SUNFISH FAMILY (Centrarchidae) 

 Key to the five members of the sunfish family found in Maine 



1. Body relatively long, the depth being only about one-third the 

 length; dorsal fin deeply notched between the spinous and soft- 

 rayed portion; scales small, 58 or more in lateral line 2 



Body short and deep, its depth usually more than two-fifths the 

 length; dorsal fin not deeply notched between the spinous and 

 soft-rayed portion; scales larger, 53 or fewer in lateral line . . 3 



2. Upper jaw not extending beyond the eye; notch between spinous 

 and soft-rayed dorsal not deep; scale rows on cheek from 15 to 

 18; pyloric caeca single 



Smallmouth Bass 



Micropterus dolomieiii 



Lacepede 



p. 81 



Upper jaw extending beyond eye; notch between spinous and soft- 

 rayed dorsal deep; scale rows on cheek from 10 to 11 rows; 

 pyloric caeca forked 



Largemouth Bass 



Micropterus salfuoides 



(Lacepede) 



p. 85 



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