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showed signs of life after fifteen minutes on the deck of a yacht, 

 and a fragment of a little more than half a heart continued to pul- 

 sate for eight minutes after being separated from the body, respond 

 ing to artificial stimulus fifteen minutes longer. 



Family Stromateidse. 

 (Broad Shiners.) 



Lirus percifurmis, J. and G. Rudder Fish. 2217. 

 Stromateus simillianus, Gill. Cal. Pompano. 2216. 

 "Best pan fish on the Pacific coast. it sells for from 25 to 

 50 cents per pound." 



Stromateus triacanthos, Peck. Dollar fish; Butter fish. 2215. 



Family Centrarchidae. 

 (Sun Fishes.) 



Amblopeltis rupestris, Gill. Rock Bass; Goggle-eye. 2223. 



Centrarchus macropterus, Jordan. Shining Bass. 2219. 



Lepomis auritus, Raf. Long-eared Sun fish. 2222. 



Lepomis gibbossus, McKay. Pumpkin seed; Sun fish. 2221- 

 2225. 



This species clears away weeds and other matter from the 

 sand and excavates a nest to the depth of three or four inches. It 

 guards the eggs from all intruders. Thoreau says of it: "Seen in 

 its native element it is a very beautiful and compact fish, perfect in 

 all its parts, and looks like a brilliant coin fresh from the mint. It 

 is a perfect jewel of the river, the green, red, coppery and golden 

 reflections of its mottled sides being the concentration of such rays 

 as struggle through the floating pads and flowers to the sandy 

 bottom, and in harmony with the sun-lit brown and yellow pebbles." 



Lepomis megalotis. Cope. Long-eared Sun fish. 2224. 



Variable and described under a multitude of names. 



N4icropterus salmoides, Henshall. Large-mouthed Black 

 Bass. 2220. 



This species and the small-mouthed bass have been the subjects 

 qI much controversy, some contending that the species are distinct, 

 and others that intermediate forms exist which connect the two. 

 VoL lY of the Ohio Geog. Survey, pp. 942-953, contains a long 

 account of the genus and species. A paper was published in this 

 Journal, (Vll, p. 140), by Mr. Chas. Dury, giving reasons for 

 supposing there are no constant differences between the small and 

 large-mouthed varieties. Dr. J. A. Henshall's "Book of the Black 

 Bass" is the most complete account yet published. 



