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Genus POMOXYS Eafinesque. 



17. Poinoxys sparoides (Lac.) Girard. Strawberry Bass; 



Grass Bass; Calico Bass; Barfish; Goggle- 

 eye; Goggle-eye Perch; Strawberry Perch. 



Great Lakes and Upper Mississippi Valley, southward 

 to Louisiana ; in the Eastern United States from New 

 Jersey to Florida. 



This species reaches a length of one foot and is es- 

 teemed as a food-fish. ?% 



30313. Fulton Market, New York. E. G. Blackford. 



Genus AECHOPLLTES Gill. 



18. Archoplites intermptus (Girard) Gill. Sacramento 



Perch. 

 Sacramento and San Joaquin Bivers ( Jordan & Gilbert). 

 This species rivals the preceding in size and is, like- 

 wise, a food-fish. It is " the only fresh- water percoid 

 west of the Eocky Mountains" (Jordan & Gilbert). 



27137. San Francisco, California. Jordan & Gilbert. 



Genus AMBLOPLITES Eafinesque. 



19. Amblopiites rwpe§ts*i§ (Eaf.)Gill. Bock Bass; Bed-eye; 



Goggle-eye. 



Eastern United States from Vermont southward ; Great 

 Lake region, and west to Manitoba ; Mississippi Val- 

 ley south to Louisiana. 



This is a food-fish of some importance. An example 14 

 inches long was received April 13, 1882, from J. W. 

 Bronaugh of Manchester, Virginia. 



10549. Buffalo, New York. J. W. Milner. 



Genus CEL3ENOBEYTTUS Gill. 



SO. Chaenobryttii§ gulosus (0. & V.) Jordan. War-mouth ; 

 Bed-eyed Bream; War-mouth Perch; Yaw- 

 mouth. 

 Eastern United States from Virginia to Florida and ex- 

 tending, in the Gulf States, to Texas. 

 The species is small, reaching 9 inches in length, but is 

 extensively sold in the markets. 



23509. McBean, Georgia. A. Graves. 



