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dorsal spines low, 2.2 to 2.7 in head; pectorals short, 1.3 to 1.4 in 

 head ; scales on cheeks in 6 to 8 rows. 



Color dusky olive mottled with darker ; fin membranes dusky with 

 darker markings near base; opercular spot black, the margin paler, 

 with some red or coppery color. In general appearance this species 

 resembles the pumpkin-seed, E. gibbosus. 



Length 6 to 8 inches. 



This rare fish ranges from southern Minnesota to northern 

 Indiana. 



Lepomis megalotis (Rafinesque). LONG-EARED SUNFISH. 



Head 2.8 to 3.3; depth 1.8 to 2.3; D. x, n; A. in, 8 to 10; 

 scales 37 to 39. 



Body short and deep, compressed; dorsal region much elevated; 

 mouth rather small ; maxillary reaching orbit ; no supplemental bone ; 

 maxillary 2.4 to 2.7 in head; jaws equal; no teeth on palatines; eye 

 3.0 to 4.0 in head; snout 2.5 to 3.2; opercular flap short in young, 

 to very long in adults; usually broadened behind, with or without 

 pale margin; gill rakers short, longest about 6 in diameter of eye; 

 pectoral fins short, i.o to 1.2 in head; scales on cheeks in about 5 

 rows. 



Color light to dark-olive; sides irregularly spotted with orange; 

 cheeks with wavy streaks, opercular flap entirely black or with nar- 

 row pale margin. 



Length 3% to 4 inches. 



This fish ranges from Minnesota to South Carolina and the Rio 

 Grande. 



Fox River, McHenry, Illinois; Des Plaines River, Berwyn, Illinois; 

 Hickory Creek, New Lenox, Illinois; Lake George, Indiana. 



Lepomis incisor (Cuvier& Valenciennes). BLUEGILL; BLUE SUNFISH. 



Head 2.9 to 3.4; depth 1.9 to 2.2; D. x. 10 to 12; A. in, 10 to 

 12; scales 38 to 48. 



Body short, compressed, dorsal region elevated; mouth small, 

 maxillary scarcely reaching orbit; no developed supplemental bone; 

 maxillary 2.9 to 3.3 in head; jaws equal; eye 2.9 to 3.9 in head; snout 

 3.0 to 3.5; no teeth on palatines; opercle prolonged backward in 

 adults; its membranous margin narrow or wanting; spinous dorsal 

 high, the longest spine 1.3 to 2.4 in head; pectorals long, pointed, 

 about equal to length of head ; scales on cheeks in 5 rows. 



Color olivaceous above to yellowish below; sides with about 6 

 vertical bars, becoming inconspicuous in adults ; opercular flap black, 



