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FISHES OF NORTH CAROLINA. 



the French Broad and tributaries, where it is reported as abundant by both 

 Cope and Jordan, the latter remarking that it ascends the mountain streams 

 farther than other sun-fishes. A specimen in the State Museum was caught near 

 Raleigh about 1892; this, however, was probably an introduced example. 



The rock bass reaches a length of 12 or 14 inches and a weight of 2 pounds. 

 It is a good table fish, and also ranks high as a game fish, being a free biter and 

 vigorous fighter. It is a desirable fish for ponds, and has been extensively 

 planted in all parts of the country; one of the principal hatcheries is at Wythe- 

 ville, Virginia. The fish spawns in spring, on gravelly bars, the parents guarding 

 the eggs and young. 



Genus CKLENOBRYTTUS Gill. Warmouths. 



This genus resembles Ambloplites in general shape, teeth, dorsal and caudal 

 fins, but it has only 3 anal spines and the preopercle is not serrated. There is 

 only one known species. (Chcenohryttus, yawning sun-fish.) 



202. CH^NOBRYTTUS GULOSUS (Ouvier & Valenciennes). 

 "Goggle-eye"; "Chub"; "Mud Chub"; "Red-eyed Bream"; Warmouth; Red-eye. 



Pomotis gulosus Cuvier & Valenciennes, Histoire Naturelle des Poissons, iii, 498, 1829; Lake Pontchartrain and 



lagoons near New Orleans. 

 Chcenobryttus gillii, Cope, 18706, 452; all streams of North Carolina east of Alleghenies. 

 Chcenobryttus gulosus, Jordan, 18896, 130, 133; Neuse River near Raleigh, Moccasin Swamp near Goldsboro, 



Reedy Fork of Haw River (tributary of Cape Fear). Smith, 1893a, 196, 199; Edenton Bay, Roanoke 



River at Plymouth and Weldon. Evermann & Cox, 1896, 305; Neuse River near Raleigh. Jordan & 



Evermann, 1896, 992, pi. clvii, fig. 421. 



Warmouth; Goggle-eye. Chocnohryttuft gulosus 



Diagnosis. — Body stout, depth .4 to .5 length; head large, about .4 length; mouth large, 

 maxillary extending as far as posterior margin of eye; eye equal to snout, contained 4 to 4.5 

 times in head; 8 or 9 gill-rakers fully developed; scales in lateral series 40 to 46, in transverse 

 series 17 or 18, 6 to 8 rows on cheeks; dorsal rays x,9 or x,10, the spines short, less than .5 

 length of head; anal rays ni,8 or iii,9; caudal concave, the ends rounded; pectorals pointed, 

 rather long, extending to or beyond anal origin. Color: above dark green, clouded with red, 



