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150. POMOXIS Rafinesque. (ncofia, opercle ; oijvs, sharp.) 

 a. Dorsal spines 7 or 8; A. reticulate, like soft D. 



298. P. sparoides (Lacepede). Calico Bass. Grass-bass. 

 Bar-fish. Strawberry Bass. Body oblong, compressed, the 

 profile comparatively even ; fins very high. Silvery olive, much 

 mottled with clear green; vertical fins with green reticulations 

 around pale spots. Head 3; depth 2. D. VII, 15. A. VI, 17. 

 Lat. 1. 41. L. 12. N. J. to Minn, and La.; commonest N. 



aa. Dorsal spines 6; A. fin whitish, nearly plain. 



299. P. annularis Rafinesque. Crappie. Bachelor. New 

 Light. Campbellite. Sac-a-lai. Profile more or less distinctly 

 S-shaped, the nape gibbous, the head depressed, the snout project- 

 ing : mouth very large. Silvery olive, mottled with dark green. 

 Head 3; depth 2£. D. VI, 15. A. VI. 18. Lat. 1. about 40. 

 L. 12. Variable. Miss. Valley, in quiet waters, common S. (Lat., 

 ringed.) 



151. AMBLOPLITES Rafinesque. (d^Xvj, blunt ; 

 6n\iTT]i. armed.) 



300. A. rupestris (Rafinesque). Rock Ba>>. Red Eye. Gog- 

 gle-eye. Body oblong; eye very large. Olive green, sides brassy, 

 much mottled with dark green: young with blackish bars; adult 

 with rows of dark spots along sides ; iris red. Head 2| : depth 2. 

 D. XI, 10. A. VI, 10. Scales 5-40-12. L. 12. Vt. to Manitoba, 

 S. to La. and N. C., common W. (Lat., living among rocks.) 



152. CH.SJNOBRYTTTJS Gill. ( X aiva>, to yawn; Bryttus 



i. e. Lepomis.) 



301. C. gulosus (Cuv. & Val). War-mouth. Red-eyed Bream. 

 Body oblong, robust ; eye moderate. Olive green, sides brassy with 

 blotches of bluish, greenish, and copper-red; cheeks with 3 or 4 

 dark bands ; fins dusky, mottled ; a dark spot on last D. rays ; 

 young barred; some specimens with rows of dark spots on sides. 

 Head 2|; depth 21. 1). X, 10 ; A. Ill, 9. Scales C-40-12. L. 

 10. L. Michigan to Va. and Texas, abundant S. in slu£'_nsh waters. 

 Northern specimens are deeply colored, the adult with blue and 

 copper-red; the D. is usually a trifle farther forward, over opercular 

 spot; this is var. antistius McKay. (Lat. big-mouthed.) 



153. ACANTHARCHUS Gill. (Sicavda, spine; dpxos, anus.) 



302. A. pomotis (Baird). Mud Sux-fish. Form of the Rock 

 Bass. I)ark-ij;reen. with 2 or 3 faint dusky longitudinal stripes ; 

 cheeks with dark oblique bands ; fins plain. Head 2f ; depth 2. 

 D. XI, 10. A. V, 10. Scales 6-43-12. L. 6. Hudson R. to 

 N. C. in sluggish streams coastwise. (Pomotis = Lepomis.) 



