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cc. Gill-rakers short and weak ; uo palatine teeth ; oper- 

 cular flap of adult very long; head with blue 

 streaks, 

 g. Color containing much blue and orange. 



megalotis, p. 258. 

 gg. Color dusky, with rows of bronze spots. 



garmani, p. 259. 

 2. Pharyngeal teeth bluntly conic ; color mostly plain greenish. 



eiiryorns, p. 262. 



AA. Lower pharyngeal bones broad ; their teeth broad and rounded, 



so as to form a sort of pavement. Opercular flap short, its 



lower edge bright scarlet. 



1. Sides with much orange and blue; cheeks with blue streaks. 



notatus, p. 260. 

 Side plain in color, little orange ; cheeks without blue stripes. 



gibbosiis, p. 260. 



Lepomis cyanellus (Raf.). 

 Green Sun-fish. 



Jordan and Gilbert, 1882, 8, 473. 



Form stout and compressed, the back not so elevated as in related 

 species. Depth in the length two and one-half or less. Head in the 

 length three or less. Mouth large, oblique, the maxillary with a supple- 

 mentary bone. The lower jaw projecting. Lateral line running high. 

 Scales 7-48 to 50-17. Dorsal rays, X, 11; anal III, 9. Color 

 in life green, each scale with a blue spot. Fins mostly blue, the lower 

 ones edged with orange. Cheeks with blue stripes. Dorsal and anal 

 each with a dark spot on its hinder rays. May reach a length of seven 

 inches, but usually smaller. 



Great Lakes south to Mexico. Indiana localities are as follows : Falls 

 of the Ohio River (9, 9, 19); Carroll County (£3, '88, 49); Marshall 

 County (SS, '88, 55); Franklin County (5, No. 2, 7); Monroe County 

 (1, '85, 410) ; Marion County (1, '77, 44, 376) ; lakes of Laporte County, 

 Kankakee River (i, '77, 44); Lawrence County (S3, '84,204); Viu- 

 cennes and New Harmony (4, '88, 163); Owen County (4, '88, 167); 

 Vigo County (16, 95); Eel River Basin (4, '94, 38); Madison and 

 Decatur Counties (24, '93, 98). 



This is a beautiful fish and one of the commonest. It lives princi- 

 pally in stagnant ponds and in sluggish, muddy streams. When large 

 enough this fish is probably as good for food as the related species, but 

 on account of its usually small size it does not amount to much as a food- 

 fish. The young live principally on entomostraca. From this size up to 



