. Fishes. Fishes. 512 Percoidea, or Perch-like Fishes is oblong and compressed, the color is dull green crossed by black bars or blotches. The Sunfishes: Centrarchidae.—The large family of Centrar- chidcB, or sunfishes, is especially characteristic of the rivers of the eastern United States, where the various species are inordinately abundant. The body is relatively short and deep, and the axis passes through the middle so that the back has much the same outline as the belly. The pseudobranchias are imperfect, as in many fresh-water fishes, and the head is feebly armed, the bones being usually
. Fishes. Fishes. 512 Percoidea, or Perch-like Fishes is oblong and compressed, the color is dull green crossed by black bars or blotches. The Sunfishes: Centrarchidae.—The large family of Centrar- chidcB, or sunfishes, is especially characteristic of the rivers of the eastern United States, where the various species are inordinately abundant. The body is relatively short and deep, and the axis passes through the middle so that the back has much the same outline as the belly. The pseudobranchias are imperfect, as in many fresh-water fishes, and the head is feebly armed, the bones being usually without spines or serra- tures. The colors are often brilliant, the sexes alike, and all are carnivorous, voracious, and gamy, being excellent as food. The origin of the group is probably Asiatic, the fresh-water serranoid of Japan, Bryttosus, resembling in many ways an American sunfish, and the genus Kuhlia of the Pacific showing many homologies with the black bass, Fig. 400 —Crappie, Pomoxis annularis Rafinesque. Ohio River. Crappies and Rock Bass. — Pomoxis annularis, the crappie, and Pomoxis sparoides, the calico-bass, are handsome fishes, valued by the angler. These are perhaps the most prim- itive of the family, and in these species the anal fin is larger than the dorsal. The flier, or round bass, Centrarchus macropierus, with eight anal spines, is abundant in swamps and lowland ponds of the Southern States. It is a pretty fish, attractive in the aquarium. Acantharchus pomotis is the mud-bass of the Delaware, and Archoplites interruptus, the. 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 and Company
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