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WHERE, WHEN, AND HOW TO CATCH FISH 



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60. "CH^NOBRYTTUS GULOSUS." 



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421 992 



Warmouth ; 

 Goggle-eye. 



" Head 2}£ to 2 2 / 3 ; depth 2 to 2}4 ', eye 4 to 4^. 

 D. X, 9 or 10 ; A. Ill, 8 or 9 ; scales 6-40 to 46-11 or 

 12 ; 37 to 42 pores ; 6 to 8 rows on cheek. Body heavy, deep, more 

 elongate than in Lepomis ; head large ; snout about equal to eye ; 

 mouth large, maxillary reaching posterior border of eye ; opercular 

 spot about as large as eye. Dorsal spines low, longest reaching to 

 middle of pupil from tip of snout ; pectoral not reaching origin of 

 anal fin ; ventrals nearly reaching anus, ventral spine about 2 in dis- 

 tance between origin of ventral and anus. Gill rakers 8 or 9 besides 

 rudiments. Dark olive-green, clouded with darker, usually with red 

 or blue, and brassy ; a dusky spot on each scale more or less distinct ; 

 vertical fins mottled with dusky ; a faint spot on last rays of dorsal, 

 bordered by paler ; 3 oblique dusky or reddish bars radiating from 

 eye ; belly yellowish or brassy. Length 8 to 10 inches." 



Fresh-water fish. Caught : Same hook, line and bait as Large- 

 Mouth Bass. Edible, C. 



