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Eastern United States, from the Great Lakes to Florida and Texas, 



west to Kansas and the Dakotas; chiefly west or south of the AUe- 



ghenies; common in South Carolina. 

 Pomotis gulosus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., Ill, 1829, 



367 (498), Lake Pontchartrain and lagoons about New Orleans. 

 Calliurus floridensis Holbrook, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Ill, 1855, 



53, PI. VI, fig. 1, St. Johns River, Fla. 

 Calliurus melanops Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., IX, 1857, 200, 



Lepomis gillii Cope, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., VI, 1868, 222, 225, 



Texas. 

 Lepomis charybdis Cope, loc. cit., 223, Texas. 

 Chsenobryttus antistius McKay, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., IV, 1881, 88, 



Lake Michigan. 



Genus 804. AMBLOPLITES Rafinesque. Rock basses. 



Ambloplites Rafinesque, Ichth. Ohiensis, 1820, 33 (Lepomis idheloides 

 Rsi^nesque = Bodia7ius rupestris Rafinesque). 



2343. Ambloplites rupestris (Rafinesque). Common rock bass; Redeye; Goggle- 



eye; Redeye perch; Bream; Bronzed centrarchus; Crapet mondoux; Crapet 

 noir; Crapet vert; Fresh-water bass; Lake bass; Red-eyed bream; Red- 

 eyed sunfish; Sunfish; Sunfish bass; Sun perch; White bass. 



Vermont to Great Lakes region and Manitoba, south to Louisiana; 

 very abundant west of the Alleghenics. 



Bodianus rupestris Rafinesque, Amer. Month. Mag., II, 1817, 120, 

 Lakes of New York, Vermont, and Canada. 



Icthelis erythrops Rafinesque, Ichth. Ohiensis, 1820, 29, Ohio River. 



Lepomis idheloides Rafinesque, loc. cit., 32, Ohio River. 



Cichla xnea LeSueur, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., II, 1822, 214, Lake 

 Ontario. 



Centrarchus pentacanthus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 

 Ill, 1829, 65 (88), Wabash River. 



2344. Ambloplites cavifrons Cope. Southern rock bass. 



Roanoke River, Va. 



Ambloplites cavifrons Cope, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., VI, 1868, 217, 

 Roanoke River, Va. 



Genus 805. ARCHOPLITES Gill. 



Archoplites Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XIII, 1861, 105 (Cen- 

 trarchus interruptus Girard). 



2345. Archoplites interruptus (Girard). Sacramento perch. 



Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, Calif. 



Centrarchus interruptus Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., VII, 1854, 



129, San Joaquin and Sacramento Rivers, Calif. 

 Centrarchus marulosus Ayrcs, Proc. Calif. Acad. Nat. Sci., I, 1854, 7, 



Sacramento River. 



Genus 806. ACANTHARCHUS Gill. 



Acantharchus Gill, Amer. Jour. Sci. Arts, XXXVI, 1864, 92 (Centrarchus 

 pomotis Baird). 



2346. Acantharchus pomotis (Baird). Mud sunfish; Bass sunfish; Mud bass; 



Mud perch. 

 Southern New York to South Carolina. 

 Centrarchus pomotis Baird, Ninth Smiths. Rept., 1855, 325, New Jersey, 



New York. 



Genus 807. MESOGONISTIUS Gill. 



M esogonistius Gill, Amer. Jour. Sci. Arts, XXXVII, 1864, 92 (Pomotis 

 chsetodon Baird). 



2347. Mesogonistius chsetodon (Baird). Black-banded sunfish. 



New Jersey to Maryland. 



Pomotis chxlodon Baird, Ninth Smiths. Kept., 1855, 324, Cedar Swamp 

 Creek, N. J. 



Genus 808. ENNEACANTHUS Gill. 



Enneacarithus Gill, Amer. Jour. Sci. Arts, XXXVII, 1864, 92 (Pomotis 

 obesus Baird). 



