726 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW JERSEY. 



• border and a pearly spot in front ; a dark bar below eye ; males 

 much spotted with blue, fainter in females. Dorsal rays, IX, 

 10 ; anal rays, III, 9 (varies). Abundant near the coast. 



MESOGONISTIUS, Gill, 

 M. cbsetodon, Bd. {PomoHs.) Black -banded Sunfish. 



Differs from preceding genus in having ten dorsal spines; 

 small supplemental bone ; anal much smaller than dorsal ; dorsal 

 with anterior spines longest; body suborbicular ; mouth very 

 small; lateral line continuous; cheeks three to four rows of 

 scales; dirty straw color, clouded with olive; six to eight ver- 

 tical bars on sides. Lateral-line scales, 28 ; length, 3 inches. 



" This interesting species is a lover of weedy, sluggish streams 

 and ^onds, and is never met with in tide water. The writer has 

 seen it from Mercer and Burlington counties, but could not find 

 it in Warren, Sussex or Morris counties. It was first met with 

 in Atlantic county by Prof. Baird." — [C. C. A.] 



LBPOMIS, Raf. 



(Ichtlielis. Supomotis. Apomotis, &c.) 

 L. phenax, Cope & Jord. {Apomotis, Bryttus, &c.) Sunfish. 



Body ovate ; supplementary bone strong ; teeth on vomer and 

 palatines ; dorsal with ten short and strong spines ; opercular spot 

 larger than eye ; seven rows of scales on cheek ; no black spot 

 on dorsal or anal; color olive green, dark in adults; more 

 silvery in young. Dorsal rays, 10 ; anal rays, 9 ; scales, 43 X 

 14 ; length, 6 inches. Beesley's Point. 



L^ aurituB, L. [Labrus, Bryttus unicolor, Pomotis rubieauda, appendix.) 

 Long-eared Sunfish. Black-eared Sunfish. 

 Gill rakers short and thick ; ear flaps long and narrow ; body 

 elongate ; seven rows of small scales in cheek ; scales of breast 

 very small; palatine teeth few and large; dorsal spines low; 

 color olive, belly orange red ; scales on sides with red spots on a 

 blue ground ; vertical fins yellowish ; head with bluish stripes. 

 Dorsal rays, 11; anal rays, 9; lateral-line scales, 47; length, 8 

 inches. 



The two following notes by C. C. A. refer doubtless to varieties 

 of the above species : 



