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Lake Beauty in the neighborhood of Orlando. Nuraber of spines 

 variable. Opercular spöt small and deptli less than half length, 

 but the bright spöts were golden green in Ii fe. Soft rays of 

 anal 10. 



Lp.pomis punctatus (CuviER & Valenc). .Breani». One 

 specimen from a small lake near Zellwood, Orange Co. 



Lepomis holbrookii (CuviER & Val.), McKay. »Shellcrusher», 

 :>Bream>. Lake Apopka, abundant. 



Lepomis mystacalis COPE. »Pumpkinseed», »Bream». Lake 

 Apopka abundant. My specimens from there have only eleven 

 soft rays in the anal. 



Lepomis pallidus (Mitchill). »Coppernosed Bream», »Copper- 

 head>, under this name I got from Lake Apopka where it is 

 common, a rather large Lepomis which I with hesitation classify 

 as Lepomis pallidus, but it is at least the nearest relative and 

 this species is said to be very variable. Both dorsal and anal 

 have 12 soft rays. The dorsal spines are strong but hardly 

 ionger than nose and eye. Opercular flap larger than eye. 

 Profile with an angle above eye. This angle is still deeper on 

 a 20 cm. long specimen Avhich I received as »Blue Bream» from 

 a littie lake near Zellwood, Orange Co. This specimen had the 

 same number of rays in the fins and was very dark blackish 

 blue. Both have black blotches on last rays of dorsal and anal. 



I refer to this species a good many young Lepomis speci- 

 mens from different localities in Orange, Osceola and De Soto 

 Counties. These have often 13 darker crossbars and a red mark 

 on the opercle. All have dorsal X, 12 and anal III, 11. Some 

 halfgrown specimens from the neighborhood of Apopka have 

 blunt pharyngeal teeth and come then near to the Texasform L. 

 heros. All have the black blotch on dorsal. 



Micropjteynis salmoides (Lacépéde). In Florida erroneously 

 known under the name of »Trout» (sie!). It is abundant in St. 

 Johns river as well as in larger and smaller lakes. In Lake 

 Apopka 1 saw several specimens with red fins and light green 

 body without any spöts. 



