Common Sunfish ; Pumpkin Seed 



Common Sunfish ; Pumpkin-seed 



Eupomotis gibbosus (Linnaeus) 



"Slowly upward, wavering, gleaming 

 Rose the Ugudwash, the Sunfish; 

 Seized the line of Hiawatha, 

 Swung with all his weight upon it. 



But when Hiawatha saw him 

 Slowly rising through the water, 

 Lifting up his disc refulgent, 

 Loud he shouted in derision 

 'Esa! esa! shame upon you, 

 You are Ugudwash, the Sunfish; 

 You are not the fish I wanted; 

 You are not the King of Fishes.' 



Longfellow. 



And Hiawatha was quite right. The sunfish is by no means 

 the King of Fishes. But there is no fish which has been oftener 

 sought by the young angler or which has brought more joy to 

 the American boys of every generation. The pumpkin-seed is pre- 

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