. American fishes : a popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America with especial reference to habits and methods of capture. Fishes -- North America. THE WHITE PERCH. Morone americana. Nor let the Muse, in her award of fame, Illustrious Perch, unnoticed pass thy claim, Prince of the prickly cohort, bred in lakes, To feast our boards, what sapid boneless flakes Thy solid flesh supplies ! though overfed, No dantier fish in ocean's pastures bred Swims thy compeer. Ausonius, The Moselle. HP HE apostrophe of Ausonius was prophetic, for his words apply much more exactly to the spe
. American fishes : a popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America with especial reference to habits and methods of capture. Fishes -- North America. THE WHITE PERCH. Morone americana. Nor let the Muse, in her award of fame, Illustrious Perch, unnoticed pass thy claim, Prince of the prickly cohort, bred in lakes, To feast our boards, what sapid boneless flakes Thy solid flesh supplies ! though overfed, No dantier fish in ocean's pastures bred Swims thy compeer. Ausonius, The Moselle. HP HE apostrophe of Ausonius was prophetic, for his words apply much more exactly to the species of Morone now under discussion than to the Perca which the poet had in mind. This fish, closely related to the Yellow Bass, occurs in brackish water in the mouths of rivers, and even, in many instances, in fresh-water ponds, where it had become land-locked, and all along the coast from Georgetown, S. C, to Nova Scotia. Dr. Yarrow states that it abounds in the Tar and Neuse Rivers, N. C. In the Chesapeake and tributary streams it is ex- ceedingly abundant. It also abounds in the lakes and streams of the St. John River, New Brunswick, and in the vicinity of Halifax, Nova Scotia. It has been claimed by certain observers in Florida that White Perch were formerly abundant in that region, and the marketmen of New Orleans state that they were common in Lake Pontchartrain until the Bonnet Carre Crevasse changed the water from salt to fresh. Mr. Stearns and Prof. Jordan having investigated the subject, are of the opinion that these theorists are Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Goode, G. Brown (George Brown), 1851-1896. Boston : Estes and Lauriat
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