broken dark hand along each side; Great Lakes to Texas; widely intro- 

 duced elsewhere 



Huro fiondana (LeSueur) Large-mouthed Black Bass 

 Micropterus salmoides (Lacepede) Green Trout 

 Dorsal fin with a slight notch; mouth not extending behind the eyes; 

 soft dorsal and anal fins scaly near base 376. 



376. With dark spots forming an obscure dark band along each side; south' 



central states, north to Ohio; introduced elsewhere 



Micropterus pseudophtes Hubbs Kentucky or Spotted Black 



Bass 

 Micropterus punctulatus (Raf.) 

 Sides with faint barring 377. 



377. With fine dark lengthwise streaks on lower part of each side; lobes of 



tail fin scarcely barred; Alabama and Georgia 



Micropterus coosae Hubbs 6? Bailey Redeye Bass 

 No fine dark lengthwise streaks so situated; lobes of tail fin dark barred 



in young; west to Oklahoma 



Micropterus dolomieu Lacepede Small-mouthed Black Bass 



378. Mouth extending to below the rear margin of the eye; with teeth on the 



tongue; west to Texas and the Dakotas 



Chaenohryttus gulosus (C. 6? V.) Warmouth Bass 

 Chaenohryttus coronarius (Bartram) 

 Mouth usually smaller; no teeth on the tongue 379. 



379. Lateral line extending about halfway back; tail fin very slightly emargin- 



ate; scale count about 35; not over three inches long; III. to La. and 

 Texas 



Apomotis symmetricus (Forbes) Little Sunfish 

 (Lepomis symmetricus Forbes) 

 Lateral line almost or quite complete; tail fin distinctly emarginate or 

 forked; scale count greater in most, but not all, species; size various 



380. 



380. With one or two small dark spots on each scale; gill rakers about half as 



long as the gill filaments; scale count 45 to 55; S. Carolina to Florida 

 Apomotis punctatus (C. & V.) Spotted Bream 

 (Lepomis punctatus (0. 6? V.) ) 

 Color not so; other characters various 38L 



381. Dark opercular spot situated on the bony part of the operculum; pec- 



toral fins much rounded; mouth rather large, almost to below the 

 middle of the eye; color usually greenish, with a small light spot on 

 each scale; Great Lakes region to the Rio Grande 



Apomotis cyanellus (Raf.) Green or Blue-spotted Sunfish 

 Lepomis cyanellus Raf. 

 Dark opercular spot largely on the soft flap extending back from the 

 operculum; not with the preceding combination of other characters 



382. 



382. Black spot on the operculum longer than the eye in adult specimens; 



length of longest dorsal spine about one and one-quarter times the 

 diameter of the eye; gill rakers on the first gill arch very short and 

 stumpy, about one-fifth as long as the gill filaments 383. 



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