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in the gravel in shoal places in ponds; their movemenl - 

 be watched through the ice. On the other hand, the sun- 

 fish or bream (Eupomotis aureus) spawns in the summer 

 time, making a nest, which ii si ps out of the river bot- 





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Fiq. 211. — The Blue-fish, Pomatomtu talta trix, one sixth natural size. 



torn. The banded sun-fish (Mesogonistius cJicet 

 sionally scoops oui a little basin in the sand, in which it 

 deposits its eggs late in the spring. The spotted sun-fish 

 (Enneacanthus obesus, Fig. 212) lives in muddy streams, 



Fio SIS.— The Spotted Sun-flsh, ttnneacanth 



Inn vine itself in the mini in winter. Of similar mud-lov- 

 ing habits is the mud-minnow (Melanura limi A 



which spawns in the spring. The pirate perch [J^ 



