. A guide to the study of fishes. Fishes; Zoology; Fishes. Percoidea^ or Perch-like Fishes 301 aquarium fish is the black-banded sunfish, Mesogonistius chcsto- don, of the Delaware, as also the nine-spined sunfish, Enneacan- thus gloriosus, of the coast streams southward. Apomotis cyanel- lus, 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, Vol. I. To Lepomis belong numerous species having the opercle prolonged in a long flap which is always black in color, often with a border
. A guide to the study of fishes. Fishes; Zoology; Fishes. Percoidea^ or Perch-like Fishes 301 aquarium fish is the black-banded sunfish, Mesogonistius chcsto- don, of the Delaware, as also the nine-spined sunfish, Enneacan- thus gloriosus, of the coast streams southward. Apomotis cyanel- lus, 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, Vol. I. To Lepomis belong numerous species having the opercle prolonged in a long flap which is always black in color, often with a border of scarlet or blue. The yellowbelly of the South {Lepomis auritus), ear-like the showily colored long-eared sunfish {Lepomis megalotis) of the. Fig. 237.—Common Sunfish, Eu-pomotis gibhosus (Linnseus). Root River.^Wis. southwest, figured on page 2, Vol. I, the bluegill {Lepomis palli- dus), abundant everywhere south and west of New York, are members of this genus. The genus Eupomotis differs in its larger pharyngeals, which are armed with blunt teeth. The common sunfish, or pumpkinseed, Eupomotis gibhosus, is the most familiar representative of the family, abounding everywhere from Min- nesota to New England, then south to Carohna on the east slope of the AUeghanies, breeding everywhere in ponds and in the eddies of the clear brooks. The Black Bass.—The black bass {Micropterus) belong to the same family as the sunfish, differing in the larger size, more elongate form, and more voracious habit. The two species are. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931. New York, H. Holt
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