The Sunfisb Family 



Lepomis auritus. Red-breast Sunfish. Body elongate; head 3; 

 depth 3; eye 4; D. X, u ; A. Ill, 9; scales 6-45-15; mouth 

 large, oblique ; palatine teeth present ; gill-rakers x -f 8 or 9, 

 quite short; opercular flap very long and narrow; scales on 

 breast very small ; 7 rows scales on cheeks. 



GENUS EUPOMOTIS 



Eupomotis gibbostis. Common Sunfish. Body short and deep, 

 compressed; head 3 ; depth 2; eye 4; D. X, u; A. Ill, 10; 

 scales 6-45-13 ; 4 rows on cheeks; mouth small, oblique, max- 

 illary scarcely reaching front of eye; pharyngeal teeth paved 

 and rounded; gill-rakers soft and small, x+ 10; opercular flap 

 rather small, the lower part bright scarlet. 



GENUS POMOXIS 



Pomoxis sparoides. Calico-bass. Body oblong, elevated, much 

 compressed; head 3 ; depth 2 ; D. VII, 15; A. VI, 17; scales 

 40 to 45 ; 6 rows on cheeks ; mouth large, maxillary reaching 

 to posterior edge of pupil ; snout projecting ; fins very high, anal 

 higher than dorsal. 



Pomoxis annularis. Crappie. Body rather elongate ; head 3 ; 

 depth 2| ; D. VI, 15 ; A. VI, 18 ; scales 36 to 48 ; 4 or 5 rows 

 on cheek ; mouth very wide ; fins very high, but lower than 

 sparoides. 



THE SMALL-MOUTH BLACK-BASS 



(Micropterus dolomieii) 



The generic name Micropterus was given to 

 the small-mouth black-bass by the French ich- 

 thyologist Lacepede, in 1802, who was the first 

 to describe it The name Micropterus, which 

 means "small fin," was bestowed on account of 

 the mutilated condition of the dorsal fin of 



