. American fishes; a popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America, with especial reference to habits and methods of capture . t water, but of this we have nocertain information. It is taken in considerable numbers in the regionswhere found, and is graded with the White Bass, which it much resemblesin size and color. Little is known in regard to its habits. The criterionby which it maybe distinguished from the White Bass is the low membraneconnecting the two dorsal fins. Its color is yellow, not silvery, and theblack stripes are very prominent. ?Bulletin Mensuel dela Societe
. American fishes; a popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America, with especial reference to habits and methods of capture . t water, but of this we have nocertain information. It is taken in considerable numbers in the regionswhere found, and is graded with the White Bass, which it much resemblesin size and color. Little is known in regard to its habits. The criterionby which it maybe distinguished from the White Bass is the low membraneconnecting the two dorsal fins. Its color is yellow, not silvery, and theblack stripes are very prominent. ?Bulletin Mensuel dela Societe dAcclimation, viii. No. i, p. 34 AMERICAN FISHES. In Louisiana this species is called Bar-fish probably on account ofits stripes. The appellation, says Hallock, is equally appropriate asapplied to its habit of congregating in great numbers upon the shoals ofclear water branches and bayous which empty into the Mississippi. Theminnows and shiners seem to seek the bars at night. In early morningthe water is alive with Bar-fish and trout (black-bass) in pursuit of theminnows until it fairly boils. This is the time of day to go
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