v.n 



Its I'dsy fiiihi, flecked willi ,^'i)!d, cuusc it to be ^Teiibtly aci- 

 ni i red. 

 AeAD. Coll. 



LlPOMiy, Cope. 

 1 1. Ai;iiEi\<. 



Tlio Coiumon Fond-Fibli, or ^^resljwatev Suu-Fisli, 



Ilody oval, oompresspd, oonyox above and below, |)ut 

 fcitrjiig-htei' and thicker at tho belly, Ihad large, broad, 

 Kuiooth l)ctwoen the eyes and suoutj which is full and rounded, 

 Eyes l^rge; n^outh rf^ther small, and very protractile, Head 

 dusky ahoye, with pale-blue waving lines running from the 

 Huout to tlie eye; sides of face also marked with five or six 

 bands of simihir color; appendix black, with a bright scarlet 

 blotcli behind. Body ulive-brown above, marked with irregu. 

 lar reddi.sli-brown .spots; sides and belly yellow, more or less 

 clouded, and with numerous brazen spots below the lateral 

 line. Fins more or less tinged with yellowish-L.'rown. 



Fin-rays:— D. 10. 11; P. 13; V. I. 5; A. 3. 10; C. 17. 



1\ aureus, L. dm. p. 1286. 



Foiiiotis vulgaris, Cuv. cV' A'^al. Ill, }>. 01, pi. 40: Uiehards, 

 Faun. Bor. xVnier. [). 24, ])1. 7<i; Kirtland in Bost. Journ. 

 Ill, p. 470, pi. 28, lig. 2; DeKay, New York Fauna, Fish., 

 p. 31, 1)1. 51, .tig. 166; Holbr. Ichth. tS. Car. p. 8, pi, l, fig. 



Lijtontis ain'cnSf Coi)e. Atlas of Md. Zoo!, 



In the region adjacent to Baltimore they prefer the brackish 

 water, and are not found in tlie lower part of Chesapeake 

 Bay. 



It is considered by many a very sweet Jish, 



it [)repares a })lace for depositing its spaAvn, usually in the 

 high Eel-grass, or among the Potiunoijetons, where the bot- 

 tom is sandy or of clay, sweeping it with the tail and excava- 

 ting a shallow l)asin of fr(nn 1 to 2 feet in diameter, often 

 scdeeting a spot, from whicli a small stick projects, to Avhich 

 it attaehes its eggs. The mother-fish guards the eggs with 



