‘80 THE FISHES OF OHIO. 
Genus - APOMOTIS. 
Apomotis cyanellus (Rafinesque). GREEN SUNFISH ; 
CREEK SUNFISH; LITTLE RED-EYE. 
Head 3; depth 2%. D.X, 11; A. III, 9; scales about 7-48-17, 8 rows 
-on cheek. Body oblong, rather elongate in young, becoming short and deep 
in adults. Mouth large, larger than in Lepomis or Eupomotis, maxillary 
reaching nearly to middle of eye, lower jaw projecting. Gill rakers long 
and stiff. Tower pharyngeal teeth acute; a patch of teeth on basibranchial 
between second and third hypobranchials. Color generally greenish, some- 
times nearly black; vertical fins marked with blue or green, in adults in 
spring the lower fins are very dark and all the fins are edged with silvery; 
dorsal and anal generally with a black spot ou the posterior rays. Quite 
variable. Length 7 inches. 
The Green Sunfish is an abundant resident of the streams of 
Ohio, but is rarely found in the lakes. It ascends the streams 
farther than any other species of this family, being found even 
in small brooks and spring runs. Hamilton County, ‘‘ abundant 
in Ross lake and Little Miami river,’’ Henshall, 1888; Lorain 
County, ‘‘abundant in the upper part of small streams and in 
small ponds,’’ McCormick, 1892; Maumee river basin, “‘ taken at 
nearly every point in all the streams that were examined,’’ Kirsch, 
1893; Franklin County, abundant in nearly every stream, Wil- 
liamson and Osburn, 1897; Big Jelloway creek, Knox County, 
not common, Parker, Williamson and Osburn, 1898; Ohio river 
at Ironton, Huron river at Milan, Ashtabula creek, Wabash river 
at Celina, Stillwater and Wolf creeks near Dayton, North Fork 
of Licking river at Newark, R. C. Osburn, 1899; Mahoning river, 
KE. B. Williamson, 1900; Breakneck creek near Kent, outlet of 
Licking reservoir, R. C. Osburn, 1900. 
