American food and game fishes : a popular account of all the species found in America, north of the equator, with keys for ready identification, life histories and methods of capture . est dorsalspine about 2 in head ; side with rows of red spots ; miniatus, 346 bb, Gillrakers very soft and weak; palatine teeth obsolete. d. Dorsal spines rather long, about 2 in head; side with rows of bronze spots; garmani, 347 dd. Dorsal spines short, about 3 in head in adult; colour brilliant, variable; megalotis, 347 aa. Pectoral fin longer, more or less pointed, not much, if any, shorter than head, reachin
American food and game fishes : a popular account of all the species found in America, north of the equator, with keys for ready identification, life histories and methods of capture . est dorsalspine about 2 in head ; side with rows of red spots ; miniatus, 346 bb, Gillrakers very soft and weak; palatine teeth obsolete. d. Dorsal spines rather long, about 2 in head; side with rows of bronze spots; garmani, 347 dd. Dorsal spines short, about 3 in head in adult; colour brilliant, variable; megalotis, 347 aa. Pectoral fin longer, more or less pointed, not much, if any, shorter than head, reaching to or beyond front of anal. e. Scales very large, about 35 in lateral line. /. Opercular spot short, wholly surrounded by a red margin; sidewith conspicuous red spots; hinuilis, 348 ff Opercular spot plain black; body without red spots; haplognaihtis, 348 ee. Scales moderate or small, more than 40 in lateral line. g. Dorsal fin without black spot at base of last rays; opercular flapshort; side with chain-like cross-bands; macrochirus, 348 gg. Dorsal fin with a large black blotch at base of posterior rays;opercular flap large but not long; pallidus, 349 .345 Red-Breasted Bream. Red-breasted Bream Lepomis anritus (Linnaeus) The red-breasted bream or yellow-belly is found from Maine toLouisiana and is abundant in all streams east of the Alleghanies. Itreaches a length of 6 to 8 inches and is a good little pan-fish. It canbe taken readily on the hook baited with angleworm. Body elongate, not elevated; mouth rather large, oblique, themaxillary reaching past front of eye; gillrakers quite short, X+8 or 9,stiff and rough, set wide apart; opercular flap very long (longer inthe adult than in any other sunfish except L. megalotis), usually notwider than the eye; lower margin of flap usually pale. Colour,olive; belly largely orange-red; side with reddish spots on a bluishground; vertical fins chiefly orange or yellowish; head usually withbluish stripes, especially in front of eye. most
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