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The banded sunfish inhabits coastwise streams from Massachu- 

 setts to Florida. It occurs in southeastern Pennsylvania but is 

 rare. 



This species grows to a length of 3 inches. It is olive green 

 in color with five to eight dark cross bars intermingled with 

 golden or purplish spots. There are lines and spots also on the 

 cheeks. The flap on the opercle contains a velvety black spot 

 with a purple border. Below the eye is a dark bar. This is a 

 beautiful little species, but has no economic importance. 



In our vicinity it inhabits the entire Hackensack valley, pre- 

 ferring quiet, weedy places. For the aquarium it is the most 

 desirable of all the sunfishes, as well on account of its hardiness 

 as of its harmless nature. Eugene Smith 



236 Enneacanthus gloriosus (Holbrook) 



Blue-spotted Sunfish 



Bryttus gJoriosus Holbrook, Jour. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 52, pi. 5, fig. 4, 



1855, Co'oper River, S. C; Gunthek," Oat. Fish. Brit. Mus. I, 2G0, 1859. 

 Hemioplites simidans Cope, Jour. Ac. Nat. Sci. Pliila. 218, 1868, Tuckahoe 



Creek, near Richmond, Va. 

 Enneacanthus simulans Jobdan & Gilbert, Bull. 16, U. S. Nat. Mus. 470, 



1883; Bean, Fishes Penna. 108, 1893, Trenton, N. J. 

 Enneacanthus eriarchus Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. 16, U. S. Nat. Mus. 4C9, 



1883. 

 Enneacanthus eriarchus Jordan & Gilbert, op. cit. 469, 1883. 

 Enneacanthus gloriosus Bollman, Rept. U. S. F. C. XVI, 564, 1892; Jordan 

 & EVERMANN, Bull. 47, U. S. Nat. Mus. 993, 1896, pi. CLVIII, fig. 442, 



1900; Mearns, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. X, 319, 1898. 



The blue-spotted sunfish has an elliptic body, its greatest 

 depth one half of the total length without the caudal, its thick- 

 aess nearly two fifths of its depth. Caudal peduncle short, its 

 least depth one third of greatest depth of body. Head moder- 

 ately large, three eighths of total length without the caudal; 

 snout very short and oblique, two thirds as long as the eye, 

 which is nearly one third as long as the head; mouth moderately 

 large, oblique, the broadly expanded maxilla reaching nearly to 

 below front of pupil; lower jaw slightly projecting; the oper- 

 3ulum ends in two flat points, between which there is a dark spot 

 :wo thirds as long as the eye and bordered below by a narrow 

 Dearly stripe; gill rakers short and stout, 11 developed on first 



