CHAPTER XVII. 



POM OTIS VULGARI S S UN FISH. 



This beautiful little fisli lias a Avide geograpli- 

 ical range, being found in almost every part of 

 the United States. There are several species of 

 them but I think there is no preference in the 

 kind to be selected, though perhaj)S the red eared 

 sun fish, will attain to the greatest size, and is 

 rather the handsomest fish. They are all rather 

 small, but large enough for what are termed ^'Pan 

 Fish:^^ rarely weighing over half a pound: they 

 are however a fair flavored fish and well adajDted 

 to introduce into artificial ponds, being strictly 

 a pond fish. 



This fish together with the Grass Bass, and 

 yellow Perch, might all be put together in the 



