938 FISHES — CENTRARCHID^. 



122. Lepomis cyanellds Rafinesque. 



Oreen Sun-flsli ; Red-eye. 



£epomi« cyanellua, Rafinesque, Jonrn. de Pbys., 1819, 420. 



lehthelis oyanella, Rafinbsqub, lohth. Oh., 1820, 27. 



CkcBnobryitus oyanellus, Jordan, Man. Veit., 1876, 234. 



Telipomia cyanellug, Nelson, Cat. Fishes III, 1876, 37. 



ApomotU oyanellus, Jordan, Ann. N. Y. Aoad. Soi., i, 1877, 100 ; Bull. U. S. Nat. Mas., 



No. 10, 1877, 35 ; Ball. V. S. Nat. Mus., No. 12, 1878, 76 ; Ball. Hayden's Geol. Sarv., 



It, 1878, 435 ; Man. Vert., 1878, 239 —Bean, Proo. U. S. Nat. Mus , 1880, 97. 

 lehthelia melanopa, Rafinesque, Ichth. Oh., 1820, 27. 

 Lepomis melanops, Cope, Jonrn. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phlla., vi, 1869, 22. 

 Chcmohrytius melanops, Cope, Proo. Am. Philoa. Soo , 187 0, 452. 

 Chcenobryiius cyaneUus, var. melanops, Jordan, Man. Vert., 1st Ed., 1676, 234. 

 Pomotis longulm, Baird and Girard, Proo. Aoad. Nat. Soi , Phila., Ti, 1853, 391. — Girard, 



in Marny'a E^cpl. Red River, La., 1853, 245, pi. xii. 

 Calliurus loagulus, Girard, lohth. Mex. Bound., 1859, 5 ; U. S. P. R. R. Sarv., 1858, 16. 

 Brytlui longulus, Baird and Giraed, Proo. Aoad. Nat. Soi. Phila., vii, 1854, 25. — Gunther, 



Cat. Pishes, Brit. Mns., i, 1859, 258. 

 Calliurus diaphanns, Girard, Proo. Acad. Nat. Soi. Phila , Nov., 1857 ; U. S. Pac. R. R. 



Surv., 1858, 13. 

 Calliurus formosus, Girard, Proo. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Nov., 1857, 200 ; U. S P. R. R. 



Surv., 1858, 14. 

 Calliurus microps, Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila , Nov., 1357 ; U. S. P. R. R. Surv., 



1858, 17. 

 Lepomis microps, Cope, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila , 1869, 222. 

 Telipomis microps, Nilson, Cat. Fishes 111., 1876, 37. 

 Brytlus signifer, Girard, Proc. Aoad. Nat. Soi. Phila., Nov , 1857 ; U. S. P. R. R Sarv., 



1858, 20. 

 Apomolis signifir, Jordan, Bull U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 10, 1877, 35 ; Bull. Hayden's Geol, 



Surv., iv, 1878, 435. 

 Lepomis mineopas, Cope, Joarn. Acad. Nat. Soi , Phila., vi. 1869, 223. 

 Choenobryttus mineopas, Cope, Proo. Am. Philos. Soo., 18*0, 452. 



Description — Body oblong, varying to elongate, often short and deep, especially in 

 northerc specimens, the depth usually about 2^ in length ; the head about 3 ; month 

 pretty wide, the maxillary reachiuij nearly to middle of eye ; lower jaw rather longest ; 

 fins rather small, the dorsal spines very low, the longest scarcely longer than snout ; 

 scales always small, about 46 in the course of the lateral line ; opercular flap short and 

 small, less than eye, broadly margined with pinkish, the black confined to the bony 

 part of the flap ; colors extremely variable, the prevailing shade usually green, with a 

 strong brassy lustre on sides, becoming usually yellow below ; often nearly all deep 

 green, often with the blue predominaciug, sometimes in northern specimens nearly black ; 

 each scale usually with a sky blue spot and more or leas of gilt edging, which gives an 

 appearance of pale lines along the sides ; besides the blue spots, some specimens, usually 

 young or half-grown ones, are crossed by vertical bars of a brassy olive, or sometimes 

 almost black color ; many adults are farther marked by sprinklings of black dots ; ver- 

 tical fins marked with green and blue, the anal almost edged in front with pale orange; 

 in very young specimens, the vertical fins are of a dull red color ; ventrals usually yel- 



