RMRE0F6X–. Zoology for high schools and colleges. Zoology. 456 ZOOLOGY. sun-fish {Enneacanthus obesus Gill, Fig. 418) lives in muddy streams, burying itself in the mud in winter. Of similar mud-loving habits is the mud-minnovsr {Melanura limi Agassiz), which spawns in the spring. The pirate perch {Aphredoderus sayatius De Kay) occupies the nest of com-. r^'T./r Pig. 418.—The Spotted Snn-fish, Enneaeanthxu oJ«sms.—After Abbot. mon sun-fish, and with the female guards it and afterwards the young till they are nearly a centimetre (two-fifths inch) in length, when they are left by their parents. (Abbot.) T