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5. APOUOTIS, Rafi&esqae. Red- EteS. 

 {i'dipomis, Raf., Sryttus, Cuv. & Val.) 



1. A. cyanellus, (Raf.) Jordan. Blub-Spottbd Sun 

 Fish. Dark clear olive-green, each scale with a blue 

 spot and more or less of gilt edging, the body thus 

 appearing more or less striped along the rows of scales; 

 colors variable, golden olive, green or even almost blue; 

 cheeks with bright blue horizontal stripes; body more or 

 less sprinkled with irregular dark dots; vertical fins 

 marked with green and blue and more or less edged 

 with pale orange; usually a distinct black dorsal spot; 

 opercular spot small, with brassy edgings; depth 2f in 

 length, head %\; dorsal spines low and stout; lat. 1. 48; 

 L. 4 to 6. Great Lakes, Ohio Valley and W., abundant. 

 (C. longulus and C.formosus, Grd., C mineopas et mel- 

 anops. Cope.) 



2. >f. yoAe/iajr, Cope & Jordan. Olive-green; body much 

 deeper and more compressed than in A. cymiellus; depth 

 '^\ in length; spines higher; opercular flap rather long; 

 mouth smaller, the jaws nearly equal; lat. 1. 43, the 

 scales therefore larger. New Jersey. Resembles Lepo- 

 mis rather than Apomotis. 



6. LEPOMIS. Rafinesque. Sun Fishbs. 



{Lepomis, Ichthelis and Pomotis, Raf.) 



* Palatine teeth present; usually no black blotches on last rays of 

 dorsal and anal. 



1. L. macpochirus, Raf. Chain-Sided Sun Fish. 

 Bright steel blue, with many bronze orange spots, which 

 cover nearly the whole surface, so arranged that the^ 

 ground color forms a series of vertical chain-like bars, 

 very conspicuous in life; vertical fins mottled with 

 bronze, and usually more or less edged with pale orange ; 



