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150. POMOXIS Rafinesque. (rri/xa, opercle ; o^vs, sharp.) 

 a. Dorsal spines 7 or 8; A. reticulate, like soft D. 



298. P. sparoides (Lacepede). Calico Bass. Grass-bass. 

 Bar-fish. Strawberry Bass. Body oblong, compressed, the 

 profile comparatively even ; fins very high. Silvery olive, much 

 mottled with clear green ; vertical fins with green reticulations 

 around pale spots. Head 3; depth 2. D. VII, 15. A. VI, 17. 

 Lat. 1. 41. L. 12. N. J. to Minn, and La. ; commonest N. 



aa. Dorsal spines 6; A. fin whitish, nearly plain. 



299. P. annularis Rafinesque. Crappie. Bachelor. New 

 Light. Campbellite. Sac-a-lai. Profile more or less distinctly 

 S-shaped, the nape gibbous, the head depressed, the snout project- 

 ing ; mouth very large. Silvery olive, mottled with dark green. 

 Head 3; depth 2^. D. VI, 15. A. VL 18. Lat. 1. about 40. 

 L. 12. Variable. Miss. Valley, in quiet waters, common S. (Lat., 

 ringed.) 



151. AMBLOPLITES Rafinesque. (a/ijSXvf, blunt ; 

 ottXlttjs, armed.) 



300. A. rupestris (Rafinesque). Rock Bass. Red Eye. Gog- 

 gle-eye. Body oblong ; eye very large. Olive green, sides brassy, 

 much mottled with dark green ; young with blackish bars ; adult 

 with rows of dark spots along sides ; iris red. Head 2| ; depth 2. 

 D. Xr, 10. A. VI, 10. Scales 5-40-12. L. 12. Vt. to Manitoba, 

 S. to La. and N. C, common W. (Lat., living among rocks.) 



152. CH-ffiNOBRYTTUS Gill, (xaiua, to yawn ; Bryttus 

 i. e. Lepomis.) 



301. C. gulosus (Cuv. & Val). War-mouth. Red-eyed Bream. 

 Body oblong, robust ; eye moderate. Olive green, sides brassy with 

 blotches of bluish, greenish, and copper-r6d ; cheeks with 3 or 4 

 dark bands ; fins dusky, mottled ; a dark spot on last D. rays ; 

 young barred ; some specimens with rows of dark spots on sides. 

 Head 2| ; depth 21. D. X, 10 ; A. Ill, 9. Scales 6-40-12. L. 

 10. L. Michigan to Va. and Texas, abundant S. in sluggish waters. 

 Northern specimens are deeply colored, the adult with blue and 

 copper-red ; the D. is usually a trifle farther forward, over opercular 

 spot ; this is var. antistius McKay. (Lat. big-mouthed.) 



153. ACANTHARCHUS Gill. (uKavda, spine ; dpxos, anus.) 



302. A. pomotis (Baird). Mud Sun-fish. Form of the Rock 

 Bass. Dark-green, with 2 or 3 faint dusky longitudinal stripes ; 

 cheeks with dark obIi([ue bands ; fins plain. Head 2| ; depth 2. 

 D. XI, 10. A. V, 10. Scales 6-43-12. L. 6. Hudson R. to 

 N. C. in sluggish streams coastwise. (Pomotis = Lepomis.) 



