The Sunfisb Family 



Lepomis auritus. Red-breast Sunfish. Body elongate; head 3; 

 depth 3; eye 4; D. X, 11 ; A. Ill, g; scales 6-45-15; mouth 

 large, oblique ; palatine teeth present ; gill-rakers :ir -f 8 or 9, 

 quite short ; opercular flap very long and narrow ; scales on 

 breast very small ; 7 rows scales on cheeks. 



GENUS EUPOMOTIS 



Eupomotis gibbosus. Common Sunfish. Body short and deep, 

 compressed; head 3 ; depth 2; eye 4; D. X, 11; A. Ill, 10; 

 scales 6-45-13 ; 4 rows on cheeks ; mouth small, oblique, max- 

 illary scarcely reaching front of eye ; pharyngeal teeth paved 

 and rounded; gill-rakers soft and small, x-\-\o\ opercular flap 

 rather small, the lower part bright scarlet. 



GENUS POMOXIS 



Pomoxis sparoides. Calico-bass. Body oblong, elevated, much 

 compressed; head 3 ; depth 2 ; D. VII, 15; A. VI, 17; scales 

 40 to 45 ; 6 rows on cheeks ; mouth large, maxillary reaching 

 to posterior edge of pupil ; snout projecting ; fins very high, anal 

 higher than dorsal. 



Pomoxis annularis. Crappie. Body rather elongate ; head 3 ; 

 depth 2\ ; D. VI, 15 ; A. VI, 18 ; scales 36 to 48 ; 4 or 5 rows 

 on cheek ; mouth very wide ; fins very high, but lower than 

 sparoides. 



THE SMALL-MOUTH BLACK-BASS 



{Micropterus dolomieu) 



The generic name Micropterus was given to 

 the small-mouth black-bass by the French ich- 

 thyologist Lacepede, in 1802, who was the first 

 to describe it The name Micropterus, which 

 means " small fin," was bestowed on account of 

 the mutilated condition of the dorsal fin of 



