
SOME FRESHWATER AQUARIUM FISHES 

which become bold and belligerent during this season and will attack all 
approaching enemies.  Figer 
The sunfishes acquire the unpleasant habit of nibbling the fins and 
tails of the goldfishes, if not plentifully fed, for which reason it is best to 

FIG. 37—Common Sunfish, Expomotis gibbosus 
keep them separate or to introduce very small ones only into an aquarium in 
which goldfishes are kept. 
The most generally distributed species of sunfishes (Centrarchidz) are 
the following: The Common Sunfish, Eupomotis gibbosus; Fig. 37, the 
Blue-spotted Sunfish, Exneacanthus gloriosus; the long-eared Sunfish, Lepomis 

FIG, 38—Black-banded Sunfish, Mesogonistius chatodon 
auritus; the Black-banded Sunfish, or Chetodon, Mesogonistius chetodon, 
Fig. 38, and other forms popularly known as the Green and Blue Sunfish, 
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