Documentary journal of Indiana 1898 . w o o5 PC d CIh 00 « (a ^ 5 pi; o e tJ jj tJl /^^ f^ ft. ;>^ 43 THE YELLOAV PERCH. The yellow perch (Perca flavescens), known also as ring perch,striped perch, and raccoon perch, is one of the most strikinglymarked and best known fresh-water fishes of the Atlantic andNorth-central States. It is commonly regarded as the type of thespiny-rayed fishes and in some systems of classification is given thefirst place among fishes. The general body color is golden yellow, the back being greenishand the belly pale; six or eight broad vertical blackish bars extend
Documentary journal of Indiana 1898 . w o o5 PC d CIh 00 « (a ^ 5 pi; o e tJ jj tJl /^^ f^ ft. ;>^ 43 THE YELLOAV PERCH. The yellow perch (Perca flavescens), known also as ring perch,striped perch, and raccoon perch, is one of the most strikinglymarked and best known fresh-water fishes of the Atlantic andNorth-central States. It is commonly regarded as the type of thespiny-rayed fishes and in some systems of classification is given thefirst place among fishes. The general body color is golden yellow, the back being greenishand the belly pale; six or eight broad vertical blackish bars extendfrom the back nearly to the median line of abdomen; the lower finsarc largely bright red or orange, most highly colored in the breedingmale; the dorsal fins are dull greenish. The body is elongated, backarched, mouth large and provided with bands of teeth on jaws,vomer, and palate. It is found from JvTova Scotia to IsTorth Carolina in coastwisewaters, throughout the Great Lakes, and in the Upper MississippiValley, and in most parts
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