The food and game fishes of New York: . ht, Campbellite, Sac-a-lait, Bridge Perch, Strawberry Perch, Chinquapin Perch,Speckled Perch, Tin Perch, Goggle-eye, John Demon, Shad, White Croppie and Tim-ber Croppie. THE KOOli AND CAME FTSIIES OF NEW ^?()KK. 383 In the lower Mississippi Valley the Crappic is one of the most conmion is abundant also in the Ohio Valley and occurs rarc!\- in Lake Erie. The (3hio,Illinois and Mississippi Rivers are particularly noted for an afnindance of Crappies,and the fish is very plentiful in Lake Pontchartrain, La., where it is one of the mostluLjhh- prize
The food and game fishes of New York: . ht, Campbellite, Sac-a-lait, Bridge Perch, Strawberry Perch, Chinquapin Perch,Speckled Perch, Tin Perch, Goggle-eye, John Demon, Shad, White Croppie and Tim-ber Croppie. THE KOOli AND CAME FTSIIES OF NEW ^?()KK. 383 In the lower Mississippi Valley the Crappic is one of the most conmion is abundant also in the Ohio Valley and occurs rarc!\- in Lake Erie. The (3hio,Illinois and Mississippi Rivers are particularly noted for an afnindance of Crappies,and the fish is very plentiful in Lake Pontchartrain, La., where it is one of the mostluLjhh- prizetl of the smaller game fishes. Dr. Meek tlid not obtain the Crappie in the Cayuga Lake basin, but sa)s it may befound in the canal near Montezuma, where the Calico Bass is said to be frequentlytaken. The Crappie is a very general favorite for pond culture, can be reatlily trans-ported and under favorable conditions multiplies prodigiously. Its range has beenverv much extended bv artificial means. The best distinguishing marks between. CRAPPIE. the Crappie and the Calico Bass are the more ehmgated form of the Crappie, thepresence of spines in the dorsal ami the nearly uniform whitish color of the the Crappie the greatest depth of the body is usually contained two and one-halftimes in the total length without the tail, while in the Calico Bass the depth equalsone-half the length. These two species are so similar in size and habits that theyare rarely distinguished except by ichthyologists. The Crappie grows to a length of about I foot and usually weighs I poundor less, but in a lake near St. Louis an individual weighing 3 pounds has beenrecorded. Crappie fishing usually begins in June and lasts till the coming of cold numbers of these fish are collected near Quincy, 111., for distribution to otherwaters. At Peoria, 111., Prof. Porbes has taken them in March and April ; lie hasfound them also in Pistakee Lake and at Ottawa. Ceda. Lake, Ind., and KingsLak
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