938 FISHES—CENTRARCHIDZ. 
122. LEPoMIs CYANELLUS Rafinesque. 
Green Sum-fish; Red-eye. 
Lepomis cyanellus, RAFINESQUE, Journ. de Phys., 1819, 420. . 
Ichthelis cyanella, RAFINESQUE, Ichth. Oh., 1820, 27, 
Chenobryttus cyanellus, JORDAN, Man. Vert., 1876, 234. 
Telipomis cyanellus, NELSON, Cat. Fishes Iil., 1876, 37. 
Apomotis cyanellus, JORDAN, Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., i, 1877, 100; Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 
No. 10, 1877, 35; Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 12, 1878, 76; Bull. Hayden’s Geol. Sarv., 
iv, 1878, 435; Man. Vert., 1878, 239 —Bran, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus, 1880, 97. 
Ichthelis melanops, RAFINESQUE, Ichth. Oh., 1820, 27. 
Lepomis melanops, COPE, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., vi, 1869, 22. 
Chenobryttus melanops, Cork, Proc. Am. Philos. Soc , 1870, 482. 
Chenobrytius cyanellus, var. melanops, JORDAN, Man. Vert., Ist Ed., 1876, 234. 
Pomotis longulus, BarRD and GIRARD, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., vi, 1853, 391.—GrraRp, 
in Marcy’s Expl. Red River, La., 1853, 245, pl. xii. 
Calliurus longulus, GIRARD, Ichth. Mex. Bound., 1859, 5; U.S. P. R. R. Surv., 1858, 16. 
Brytius longulus, BAtRD and GIRARD, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., vii, 1854, 25—GuNTHER, 
Cat. Fishes, Brit. Mus., i, 1859, 258. 
Calliurus diaphanus, GIRARD, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila, Nov., 1857; U. S. Pac. R. R. 
Surv., 1858, 13. 
Calliurus formosus, GIRARD, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Nov., 1857, 200; U.S P. R.R. 
Surv., 1858, 14. 
Calliurus microps,GIRARD, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila, Nov., 1857; U.S. P. R. R. Surv., 
1858, 17. 
Lepomis microps, Copr, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila , 1869, 222. 
Telipomis microps, Nason, Cat. Fishes IIl., 1876, 37. 
Brytius signifer, GIRARD, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Nov., 1857; U.S. P. R. R. Surv., 
1858, 20. % 
Apomotis signifer, JORDAN, Bull U.S. Nat. Mus., No. 10, 1877, 35; Bull. Hayden’s Geol. 
Surv., iv, 1878, 435. 
Lepomis mineopas, Copk, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., vi. 1869, 223. 
Chenobrytius mineopas, Cop, Proc. Am. Philos. Soc., 1870, 452. 
Description —Body oblong, varying to elongate, often short and deep, especially in 
northern specimens, the depth usually about 24 in length; the head about 3; mouth 
pretty wide, the maxillary reaching nearly to middle of eye; lower jaw rather longest ; 
fins rather small, the dorgal spines very low, the longest scarcely longer than snout ; 
scales always small, about 46 in the course of the lateral line; opercular flap short and 
small, less than eye, broadly margined with pinkish, the black confined to the bony 
part of the flap; colors extremely variable, the prevailing shade usually green, witha 
strong brassy lustre on sides, becoming usually yellow below; often nearly all deep 
green, often with the blue predominating, sometimes in northern specimens nearly black ; 
each scale usually with a sky blue spot and more or less of gilt edging, which gives an 
appearance of pale lines along the sides; besides the blue spots, some specimens, usually 
young or half-grown ones, are crossed by vertical bars of a brassy olive, or sometimes 
almost black color; many adults are further marked by sprinklings of black dots; ver- 
tical fins marked with green and blue, the anal almost edged in front with pale orange; 
in very young specimens, the vertical fins are of a dull red color; ventrals usually yel- 
