Documentary journal of Indiana 1898 . QQOQ Mo< o oft o 41 LARGE-MOUTH BLACK BASS. Body comparatively long, tlie depth about one-third the length;back little elevated; head, large, 3 to 3^ in body; eye 5 to 6 in head;Dionth very large, the maxillary in adnlts extending beyond eye,j^maller in young. Ten rows of scales on the cheeks; body scaleslarge, about 68 in the lateral line, and 7 above and 16 below theline. Dorsal fin low, deeply notched, larger than anal, with 10spines and 12 or 13 soft rays; anal with 3 spines and 10 or 11 above dark-green, sides greenish-silvery, belly whi
Documentary journal of Indiana 1898 . QQOQ Mo< o oft o 41 LARGE-MOUTH BLACK BASS. Body comparatively long, tlie depth about one-third the length;back little elevated; head, large, 3 to 3^ in body; eye 5 to 6 in head;Dionth very large, the maxillary in adnlts extending beyond eye,j^maller in young. Ten rows of scales on the cheeks; body scaleslarge, about 68 in the lateral line, and 7 above and 16 below theline. Dorsal fin low, deeply notched, larger than anal, with 10spines and 12 or 13 soft rays; anal with 3 spines and 10 or 11 above dark-green, sides greenish-silvery, belly white; youngwith a blackish band along sides from opercle to tail, the bandbreaking w]) and gTOwing paler with age; caudal fin pale at base,white on edge and black between; older specimens almost uniformlydull greenish; three dark oblique stripes across opercle and clieek;dark blotch on opercle.—L. S. Manual of Fish Culture. 42.
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