26 FISHES OF LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. 



Family XIX. CENTKARCHIDJE. The Sunfishes. 



The members of this family are usually short and deep in the 

 body, much compressed, scales large or moderate, closely adherent, 

 dorsal fin continuous with 6 to 13 spines, anal with 3 to 8. All are 

 carnivorous. (See plates 9, 10, 11.) 



62. Pomoxis sparoides (Laci^pede.) Grass-bass. 



[Jord. Man. 298. O. St. Surv. 114.] 



Body very much compressed, oblong, of a bright silvery olive 

 color mottled with darker shadings, 6 anal and 7 dorsal spines. 

 Length 12 inches. 



I have seen but two adults, both taken by Mr. Warden's pounds, 

 near Lorain. Small ones of 2 or 3 inches are common enough, 

 however, in the lower parts of Beaver Creek and Black River. 



63. Pomoxis al^ll^^laris Rafinesque. Crappie. 



[Jovd. Man. 299. O. St. Surv. 113.] ■ 



This species is very similar to the preceding, from which it 

 may be known by its having- six spines in both dorsal and anal fins. 

 Length 12 inches. 



I have seen no adults, the young are common with the preced- 

 ing species. 



64. Ambloplites l"upestris (Rafinesque.) Rock-bass. 



[Jovd. Man. 300. O. St. Surv. 124.] 



Adult fish are quite plain-colored, somewhat striped longi- 

 tudinally over a bronze-olive. The young are prettily mottled and 

 blotched with black on a clear olive back ground. 10-12 dorsal 

 spines, 5-7 anal. Length 8 to 12 inches. 



Common in the larger streams; sometimes taken by the pound- 

 nets in the lake. 



65. Leponiis eyanellus (Rafinesque). Green Sunfish. 



[Jovd Man. 307. O. St. Suvv. 122.] 



Body oblong, mouth large, cheeks with blue stripes, opercular 

 flap short with pale margins, a conspicuous black spot at base of 

 last rays oj dorsal and anal jiiis, dorsal spines loxv, about equal 

 to snout. Length 5 to 7 inches. 



Abundant in the upper part of small streams and in small 

 ponds. I have not noticed it in the lake. 



