CHAIN-SIDED SUN-FISH. 935 
Lepiopomus humilis, JORDAN, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 10, 1877, 35; Bull. Hayden’s 
Geol. Surv., iv, 1878, 435. 
Lepomis anagallinus, Cope, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil , vi, 1869, 221. 
Ichthelis anagallinus, JORDAN, Man. Vert , 1876, 237. 
Lepiopomus anagallinus, JORDAN, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus, No 10, 1877, 35; Ann.N. Y. Acad. 
Sci., i, 1877, 99; Man. Vert., 1878, 240; Bull. Hayden’s Geol. Surv., iv, 1878, 435. 
Description—A small, elongate, brightly colored species, resembling somewhat the 
young of Lepomis cyanellus; depth 24 in length; head about 3; caudal peduncle and fin 
more than one-third the total length; mouth rather large; mucous cavities large; gill- 
rakers long, about as in Lepomis cyanellus ; scales large; 33 to 36 in the course of the 
lateral line; fins well developed; dorsal spines rather high, the longest as long as from 
snout to past the pupil; coloration brilliant; general color greenish, the fins and sides 
with mottings of a daiker green (a very characteristic feature) ; sides in adults with 
many very distinct salmon red spots, very conspicuous in life, slowly fading in spirits ; 
opercular flap rather large, with a very wide crimson border which entirely surrounds 
the black; no blae cheek stripes; a black dorsal spot (on Cope’s type, and on specimens 
in the Smithsonian Institution from Indian Territory ; my Kentucky specimens, how- 
ever, do not show it). Length three inches. 
Habitat, Kentucky to Kansas (Cope, type). Missouri (Cope), Salt River, .Ken- 
tucky (Jordan, extremely abundant, many specimes sent by Mr. W. M. Linney), Indian 
Territory (specimens in U.S. Nat. Mus). Lepomis humilis has not yet been noticed in 
Ohio, but it doubtless occurs in small rocky streams in the southern part of the State. 
Diagnosis.—T his isour smallest Sun fish, and one of the most brilliantly 
colored ; the very wide red margin of the ear-flap, and the green mot- 
tling of the vertical fins, easily distinguish it in connection with the 
Jong gill-rakers. It is of little value as food from its small size. 
120. Lepomis MAcROcHIRUS Rafinesque. 
Chain-sided Sum-fish. 
Lepomis macrochirus, RAFINESQUE, Journ. de Phys., 1819, 420. 
Ichthelis macrochira, RAFINESQUE, Ichth. Oh., 1820, 26. 
Lepiopomus macrochirus, JORDAN, Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., i, 1877, 99; Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., 
No. 10, 1877, 35; Bull. Hayden’s Geol. Surv., iv, 1878, 435; Man. Vert , 1878, 239. 
Lepomis nephelus, Cope, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., vi, 1869, 222. 
Chenobryttus nephelus, JORDAN, Man. Vert., 1876, 235. 
Telipomis nephelus, NELSON, Cat. Fishes Il., 1876, 37. 
DescriptionSmall, bright-colored species of a regularly oblong form; depth 2 2-5 in 
length; mouth large, larger than in most of the species of this genus, approaching thatof L. 
cyanellus; head somewhat pointed ; mucous cavities large ; scales moderate, about 42 in 
the lateral line, 5 rows on the cheeks; fins well developed; pectorals elongate, reaching 
anal; dorsal spines rather high, much as in the preceeding species; coloration in life, 
bright with lustre; general color a brilliant steel-blue with many dark bronze-orange 
spots so arranged that the ground color forms a series of vertical chain-like bars very 
conspicaous in life ; soft rays of the vertical fins mottled with brown and the anal more 
