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9th species. Redfye Sunfish. Jcthelis Enythtofis. Itch- 

 ele oeuil rouge. 



Body oval elliptic, (clian^eter one third,) blackish above, olLva- 

 ceous on the sides, whitish beneath: head small, Ipv^er jaw 

 longer, preoperculefl exuose, operculcwith a short, angular and 

 acute appendage, a faint and small brown spot above it: taj.1 f^i- 

 lobed ciliate, base black, middle olivaceous, tip whitish, upper 

 lobe rather larger: anal fin with six ^nd jt,en rays: pectorals tra- 

 pezodial large, not reaching the vent. 



yulgar names Red-eyes, and Sunfish. Observed in Licking 

 river, said to be common in many other streams. Length 3 to 

 8 inches. All the fins plivaceoijs. Eyes black, iris Jarge and 

 red. Porsal 1 1 apcl 10 rays, spiny short, as well as the 6 of the 

 anal fin. Caudal 17. Pectorals 12. Thoracics 1 and 5,. thp 

 epiny ray long. 



10th Species. Eared Sunfish. Icthelia aurita. Icthele oreil- 

 lee. 



Body oval elliptic (diameter one third) olivapeous with blue 

 and rufous dots: head small, jaws equal, opercule flexuose, ap- 

 pendage black, broad and truncate, some blue flexuose lines on 

 the sides of the head: tail brownish lunulate; back brownish: 

 anal fin 3 and 9: pectorals not reaching the vent. Thoracic mu- 

 eronate. 



Length from 3 to 12 inches: common in the rivers, creeks, 

 and ponds of Kentucky. Vulgar name Sunfish. Iris brown 

 Dorsal fin brownish, 10 and 10, spiny rays shorter. Thoracic 

 fins very long, spiny ray rather shorter, first soft ray mucronate. 

 Pectorals nearly rhomboidal, with 14 rays. Tail 1-6 rays. 



11th Species. Big-ear Sunfish. Icthelia me^alotia. Icthele 

 megalote. 



Body oval rounded, (diameter two fifths,) chesnut colour with 

 blue dots, belly red: head large, lower jaw longer, opercule 

 with blue flexuose lines, appendage black, very large elliptic, 

 end rounded: tail black, slightly forked: pectoral large reaching 

 the vent: anal fin 3 and 9: thoracics long and mucronate. Black 

 tail. 



A fine species, called Red-belly, Black-ears, Black-tail Sun- 

 fish, Sec. It livcis in the Kentucky, Licking, and Sandy rivers, 

 &;c. Length from 4 to 8 inches. Head yery sipping. Iris sil j 



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