. Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform]. Fishes; Fishing; Poissons; Pêche sportive. PERCII>£. 187 ACANTHOPTERYOII. PERCID^. ' THE AMERICAN YELLOW PEARCH. Perea Flavescens; Mitchil. This is a very common fish, widely diffused, with small variation of size, shape, form and color, through all the inland fresh waters of the whole United States, ranging through all the lakes and rivers of the country from the eastern part of Maine to the waters of the Ohio, into which it has gained access through the Ohio Canal, and whence it wi
. Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform]. Fishes; Fishing; Poissons; Pêche sportive. PERCII>£. 187 ACANTHOPTERYOII. PERCID^. ' THE AMERICAN YELLOW PEARCH. Perea Flavescens; Mitchil. This is a very common fish, widely diffused, with small variation of size, shape, form and color, through all the inland fresh waters of the whole United States, ranging through all the lakes and rivers of the country from the eastern part of Maine to the waters of the Ohio, into which it has gained access through the Ohio Canal, and whence it will undoubtedly ere long make its way into the Mississippi. There are several subordinate varieties of this fish, which differ in size, color, and slightly also in the number of fin rays, in different waters, and these have been created into distinct species, under the titles of the Rough Yellow Pearch, Perca Cerrato Cfranulata; the Rough- headed Yellow Pearch, Perca Granulata; the Sharp-nosed Yellow Pearch, Perca Acuta; the Slender Yellow Pearch, Perca Gracilis; and the White Pearch, Perca Pallida. It does not, however, appear that these distinctions are sufficiently broad or permanent to justify this arrangement; and it is now generally held that there is but one species of true fresh-water Pearch in the United States, and that the forms which have been designated under the above titles are mere accidental varieties, similar to those which have been previously noticed of the common Trout. Originally the Yellow Pearch was a. 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 Herbert, Henry William, 1807-1858. New York : Stringer & Townsend
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