112 



— Iiexacanthus, Ciiv. & Val., VII. p. 458; Kiitlaud, Bost. 

 Journ., III. p. 480, pi. 29, fig. 2. 



CicMa storeria, Kirtl. Eep. Zool. Ohio, p. 191. 



Fomoxis hexacanihus. Holbr. Ichtli. S. Car., p. o9, pi. r>. 

 fig. 1. 



Its precise locality in the State is uncertain, but probably 

 in some of the 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, and sold in the Balti- 

 more markets as "Strawberry Perch." 



Acad. Coll. S. I. 



ENNEACENTRUS, Gill. 



E. gloriosus. 



Sun-Fish, 



Form oval, moderately compressed, the head somewhat 

 scooped out above the eye, the muzzle rather sliort and blunt, 

 the second-dorsal and the anal fins broad and rounded, the 

 tail abruptly narrowed, slender; length of the head about one- 

 third of that of the body including the tail-fin; the greatest 

 height of body is about equal to one and a-half of the head. 

 Colors brilliant, olive-greenish above, paler beneath, flecked, 

 particularly above witli bright gold-color, fins rosy, or even 

 carmine, sometimes a little dusky, but marked all over Avith 

 golden spots; often with a black spot on the back part of the 

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

 black spot next the base of the tail-fin. Length 2-2f inches. 



Fin-rays:— D. 9. 11; P. 14; V. 1. 5; A. 3. 10; C. 17. 



Brytttis gloriosus, Jiolhv., Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 

 1855, p. 51, pi. 5, fig. 4. 



The most beautiful of all our Sun-Fish. It is too small to 

 serve as an article of food for man, but it is mercilessly seized 

 by the voracious pike. 



Inhabits some of the clear streams em})tying into the lowoi' 

 Potomac, and abounds in sj^ring-water coves, where the 

 Myriophyllum grows rankly. 



Its rosy fins, flecked with gold, cause it to be greatly ad- 

 mired. 



Acad. Coll. 



