. The fishes of North Carolina . Fishes. SYSTEMATIC CATALOGUE OF PISHES. 229 Diagnosis.—Body less compressed than in zonatum, the depth contained times in total length; head times in length; mouth very small, upper jaw reaching only to anterior margin of eye, lower jaw slightly projecting; eye large, its diameter greater than snout and .33 head; scales in lengthwise series about 30, in transverse series 13; cheeks and opercles scaly; dorsal rays iii,8 to iv,9; anal rays iii,5 to iii,7; caudal rounded. Color: variable, usually dark brown, with darker spots; some of the body scales blue;
. The fishes of North Carolina . Fishes. SYSTEMATIC CATALOGUE OF PISHES. 229 Diagnosis.—Body less compressed than in zonatum, the depth contained times in total length; head times in length; mouth very small, upper jaw reaching only to anterior margin of eye, lower jaw slightly projecting; eye large, its diameter greater than snout and .33 head; scales in lengthwise series about 30, in transverse series 13; cheeks and opercles scaly; dorsal rays iii,8 to iv,9; anal rays iii,5 to iii,7; caudal rounded. Color: variable, usually dark brown, with darker spots; some of the body scales blue; vertical bands on sides either faint or absent; no black spot on shoulder; dorsal and anal fins with several rows of dark (red) spots; caudal usually with vertical rows of dark spots and 2 red spots at base. Length, to inches, {evergladei, of the Everglades.). Fig. 98. Ptgmt Sun-pish. Elassoma evergladei. Heretofore known from swampy regions in Georgia and Florida. In Jan- uary, 1906, the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries received from Mr. W. P. Seal a specimen taken by him in a large cypress swamp near Wilmington, N. C. He reports the species as not rare in that locality and found in the same situations as the mud minnow (Umbra) and various cyprinodonts (Gambusia, Heterandria, etc.). Genus POMOXIS Rafinesque. Crappies. A strongly marked genus of rather large sun-fishes, distinguished by a com- pressed and deep body; large, oblique mouth; projecting, upturned snout; broad maxillary with large supplemental bone; projecting lower faw; long and slender gill-rakers; finely toothed preopercle and preorbital; large scales, with complete lateral line; well developed dorsal and anal fins, the anal larger; ventral fins close together, with a strong spine. Two species, very similar but quite distinct; only one definitely detected in North Carolina, although the other may be looked for and will eventually be introduced. The two are distinguished as follows: i. Dorsal spines 7 or 8; depth .
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