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produced dies out, when another is suddenly made. ‘The fins all 
erect, the dark bands, and a ruddy tint to the ventral spines and 
the front of the dorsal produces a beautiful combination. They 
were easily captured in a dip-net if one followed their course a 
short distance by scooping up a lot of sphagnum, into which they 
would usually dart when disturbed. This sunfish is frequently 
found in the Delaware in the same localities as Enuneacanthus 
gloriosus, with which it associates, together with Ameiurus nebu- 
losus, Brama crysolencas, Fundulus diaphanus, Notropis chaly- 
beus, and Perca flavescens, I have not at any time found it espe- 
cially abundant there, seldom more than 4 or 5 being taken during 
a day. It prefers deep ponds of clear water at times, though I 
have never taken either it or Euneacanthus gloriosus on a hook. 
It also may be found in weedy streams of several feet in width. 
When living it is one of the most beautiful of our fishes, some 
examples being blushed with pink or rosy. It appears to be 
rather hardy, as I have frequently kept it in aquaria, and on 
several occasions it was kept alive for some time in the Academy 
of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. After a short time the 
colors seem to fade and lose their brilliancy in captivity. Exam- 
ples are frequently exposed for sale by aquaria dealers in large 
cities. It seems to be especially abundant in the cedar-stained 
streams, and I have examined a large series from pools at the 
head of the Ege Harbor River, Pool Tolsoms, Cedar Swamp 
Creek, Camden County, Brown Mills and Trenton. 
Pomotis chetodon Baird, 9th An. Rep. Smiths. Inst., 1854, p. 
aan: 
Bryttus chetodon Abbott, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1861, 
p. , 1868, p. 807.—Abbott, Am. Nat., 
IV, 1870, pp. 101, 102, 106. 
Mesogomstius chetodon Abbott, Hardwicke’s ee Gossip, 
1871, p. 20; fig..15.—Abbott, Rep. U. SmFwComy 1875-76.p: 
837.—Jordan, An. N. Y. Acad. Sci., I, 1879, p. ee Proc: 
Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1883, p. 132.—Abbott, Nat. Rambles, 
1885, p. 477.—Bean, Bull. U. 8. F. Com., VII, 1887, p. 142, from 
Baird.—Cope, Am. Nat., XXX, 1896, p. 943. 


