the Perca salmonea. It is a voracious fish, with many rows of sharp teeth on the jaws and in the throat. It bites easily at the hook, and eats suckers, minnows and chubs. Diameter one-fifth of the length. Fins olivaceous brown; dorsal with 25 rays, whereof 10 are spiny, slightly depressed between them; anal rounded small, 3 and 11 rays. Pectoral acute trap. ezoidal 18 rays. Thoracic 1 and 5, spiny ray half the length. Tail with 24 rays. Iris silvery."—(RAFINESQUE, Ich. Ohi. 32, 1820.) LEPOMIS NOTATA Rafinesque, 1820.-"This species differs merely from the foregoing [Lepomis salmonea] by having a black spot on the margin of the opercule, two diagonal brown stripes on each side of the head below the eyes, and all the fins yellow, except the tail, which is black at the end, with a narrow white |