4i 



no lateral line ; dorsal small, no spines in ventrals, caudal 

 rounded. 



Aphredoderus sayanus {Gilliams). 



Pirate Perch. 

 Dark olive, dotted with black, two dusky bars at base of 

 caudal. D. Ill, 11; A. II, 6; V, 7. Scales 48-58. Length 

 6 inches. A very predator} 7 , nocturnal fish, found in sluggish, 

 weed-grown streams. In South Jersey it is found, according 

 to Abbott, north to Mercer Count)'. The furthest east from 

 which it is known appears to be Suffolk County on Long 

 Island. 1 It may, therefore, be found nearerby. 



Family Centrarchidae. 



Sun-fishes. 2 



This fresh water family is confined to North America, north 

 of Mexico. The body is proportionally deep and compressed. 

 The opercle with or without a flap, generally with a blackish 

 spot. Lateral line present. Dorsal continuous. Teeth small, 

 short. All sun-fishes are bold, voracious fishes. Some are 

 ' ' nest ' ' builders. 



Pomoxis sparoides (Lac). 



Calico, Grass or Strawberry Bass. 



Body oblong ; snout projecting, opercular spot small. Sil- 

 very olive mottled with greenish , fins with paler spots ; the 

 soft dorsal large; anal large. D.VIII, 15; A. VI, 17. Scales 

 40 to 45. Length to 12 inches. 



Eastern United States. The calico bass is not known to me 

 from the vicinity and unless it has been introduced, I do not 

 think it will be fonnd. It originally occurred from the Hudson 

 River westward and southward, but not in lowland streams. 



Ambloplites rupestris (Raf.). 



Rock Bass; Red or Goggle Eye. 



Body oblong, heavy; mouth large ; opercular spot small. 



Color olive green, brassy, much mottled on sides with greenish 



or blackish; a dark spot below the eye. D. XI, 10; A. VI, 10. 



Scales 5-40-12. Length to 12 inches. 



x See Ayres, op. cit. 



'See also C. H. Bollman. A review of the Centrarchidae in Report of 

 U. S. Fish Comm'r. for 1888. 



