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9th species. Redeye Sunfish. Icthelis JZnythtofis. Itch- 

 cle oeuil rouge. 



Body oval elliptic, (diameter one third,) blackish above,oliva- 

 ceous on the sides, whitish beneath: head small, lower jaw 

 longer, preopcrculefl exuose, opercule with a short, angular and 

 acute appendage, a Faint and small brown spot above it: tail bi- 

 lobed ciIlate,basG black, middle olivaceous, tip whitish, upper 

 lobe rather larger: an;\l fin with six and ten rays: pectorals tra- 

 nezodial large, not reaching the vent. 



Vulgar names Red-eyes, and Sunfish. Observed in Licking 

 river, said to be common in many other streams. Length 3 to 

 S inches. All the fins olivaceous. Eyes black, iris large and 

 red. Dorsal 1 1 and 10 rays, spiny short, as well as the 6 of the 

 anal fin. Caudal 17. Pectorals 12. Thoracics 1 and 5, the 

 spiny ray long. 



10th Species. Eared Sunfish. Icthelia aurita. Icthele oreil- 

 lee. 



Body oval elliptic (diameter one third) olivaceous with blue 

 and rufous dots: head small, jaws equal, opercule flexuose, ap- 

 pendage black, broad and truncate, some blue flexuose lines on 

 the sides of the head: tail brownish lunulale; back brownish: 

 anal fin 3 and 9: pectorals not reaching the vent. Thoracic mu- 

 cronate. 



Length from 3 to 12 inches: common in the rivers, creeks, 

 and ponds of Kentucky. Vulgar name Sunfish. Iris brown 

 Dorsal fin brownish, 10 and 10, spiny rays shorter. Thoracic 

 fins very long, spiny ray rather shorter, first soft ray mucronate. 

 Pectorals nearly rhomboidal, with 14 rays. Tail 16 rays. 



11th Species. Big-ear Sunfish. Icthelis vie^alotia. Icthele 

 mcgalote. 



Body oval rounded, (diameter two fifths,) chesnut colour with 

 blue dots, belly red: head large, lower jaw longer, opercule 

 with blue flexuose lines, appendage black, very large elliptic, 

 end rounded: tail black, slightly forked: pectoral large reaching 

 the vent: anal fin 3 and 9: thoracics long and mucronate. Black 



tail. 



A fine species, called Red-belly, Black-ears, Black-tail Sun- 

 fish, he. It lives in the Kentucky, Licking, and Sandy rivers, 

 &c. Length from 4 to 8 inches. Head very sloping. Irissilj 



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