no VERTEBRATE ANIMALS OF THE UNITED STATES 



7. Enneacanthus Gill. Little suntish. Body short and deep, 

 compressed, ovoid; mouth small; tongue toothless; opercle with 2 

 flat points on its margin; lateral line sometimes interrupted; supple- 

 mentary maxillary large; tail margin rounded behind: 2 species. 



E. obesus (Baird). Length 125 mm.; head 2.6; depth 2; color 

 olivaceous, with 5 to 8 blackish cross bars; purplish or golden spots on 

 body and fins; a large black opercular spot; rays of dorsal fin IX, 

 10; anal III, 10; scales 4-28-10: Boston to Florida, coastwise; often 

 common in weedy streams. 





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Fig. 51. — Chasnohryltus gulosus (from Fishes of Illinois). 



E. gloriosus (Holbrook). Length 70 mm.; head 2.75; depth 2.25; 

 color dark olive, with numerous small round blue spots which often 

 form irregular cross stripes; opercular spot blue; rays of dorsal fin IX, 

 10; anal III, 9; scales 3-30-9; body comparatively elongate: New York 

 to Florida, in clear sluggish streams. 



8. Mesogonistius Gill. Body short, deep, compressed; mouth 

 small; supplementary maxillary small; opercle with 2 flat points; anal 

 fin much smaller than the dorsal; tail rounded behind: i species. 



M. chcetodon (Baird). Black-banded sunfish. Length 100 mm.; 

 head 3; depth 1.6; color clouded straw-color, the sides with 6 to 8 

 conspicuous, irregular black vertical bars; a black opercular spot; 

 rays of dorsal fin X, 10; anal III, 12; scales 4-28-10; body oval: New 

 Jersey to Georgia, in sluggish streams. 



9. Lepomis Rafinesque. Sunfish. Body ovate, compressed; back 

 elevated; mouth small or moderate; suplementary maxillary reduced 

 to a rudiment or wanting; gill-rakers short; opercle ending behind in a 

 long black convex flap; hinder margin of tail concave; lower pharyngeals 

 (Fig. 52) narrow, with sharp teeth; palatines with teeth: 2 species. 



