The sunfish family is composed entirely of fresh-water fishes. They are characterized by a symmetrically-shaped body, rather short and compressed; mouth terminal; teeth small, without canines; scales rather large; cheeks and gill-covers scaly; scales mostly smooth; border of preopercle smooth, or but slightly serrated; opercle ending in two flat points, or in a black flap; a single dorsal fin, composed of both spiny and soft rays; anal fin also having both spines and soft rays; the dorsal spines varying from 6 to 13 in the different species, with from 3 to 9 in the anal fin; sexes similar; coloration mostly greenish.Table of Contents The Sunfish Family, Centrarchidce i; The Small-mouth Black-bass, Micropterus dolomieu 3; The Large-mouth Black-bass, Micropterus salmoides 30; The Rock-bass, Ambloplites rupestris 52; The Sacramento Perch, Archopliles %7iterruptus 57; The Warmouth Perch, Chanobryttus gidosus 58; The Blue Sunfish, Lepomis pallidus 62; The Loog-eared Sunfish, Lepomis megahtis 65; The Red-breast Sunfish, Lepomis auritus 67; The Common Sunfish, Eupomotis gibbosus 69; The Calico-bass, Pomoxis sparoides 73; The Crappie, Pomoxis anmdaris 79; CHAPTER II; The Bass Family, Serranida -85; The White-bass, Roccus chrysops 86; The Yellow-bass, Morotie interrupt a 90; CHAPTER III; The Sea-bass Family, Serranidce (continued) 95; The Striped-bass, Roccus lineatus 96 The White-perch, Morone americana - 110; The Sea-bass, Centropristes striatus 115; The Southern Sea-bass, Centroprislesphiladelphicus 118 The Gulf Sea-bass, Centropristes ocyurus 119; The Grouper Family, Serranidce285; The Gag, Mycteroperca microlepis 287 The Scamp, Mycteroperca falcata phenax 291 The Yellow-finned Grouper, Mycteroperca venenosa 294 The Rock Hind, Epinephelus adscensionis -295 The Red Hind, Epinephelus guttatus 297 The Coney, Petrometopon cruentatus -299 The Nigger-fish, Bodianus fulvus 300 The Sand-fish, Diplectrum formosum 303; CHA