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Eupomotis gibbosus, Jordan & Evermann, Bull. 47, U. S. Fish. 

 Comm., 1896, 1009. 



Lepomis gibbosus of authors generally. 



Habitat Great Lake Region and northern part of the Missis- 

 sippi Valley to Maine, and southward east of the Alleghanies to 

 Florida. 



Eupomotis gibbosus has a very wide range and is subject to con- 

 siderable variations. Blue stripes and blue markings on the side 

 are very prominent on specimens from Hicksville, Ohio, and Ma- 

 rion, Iowa. Specimens from Winona Lake have seven or eight 

 faint dark bars on sides, and no blue stripes on the cheeks 

 Three specimens from Whiting, Indiana, have well defined bars, 

 two have distinct bars, none have stripes on the cheeks. Some 

 of these specimens are deeper than the others. The specimens 

 from Gull Lake, Ontario, are more slender than any I have seen. 

 There are no blue stripes on the cheeks and the bars on side are 

 very prominent on some specimens and none on others. In none 

 of the specimens of this genus which I have examined does the 

 pectoral fin reach as far as to the second anal spine. It seldom 

 reaches to the vent. 



5. Eupomotis longimanus (Cope). 



? Pomotus notatus, Agassiz, Am. Jour. Sci. and Arts, 1854, 302. 

 Huntsville, Alabama. 



/ Lepomis notatus, McKay, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1881, 92. 

 Huntsville, Alabama. 



Xystroplites longimanus, Cope, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. , 1^77, 66. 

 Volusia and Port Bay, Florida. 



Habitat Florida to Alabama. 



Eupomotis longimanus, Cope, is described as having longer gill 

 rakers and smaller scales than Lepomis heros, Baird & Girard. 

 The description of Pomotis notatus Ag. is insufficient for positive 

 identification. McKay examined some of Agassiz' types and 

 identified them as Eupomotis pallidus, Gill & Jordan = Pomotis 

 pallidus Ag. The long pointed pectoral fin and the " fewer 

 dotted or broken dark lines " on the soft dorsal indicate its close 

 relation with heros or longimanus if it be not the latter. It is cer- 

 tainly not Eupomotis pallidus (Ag.), which is especially charac- 

 terized by its short pectoral fins. 



6. Eupomotis heros (Baird & Girard). 



Pomotis heros, Baird & Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 

 1854, 25. Rio Cibolo, Texas. Girard Pac. R. R. Sur. x, pt. 4, 



