. The fishes of North Carolina . Fishes. 274 FISHES OF NOETH CAROLINA. Genus MORONE Mitchill. White Perches. This genus includes 2 small species, both American, one found in the Miss- issippi valley, the other on the Atlantic coast, Similar to Roccus, but with no teeth at base of tongue, a shorter anal fin, stouter spines in first dorsal fin, and dorsal fins more or less connected by a membrane. Body rather short and deep, jaws nearly equal; edge of tongue with linear patches of teeth; lower margin of preopercle finely serrate; scales rather large; second anal spine enlarged. {Morone, a name o
. The fishes of North Carolina . Fishes. 274 FISHES OF NOETH CAROLINA. Genus MORONE Mitchill. White Perches. This genus includes 2 small species, both American, one found in the Miss- issippi valley, the other on the Atlantic coast, Similar to Roccus, but with no teeth at base of tongue, a shorter anal fin, stouter spines in first dorsal fin, and dorsal fins more or less connected by a membrane. Body rather short and deep, jaws nearly equal; edge of tongue with linear patches of teeth; lower margin of preopercle finely serrate; scales rather large; second anal spine enlarged. {Morone, a name of unknown significance.) 339. MORONE AMERICANA (Gmelin). "Percli"t "Black Perch"; "SUver Peroli"; White Perch. Perca americana Gmelin, Systema Naturse, iii, 1308,1788; New York. Morone americana. Yarrow, 1877, 211; New and Neuse rivera. Jordan & Evermann, 1896, 1133, pi. cbcxxi, fig. 479. Smith, 1893a, 192, 196, 200; Pasquotank River, Edenton Bay, Roanoke River. Smith, 1901, 134; Lake Mattamuskeet. Diagnosis.—^Back somewhat elevated, depth .4 to .33 total length; head contained to times in length; eye .25 head, less than snout; gill-rakers long, 18 to 21 in number; scales in lateral series 50 to 55, in transverse series 20; head scaly as far forward as nostrils; dorsal rays ix + i,12, longest spine .6 head; anal rays iii,8 or iii,9, second spine as long as third and stouter. Color: variable, ranging from almost black in ponds and certain brackish waters to silvery white with faint longitudinal streaks. Fig. 120. White Perch. Morone americana. This excellent little fish of the fresh, brackish, and salt waters of our east coast ranges from South Carolina to the maritime provinces of Canada. While essentially an anadromous species it is often landlocked in fresh water. Its most common and appropriate name is white perch, but in North Carolina it is called "silver perch", "black perch", or simply "perch". I
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