﻿82 CHECK LIST OF FISHES OF THE DOMINION. 



304. Ambloplites rupestris Rafinesquc. (Plate X, figures 104 and 10.5). 

 Rock Bass. 



Lacustrine and Huviatile. 



Provinces of Quelsec and Ontario, embracing tlie St. Lawrence River and Great Lakes region, 



westward to Manitoba: in the United States ranging from Vermont westward to the 



Mississippi Valley and southward to Louisiana and Texas. 



305. Chsenobryttus gulosus Cuvier and Valenciennes. 

 Wannouth : Goggle-eye. 



Lacustrine and fluviatile. 



Presumably Ontario:* Great Lakes region, westward to Ljwa and Kansas, and southward 

 to Georgia and Texas. 



306. Apomotis cyanellus Rafinesque. 

 Green Sunfish. 



Lacustrine and fluviatile: ascending Ijrooks. 



Possibly Ontario:! ranges from Great Lakes region to Mexico. 



307. Lepomis auritus Linnseus. 

 Long-eared Sunfish: Yellow Belly. 

 Fluviatile. 



New Brunswick :| Maine to southern United States. 



308. Lepomis megalotis Rafinesque. 

 Long-eared Sunfish. 

 Fluviatile. 



Possibly Ontario: Ohio to Minnesota, and southward to South Carolina and the Rio Grande. 



309. Lepomis humilis Giraid. 

 Red-spotted Sunfish. 

 Lacustrine and fluviatile. 



Recorded from Langford Lake, British Columbia§ (May 1908 — specimen in Provincial 

 Museum, Victoria): ranges from Ohio westward to the Dakotas and southward to 

 Texas. 



*"I am under the impression that some years ago this fish was found in the marsh at Toronto, and also near 

 Hamilton, but of late no specimens have been obtainable. It should occur in Lake Erie and will probably be foxmd 

 in the Niagara district." Nash. 



■j""I have no Ontario records of this fish, but as it will probably be found in Lake Erie it is mentioned here." 

 [Check-list Fishes of Ontario.] Nash. 



Jin regard to its occurrence in New Brunswick Dr. Cox says that the only record he knows is that of Dr. Leath 

 Adams, and that its alleged occurrence in that province is extremely doubtful. 



§This is the only record for Canada of tliis species known to the author, and the locality is a long way from the 

 liitherto recognized range of the species. It may possibly range in waters of the Prairie Provinces, but as yet does 

 not appear to have lieen recorded. 



