. Annual report of the Commissioners of Fisheries, Game and Forests of the State of New York . lmon! It is known also, locally, as Champlain pike, Susquehanna pike, etcThe cousin of the pike-perch, properly the sauger, or sand-pike, is called gray pike,ground pike, pickering and pickerel. The rock bass is called goggle-eye, red-eye, and lake bass. The biue-nosed sun-fish is called copper-nosed bream, and dollarel. The crappie is called new light,Campbellite, bachelor, brides perch, strawberry perch, chinquapin perch, and calico bass is called grass bass, barfish, bitterhead, tin-
. Annual report of the Commissioners of Fisheries, Game and Forests of the State of New York . lmon! It is known also, locally, as Champlain pike, Susquehanna pike, etcThe cousin of the pike-perch, properly the sauger, or sand-pike, is called gray pike,ground pike, pickering and pickerel. The rock bass is called goggle-eye, red-eye, and lake bass. The biue-nosed sun-fish is called copper-nosed bream, and dollarel. The crappie is called new light,Campbellite, bachelor, brides perch, strawberry perch, chinquapin perch, and calico bass is called grass bass, barfish, bitterhead, tin-mouth, sand perch and sac-a-lai ; but it is not necessary to extend this list, except that I was recently asked toidentify a fish called silver bass, exactly like the black bass except in color, andfound after considerable search that it was a name applied in Ohio to the mooneye ortoothed herring. In this State the statutes even err in the common names of some of our are mentioned in the Game Law when the fish meant is really the pike, and 122 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF. Fig. of Cheek and Gill Covers of a Mascalonge, the pike is mentioned when the law really refers to the pike-perch. A gentlemanasked some questions about the pike and I replied to him and told him that apparentlyhe was asking about the pike-perch, but he insisted that it was the pike. However,when I asked if the fish had one or two dorsal fins he replied that it had two, which is characteristic of the pike-perch, and not ofthe true pike. For the purpose of identificationthree figures have been prepared showing thecharacteristics that are constant in the mascalonge(which is sometimes called a big pickerel andgreat pike), the pike and the pickerel. Without regard to color or other markings,each of the fishes named may be identified fromthe peculiarity of scale formation shown in theaccompanying cuts. The mascalonge, the pike and the pickerel have each the same number of fins,placed in th
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