- hexacantJms , Ciiv. t^' Val., VII. ]>. loS: Kiilliuid. !»o.st. 

 Joiirn., III. p. 480, pi. 29, iig. 2. 



Ciclda dorerla, Kirtl. Eep. Zool. Oliio. p. I'Jl. 



Pom<u-is liextiruntliiis. Holbr. Jclitlr. IS. Car., \). oU, pi. <). 

 fig. 1. 



It.s precise locality in the (State is uncertaiM, but })roLcibly 

 l\\ sun;e of tlie streams emptying into the lower Potomac. Its 

 food is said to be insects and small Crustacea. Said to occur 

 near the mouth of the Chester River, Mud sold in the Balti- 

 more markets as "Strawberry Perch "' 



Acad. Coll. S. I. 



ENNEACJ5NTHUS, Gill. 



E, (il./JRIoSU.<, 



Siin-Fisli. 



Form oval, moderately compressed, the head somewhat 

 scooped out above the eye. the muzzle rather short andljlunt, 

 the second-dorsal and tlio anal fins broad aiul roundetl, the 

 tail abruptly narrowed, slender: h-n^th (>r' tlie head about one- 

 third of that of the body includini;- tlie fail-lin: the greatest 

 height of body is about equal to <mh' and a-lialf of the liead. 

 Colors l)rilliaut, iilive-gi'dMilsJi above, paler l)eueath, tleched, 

 partii'ulai'ly aliove v/ith bri^dit gold-color, tins rosy. (U' even 

 carmine, sometiines .n little dusky, but uiarke<lall o\er with 

 golden spots: oifcn with a l)lack s])<)t on the back [uirt of the 

 gill-cover, phiced a little above the tip, and Avith a small 

 black s|)ot next the base of tlie tail-iin. Length '1-'1\ inches, 



Inn-rays: --1). 11. 1!: ]'. 11: A', i. :.: A. :!. Id: C. 17. 



Iji-jifhi.s (jhirio.sHs. liolbi'.. doui'ii. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philud. 

 IS,")."), p. .") I , pi. .'), tig. 4. 



The niosr ln'antifnl of all our Sun-Fish. It is too small to 

 ser\(' as an ai'ticle of food foi' man. but it is mercilessly seized 

 by the voracious j)ike. * 



lnlial)its some of the clear slieams emplyin.u; into the lowei" 

 Potomac, and a'oonnds in spring-w;iter coves, where the 

 Alyiuornvij.i'.M. l^tows lanklv. 



