. The first [-fifth] reader of the school and family series. The Common PLke-Perch, Lucioperca Americana. _ In describing a fish, the size, form, and color are given—the number, character, and po-sition ot the fins—and frequently the shape and character of the scales, the character otthe gills, and the number of the gill-openings. The most important and easily recognized of these features are the/H,s; and in describing them the narnc^ are given, and the number of sphvs or ratjs in each. In the abovefish—the Common Pike-Perch of the Great Lakes and Western waters (often, but improp-erly, called
. The first [-fifth] reader of the school and family series. The Common PLke-Perch, Lucioperca Americana. _ In describing a fish, the size, form, and color are given—the number, character, and po-sition ot the fins—and frequently the shape and character of the scales, the character otthe gills, and the number of the gill-openings. The most important and easily recognized of these features are the/H,s; and in describing them the narnc^ are given, and the number of sphvs or ratjs in each. In the abovefish—the Common Pike-Perch of the Great Lakes and Western waters (often, but improp-erly, called the Pike, or Pickerel)—the fins are briefly described as follows : D. 14—1, 22 ; A. 1,11; C. IT ; P. 15 ; V. 1,5 ;the letters denoting the names of the fins, and the figures the number of spines. Therebeing, in the above fi-h, two dirisioiis of the dorsal fin, it is designated as D. 14—1, 22 ;showing that the first dorsal has 14 rays, all s2}inoti$; in the second dorsal 1 spinous, and22 that are soft; A. the anal fin, with 1 spinous ray, and 1
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