. Synopsis of the fishes of North America [microform]. Fishes; Poissons. 85. PERCIDiE NANOSTOMA. 5J1 eye* dark spots downward and forward f''om eye: ventral and anal fius indigo-blue; pectorals with Wue; a bar of deep orange-red along base of boL'u dorsals. Head 4; depth 5. D. X-12; A. II, 8; scales 5- 42-6. L. 24 inches. Chickasawha Eiver, Mississippi. (Hay.) (Hay, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas. 1880, 493.) aa. Checks, opercles, nnvl breast entirely scalelcss. 800. N. thalassinum Jordan & Brayton. Body rather stout, compressed behind, the back somewhat arched. Head large, the snout rather blunt an
. Synopsis of the fishes of North America [microform]. Fishes; Poissons. 85. PERCIDiE NANOSTOMA. 5J1 eye* dark spots downward and forward f''om eye: ventral and anal fius indigo-blue; pectorals with Wue; a bar of deep orange-red along base of boL'u dorsals. Head 4; depth 5. D. X-12; A. II, 8; scales 5- 42-6. L. 24 inches. Chickasawha Eiver, Mississippi. (Hay.) (Hay, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas. 1880, 493.) aa. Checks, opercles, nnvl breast entirely scalelcss. 800. N. thalassinum Jordan & Brayton. Body rather stout, compressed behind, the back somewhat arched. Head large, the snout rather blunt and convex in profile. Eye large, liigli up, longer than muzzle, 3J in luad; interorbital space rather nar- row. Mouth moderate, slightly oblique, the maxilla *y reaching to the orbit. Upper jaw slightly longer than the lower. Head entirely naked; throat naked; neck naked anteriorly. Fins all large; membrane of the lirst dorsal continued to the base of the second; longest dorsal spine scarcely shorter than the soft rays, the base of the spinous dorsal a little longer than that of the soft dorsal: anal not much smaller than the soft dorsal, its first spine the longer; caudal fin deeply lunate; pec- torals reaching nearly to vent. Male, in life, with the body dark green and blotched above; sides with 9 dark blue-green vertical bars, the five next the last most distinct; spinous dorsal reddish at base, then a broad black band, the uppermost third of a bright ferruginous red; second dorsal blackish at base, reddi3h above; caudal with 2 orange blotches at base, black mesially, jitile oranre distally; anal fin of a brilliant blue-green color at base, pale at tip; ventrals greenish; head mostly grass-green; the streaks forward and downward from eye dark green; females duller and more speckled. Head 4; depths. 11; A. n, 8; scales 5-43-5. L. 2^ inches. Salude Eiver, South Caro- lina; abundant. (Xuthonolaa thalamtms Jordan & Brayton, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. xii, 13,1878.) 801. N. te
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