Fishes . Fig. 405.—Long-eared Sunfish, Lepomis >?iegnlotis (Rafinesque). From ClearCreek, Bloomington, Indiana. Family Cenlrarchidce. or redeye (Ambloplites rnpestris) of the more northern lakesand rivers valued as a game- and food-fish. A very pretty 5i6 Percoidea, or Perch-like Fishes aquarium fish is the black-banded sunfish, Mesogonistius chccto-don, of the Delaware, as also the nine-spined sunfish, Enneacan-thiis gloriosHS, of the coast streams southward. Apomotis cyanel-Ins, the blue-green sunfish or little redeye, is very widely dis-tributed from Ohio westward, living in every brook.
Fishes . Fig. 405.—Long-eared Sunfish, Lepomis >?iegnlotis (Rafinesque). From ClearCreek, Bloomington, Indiana. Family Cenlrarchidce. or redeye (Ambloplites rnpestris) of the more northern lakesand rivers valued as a game- and food-fish. A very pretty 5i6 Percoidea, or Perch-like Fishes aquarium fish is the black-banded sunfish, Mesogonistius chccto-don, of the Delaware, as also the nine-spined sunfish, Enneacan-thiis gloriosHS, of the coast streams southward. Apomotis cyanel-Ins, the blue-green sunfish or little redeye, is very widely dis-tributed from Ohio westward, living in every brook. The dis-section of this species is given on page 26. To Lepoviis belongnumerous species having the opercle prolonged in a long flapwhich is always black in color, often with a border of scarlet orblue. The yellowbelly of the South (Lepomis auritus), car-likethe showily colored long-eared sunfish {Lepomis megalotis) of the. y/iv-;^ Fig. 406.—Common Sunfish, Kiipomotis gibbosvs (I,inna-us). Root River, Wis. southwest, figured on page 2, the bluegill (Lepomis pallidus),abundant everywhere south and west of Xew York, are mem-bers of this genus. The genus difiers in its largerpharjmgeals, which are armed with blunt teeth. The commonsunfish, or punipkinsecd, Enpomotis gihbosits, is the most familiarrepresentative of the family, abounding everywhere from Min-nesota to New England, then south to Carolina on the east slopeof the Alleghanies, breeding every^vhere in ponds and in theeddies of the clear brooks. The Black Bass.—The black bass (Micropterus) belong to thesame family as the sionfish, differing in the larger size, moreelongate form, and more voracious habit. The two species are Percoidea, or Perch-like Fishes r i 7 among the most important of American game-fishes, aboundingin all clear waters east of the Alleghanies and resisting the evilsof civilization far better than the trout. The sm
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