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Aquatic Lite 
Sunfish. Bright yellowish or pea green, 
with rows of dark brown spots; soft dor- 
sal and anal faintly mottled or barred. 6 
inches. Lowland waters and streams. 
Virginia to Florida and Louisiana; 
northward in Mississippi Valley to Ilin- 
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AMBLOPLITES RUPESTRIS. Fock Bass. 
Pale green with dark mottlings; dark 
sopt on each scale; fins mottled. 14 
inches. . Ponds and streams. Spawns on 
gravelly bars. Canada and southward 
through the Mississippi Valley and east- 
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ois. A desirable species. (Centrarchus, ward. Predaceous. (Ambloplites, blunt 
spiny anal; macropterus, large-finned. ) 
ACANTHARCHUS pomotis. Mud Sun- 
fish. Dark greenish, with five blackish 
lengthwise bands; cheeks banded. 6 
inches. Sluggish muddy waters. New 
York to South Carolina. Voracious and 
nocturnal—likes to hide. (Acantharchus, 
spiny anal; pomotis, opercle-ear. ) 
armature; rupestris, inhabiting rocks. ) 
AMBLOPLITES RUPESTRIS CAVIFRONS. 
Cope’s Rock Bass. Distinguished from 
the preceding by larger mouth and more 
projecting snout; front concave; cheeks 
naked. Virginia. (Cavifrons, concave 
forehead. ) 
ARCHOPLITES INTERRUPTUS. Sacra- 
