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in the gravel in shoal places in ponds; their movements can 
be watched Ihrongh the ice. On the other hand, the sun- 
fish or bi-eam {Eiipomotis aureus) spawns in the summer 
time, making a nest, which it scoops out of the river bot- 
Fia. 211. — The Blue-fish, Pomatomus saltatrix, one sixth natural size. 
tom. The banded sun-fish {Mesogonistius cJicetodon) occa- 
sionally scoops out a little basin ill the sand, in which it 
deposits its eggs late in the spring. The spotted sun-fish 
{EnneacantMis ohesus, Fig. 212) lives in muddy streams, 
Fig. 212.— The Spotted Sun -fish, Enneacanthus ohesus. 
burying itself in the mud In winter. Of similar mud-lov- 
ing habits is the mud-minnow {Melanura limi Agassiz), 
which spawns in the spring. The pirate perch {Aphredo- 
