The food and game fishes of New York: . -: afaint spot on last rays of dorsal bordered by paler ; three oblique dusky bars radiat-ing from eye ; belly yellowish. lOi. Green Sunfish ; Red-eye [.Iponwtis cyaiic/his RafincsqueV Lcpomis cyaitcllus l!i;.\\, l-ishcs Icnna., no, ])!. 31, fig. 61, 1S93 ; Mkek, .n. N. V. Ac. Sci., IV, 313, i-yaiie/liis Jordan 5: Evermann, Bull. 47, V. S. Nat. Mus., 996, 1896. The Blue-spotted Sunfish, also known as the Green Sunfish and Red-eye. extendsfrom the Great Lakes region, throughout the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys south to. 4»x THK FUUl) AND G
The food and game fishes of New York: . -: afaint spot on last rays of dorsal bordered by paler ; three oblique dusky bars radiat-ing from eye ; belly yellowish. lOi. Green Sunfish ; Red-eye [.Iponwtis cyaiic/his RafincsqueV Lcpomis cyaitcllus l!i;.\\, l-ishcs Icnna., no, ])!. 31, fig. 61, 1S93 ; Mkek, .n. N. V. Ac. Sci., IV, 313, i-yaiie/liis Jordan 5: Evermann, Bull. 47, V. S. Nat. Mus., 996, 1896. The Blue-spotted Sunfish, also known as the Green Sunfish and Red-eye. extendsfrom the Great Lakes region, throughout the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys south to. 4»x THK FUUl) AND GAME FISHES OF NEW YORK. 389 Mexico. It docs not occur in the Middle Atlantic States east of the Meek did not find tliis fish near Ithaca. A few specimens were taken nearMontezuma, N. V. None of the collectors of the U. S. Fish Commission obtainedit in the Lake Ontario rei,non. In spirits the color is pale brown, the fins paler. The opercular flap has a darkspot as described above. In life there is generally a black blotch on the hinder partof the dorsal and anal; the Ljround color is greenish with a brassy tinge on the sides,the lower parts yellowish ; blue spots and gilt borders usually ornament the scales,and faint dark bands are often present. The dorsal, anal and caudal have blue orgreen markings, and the anal is margined in front with orange. The iris is red andthe cheeks are striped with blue. The species reaches a length of 7 inches, and is an extremely variable one. refers to it as a good pan fish and states that it is abundant in
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