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C. hexacanthus. (Id. Vol. 3, p. 88, and Vol. 7, p. 458.) Dorsal lowest in front: anal hiffh and lona^. 

 D. 8.16; P. 12; V. 1.5; A. 6.18. Length 12 inches. Wabash rlvur. 



C. sparvides. (Id. Vol. 7, p. 4.59.) Anal higher than in any other species of the genus. Fourteen 

 series of black points along the sides. D. 12.13; A. 0.1-5. Length seven inches. South-Caro- 

 lina. 



C. irideus. (Id. Vol. 3. p. 89.) Fins spotted with brown; dorsal with a large round, black spot, bor- 

 dered with yellow or orange. D. 11.14; A. 7.16. Length six inches. South-Carolina. 



C. gulosus. (Id. Vol. 3, p. 498, and Vol. 7, p. 459.) Mouth exceedingly large. Brilliantly colored. 

 D. 10.9; A. 3.8. Length eight inches. South-Carolina, Mississippi. 



C. virides. (Id. Vol. 7, p. 460.) Green, with scattering black spots. Resembling C. anevs in form. 

 D. 11.10; A. 3.8. Length eight inches. Carolina. 



GENUS POMOTIS. Cuvier. 



A fev denticulations, more or less obvious, on the borders of the preopercle. Palatines and 

 tongue smooth, and without teeth. Minute teeth on the jaius, vomer and pharyngeals. 

 Branchial rays six. Opercle with an elongated membrane at its angle. 



Obs. Thi.s is an exclusively American genus, and composed entirely of fresh-water fishes. 

 It IS very closely allied to the succeeding genus. The type of this genus vs'as originally made 

 a Labrus by Linneus, Lacepede and others ; but in calling it a Perch, the common people, 

 according to Cuvier, exercised more discernment than naturalists. 



THE COMMON POND-FISH. 



POMOTIS VULGARIS. 



PLATE LI. FIG. 166. 



i/thras aurtlus LiN. 



Spans. Goldfish. ScH(EPFF, Loc. cit. Vol. 8, p. 150. 



Morone macutata. MiTCHiLL, Report in part. 



Labrus auulus. Id. Tr. Lit. and Phil. Soc. N. Y. Vol. 1, p. 403. 



Le Pomotis commun, P. vulgaris. C0V. et Val. Hist. Poiss. Vol. 3, p. 90, pi. 49. 



The Northern Pomotis, P. id. RicHARDSON, Faun. Bor. Am. Fishes, p. 24, pi. 76. 



Fresh-water Sun-fish. P. id. Storer, Fishes of Massachusetts, p. 11. 



('haracteristics. Green mixed with olive, and numerous dull reddish spots over the body. 

 Appendix of the opercle black, bordered behind with scarlet. Length six 

 to eight inches. 



Description. Body much compressed, oval, deepest about the fourth dorsal spine. P'ore- 

 head sloping to the mouth. Scales large, adherent, oval, even, and subdentatc on the con- 

 cealed margin. Lateral line concurrent with the back. Head small, one-sixth of the total 

 length. Eyes large, circular, and near the facial outline. Nostrils double ; the anterior 

 tubular. Mouth small, protractile, with very minute crowded teeth on the jaws, vomer and 



