936 FISHES—CENTRARCHIDA. 
or or less edged» with | pale le orange; no black dorsal spot; no blue cheek-stripes, but the 
sides of head with a ] pur urplish lustre ; “opercular flap small, bordered below with silvery. 
In spirits the coloration is that of a young Chenobryttus antistius, closely spotted or 
clouded with brown, so that the pale ground color appears in irregular vertical chain- 
like bars. The young resembles that of Hupomotis gibbosus very much, and older speci- 
mens look like the young of Chenobrytius. In both cases, the generic character will 
serve for identification. This species reaches a length of about four inches. 
Habitat, Ohio and Mississippi Valleys from Pennsylvania to Illinois, Kiskiminitas 
River, Western Pennsylvania (Cope), White River (Jordan), Ohio River (Rafinesque, 
Jordan), Illinois River (Forbes, Nelson, Jordan), 
Diagnosis.—The chain-like bars and peculiar mottled coloration best 
distinguish this species. The large mouth is also a point of importance. 
This fish is of no value as food, but its activity, hardiness, voracity and 
beauty commend it as an inhabitant of the aquarium. 
Lepomis macrochirus, although one of the very earliest described of our 
Sun-fishes has been overlooked by most late writers. It is not by any 
means rare, but it is somewhat selows in its localies, preferring clear 
weedy ponds and streams. 
121. Lepomis PALLIDUS (Mitchill) Gill and. Jordan. 
Biue Sune-fish; Copper-nosed Bream; Dollardee. 
Labrus pallidus, MiTCcHILL, Trans Lit. and Philos.Soc. N. Y. 1814, 407. 
Lepomis pallidus, GILL and JoxrDAN, Field and Forest, 1877.—NELSON, Rept. U. S. Fish 
Com., 1875--76, 790, 7°6.—BEAN, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 1880; 97. JorDAN, Man. Vert., 
3d Ed., 241. 
Ponpine pallidus, JORDAN, Aun. N. Y. Lyc. Nat. Hist, 1876, 316; Ann. N. Y. Acad. 
Sci., i, 1877, 99; Bull U.S. Nat. Mus., No. 10,1877, 35; Man. Vert., 1878, 241; Ball. 
U.S. Nat. Mus., No. 12, 1878, 40, 46, 60, 76; Bull. Hayden’s Geol. Surv., iv, 1878, 436. 
Helioperca pallida, GILBERT, Ohio Fish Com., 1877, 80.—JORDAN, Ann. We Y. Lyc. Nat. 
Hist., 1876, 355. 
Lepomis appendix, MITCHILL, Suppl. to Mem. Fishes N. Y. 1818, 217. 
Pomotis incisor, DEKAY, Fauna N.Y., Fish., 1842, 33.—SToRgER, Syn., 1846, 293.—AGassiIz, 
Amer. Journ. Sci. and Arts, 1854, 302.—WaixLxs, Report on Agric. and Geol. Miss,, 
1854, 334. 
Ichthelis incisor, HOLBROOK, Ichthy. S. C., 1860, 12.—PuTNaM, Bull. M. C. Z, 1863, 6.— 
JORDAN, Man. Vert., 1876, 235.—NELSON, Cat. Fishes Iil., 1876, 36. —Avporr, Rept. 
U.S. Fish Com., 1875-76, 838. 
Lepomis incisor, GILL, Amer. Journ. Sci. and Art., 1864, 93. 
Lepiopomis incisor, GooDE, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., ii, 1879, 114.—GooprE and Bran, Proc. 
U.S. Nat. Mas., ii, 1879, 139. | 
Pomotis gibbosus, Cuv. and Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., vii., 1831, 467.—DeKay, Fauna N.Y. 
Fishes, 1842, 33.—SToRER, Syn., 1846, 293.—JORDAN, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., ii, 
1879, 225. 
