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25. AmhlopUtes riipestn's (Rafinesque). Head 

 2%; depths 21/2; eye 4. D. XI, 10 or 11; A. VI, 10; 

 scales 8—40—12. Color, olive green, much mottled 

 with black ; sometimes a decided yellow color; usually 

 each scale with a large center, forming interrupted 

 longitudinal lines ; a large black spot on the opercles. 

 Dorsal, caudal and anal fins mottled with black, form- 

 ing irregular bars; pectorals and ventrals phiin. 

 Length seven inches. Not common. Females with 

 eggs on May 26. 



26. Apomotis cyanellus (Rafinesque). Head 3; 

 depth 2V2; eye4. D. X, 11 or 12; A. Ill, 9 or 10; 

 scales 8-46-16. Back and sides olive and grass green, 

 ^vith longitudinal rows ot blue dots formed by a spot 

 on each scale; below, yellowish; opercular flap black, 

 bordered with golden green ; cheeks with two irregular 

 blue strips and many blue spots. Pectorals plain; all 

 the other fins mottled with yellowish green and 

 margine, with silvery; the ventrals more yellow; a 

 black spot on the posterior rays of the dorsal. Very 

 young specimens are barred with blue. Length four 

 and one-half inches. Taken only in larger streams; 

 rare. A female one and three fourths inches long, 

 taken May 28, contained ripe eggs. 



27. Micropterus dolomieu Lacepede. Head 3 ; 

 depth 31/2; eye 5V2. D. X, 13 or 14; A. Ill, 10; scales 

 11-75-15. Adult, yellowish green above, white below. 

 Yonng, above olive, with golden brown blotches; fad- 

 ing out into white on the belly ; the sides with many 

 small blotches and specks of golden brown ; cheeks and 

 opercles with three longitudinal stripes of the same 

 color. Soft dorsal with two irregular brown bands; 

 caudal with a vertical black band; other fins plain. 

 Abundant in some places; the largest one taken 

 weighed about one pound. 



28. Ptrcina carpiodes (Rafinesque). Head 3%; 

 depth 6; eye 5; scales about ninety in the lateral line; 



