..The fishes of Illinois . and gold over the ground olive,producing the effect of a rich bronze inwell-colored examples; iris variegated blueand greenish with some crimson abovepupil; flap of opercle velvety black behind; a definitelv bounded round-ish spot of orange or turkev-rcd on the lower posterior portion of thefleshy margin; the margin above and below the spot dark to blackishwith some coppery luster; membranes of both portions of dorsal and ofcaudal and anal somewhat irregularly barred with dull brownish toorange blotches; ventrals dusky in males, paler or entirely pale in
..The fishes of Illinois . and gold over the ground olive,producing the effect of a rich bronze inwell-colored examples; iris variegated blueand greenish with some crimson abovepupil; flap of opercle velvety black behind; a definitelv bounded round-ish spot of orange or turkev-rcd on the lower posterior portion of thefleshy margin; the margin above and below the spot dark to blackishwith some coppery luster; membranes of both portions of dorsal and ofcaudal and anal somewhat irregularly barred with dull brownish toorange blotches; ventrals dusky in males, paler or entirely pale in small, short, to in length; the snout with a somewhatsnubbed appearance, very short, its length scarcely more than eye; eye3 . S to in head; mouth small, the jaws equal; maxillary reaching buta little past front of orbit, 2 . 6 to 3 .3 in head; no supplemental maxillaryand no palatine teeth; lower pharyngeals broad and deep, with inferiorand lateral prominences; the teeth short and stout, their upper surfaces. Fig. 67 Lower left pharyngeal of Eupo-motis gibbosus: Fig. 66, fromabove; Fig. 67, from outside. EUPOMOTIS PUMPKINSEED SUNFISH 261 bluntly rounded or paved; operculum quite firm behind, the bony por-tion distinct from a broad paler fleshy margin; gill-rakers short andsoft, but little better developed than in L. megalotis. Dorsal X, 11 or12; the spines rather high, the highest 2 to 2 .4in head, about as long assnout and eye. Anal III, 10 or 11; pectorals rather long, 1 to inhead; ventrals exceeding vent, usually reaching to or a little past firstanal spine. Scales 5, 35-40, 13 or 14; 4 or 5 rows on cheek. This very abundant species of extreme northern Illinois, espe-cially common in the upland lakes of Lake and McHenry counties, isscarcely known south of the center of the <state, having occurred,indeed, but twice in all our collections below the latitude of Spring-field—once in Clear Lake, across the Ohio from Cairo, and once inDrew pond, near Carmi,
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