84. CENTRARCHID^ LEPOMIS. 
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dd. Gill-rakers sliort, tliickish ; car flai) iu the adult very long and narrow. 
740. ii. aaaritus (L.) Raf. — Lonri-carcd Siin-fish. 
Body elongate, not much elevated. Snout moderately prominent. 
Mouth rather large, oblique, the maxillary reaching past front of eye. 
Cheeks with rather small scales, in about 7 rows. Scales of breast very 
small. Palatine teeth few, rather large. Gill-rakers quite short, not 
much longer than in Leponiis megalotis, but stiff and rough, set wide 
apart, diminishing in size from the angle forwards. Opercular flap 
very long (longer in the adult than on any other of the Sun-fishes 
except Lcpomis megalotis), narrow, usually not wider than the eye. In 
the young the flap is variously shorter, but always narrow; lower 
margin of flaii usually pale. Dorsal spines rather low. Color olive; 
belly largely orange red ; scales on the sides with reddish spots on 
a bluish ground; vertical tins chiefly orange or yellowish; head with 
bluish stripes, especially in front of eye; fins becoming dusky iu spirits; 
no dusky blotch on last rays of dorsal and anal. Head (without flap) 
3 iu length; depth 2J. D. X, 11; A. Ill, 9; Lat. 1. 47. L. 8 inches. 
Maine to Louisiana; abundant iu all streams east of the Alleghanies; 
the typical form, above descrif?ed, chiefly northward. 
(Lahnis auritiis Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. x, 283, 17E8 : Labrus anritiis Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 
xii, 475, 1766: Brgttus uuicoJor Cuv. & Val. vii, 464: Pomotis ruhricauda Storer, Bost. 
Joiirn. Nat. Hist, iv, 177 : Pomoiis api'endix Storer, Hist. Fi.sb. Mass. 1887, 14.) 
Var. soSbs (Cuv. & Val.) McKay. 
Similar to the preceding, except that the scales on the cheek are 
larger, in 5 or 6 rows; the scales on the breast are not very small, and 
there is usually a dusky blotch on the last rays of the dorsal. Virginia 
to Louisiana, in streams coastwise; abundant, replacing the true auritus 
in the streams of the Southern States. 
(Pomotis soils Cuv. & Val. vii, 468: Ichthelis ruhricauda Holbrook, Icbtb. S. C. 1860, 
15; McKay, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. iv, 89.) 
cc. Gill-rakers weak and flexible, very short; palatine teetb none. (Xenotis* Jordan.) 
747. 1*. mog’aS©4ss (Raf.) Cope. — Long-cared Sun-fish. 
Body short and deep, compressed, the back very strongly archetl; the 
profile very steep, usually forming an angle above eye, but sometimes 
full and convex. Mouth small, oblique, the premaxillary rather below 
the eye, the maxillary extending to opposite middle of eye. Scales on 
cheek rather large, in about 5 rows. Dorsal spines very low, not much 
longer than the snout. Opercular flap in the adult very long and broad, 
with a broad or narrow pale blue or red margin, the margin sometimes 
"Jordan, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pbila. 1877,76: type Pomotis faltax B. & G. (^svo?, 
wonderful; of 5, ear.) 
