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cheeks red and blue striped. Young more greenish. D. X, 

 10; A. Ill 9 or 10. Scales 38 to 48. Length 8 inches or 

 more. 



United States east of the Alleghanies to Louisiana. It does 

 not go down stream as far as the next species. Very common 

 in the Upper Passaic River and in the Great Swamp, also in 

 the Bronx River. A very good aquarium fish. 



Eupomotis gibbosus {L.). 

 Common Sun- fish ; Pond Perch, Bream, etc. 



Body deep, profile steep ; sides greenish and bluish with 

 orange spots and chainlike bars ; cheeks orange red with blue 

 stripes or streaks. Belly or lower fins orange.. Opercular flap 

 black, bordered with orange or red. Rear edges of vertical 

 fins yellow bordered in the males, which are far brighter than 

 the females, especially during breeding time. The females are 

 more greenish and bluish, the opercular spot paler bordered. 

 D. X, 11; A. Ill, 10. Scales 6-38 to 48-13. Length 8 inches 

 or more. The male jealously watches his nest, which is a 

 shallow dish excavated near the edge of the water in mud or 

 sand. 1 



In the aquarium the common sun-fish by incessant attacks 

 often kills its associates of many kinds. It is a very gamey 

 fish, common everywhere and is usually found in the company 

 of shiners, minnows and killies. 



Found in most of the morain ponds of Long and Staten 

 Islands, and in the quarry ponds, etc. , on the Palisades, put there 

 frequently by bo3^s. Provided there is water enough through- 

 out the year, the sun-fish will thrive and multiply as freely as 

 the gold-fish found with it. 



This species ranges from Maine to Minnesota and east of the 

 Alleghanies to Florida. Not in the Ohio basin. 



nicropterus dolomieu {Lac). 



Small-mouthed Black Bass. 

 Body more elongate, dorsal low. Olive green, lighter below T 

 with obscure bars. The young more brassy green and more 

 1 Compare also Thoreau, op. cit. 



