TWO FOPS AMONG THE FISHES. 



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its length is about eight inches and the breadth one- 

 half as much. The color is then a brilliant blue and 

 orange, the former predominating above ; the orange 

 on the sides in spots, the blue in wavy, vertical streaks. 

 The cheeks are orange with bright blue stripes; the 

 tins with the membranes orange and the rays blue. 

 Extending back from the hind margin of each cheek 

 is a conspicuous blackish membrane termed an "ear- 

 flap," which in this species is longer than in any ether 



Fig. 4 Long-eared Sunfish. 

 (.One-hut natural size.) 



of the sunfish family, whence the specific name, 

 mcgalotis, from two Greek words meaning "great" 

 and "ear". 



Within the placid pools of the brooks and larger 

 streams of the State this sunfish has its favorite haunts. 

 Mid-summer is the time when its habits can be best 

 observed. On a recent August morn I sat for an hour 

 or longer on the banks of a stream, which flows 



