. The American angler's book : embracing the natural history of sporting fish, and the art of taking them : with instructions in fly-fishing, fly-making, and rod-making, and directions for fish-breeding : to which is appended, Dies piscatoriae, describing noted fishing-places and the pleasures of solitary fly-fishing. Fishing; Fishes. X CRAPPIE, SAC-A-LAI, OR CHINKAPIN PERCH. Pomoxis hexirantJms: Cuvier. Form—body oval, much compressed; breadth compared with length as 3 to 7. Lateral line concurrent with the back. Head small, facial line much depressed; small scales on preopercle, but larger o
. The American angler's book : embracing the natural history of sporting fish, and the art of taking them : with instructions in fly-fishing, fly-making, and rod-making, and directions for fish-breeding : to which is appended, Dies piscatoriae, describing noted fishing-places and the pleasures of solitary fly-fishing. Fishing; Fishes. X CRAPPIE, SAC-A-LAI, OR CHINKAPIN PERCH. Pomoxis hexirantJms: Cuvier. Form—body oval, much compressed; breadth compared with length as 3 to 7. Lateral line concurrent with the back. Head small, facial line much depressed; small scales on preopercle, but larger on the opercle, which is without a spine ; nostrils small and double : a few denticulations at the lower posterior angle of opercle ; branchial rays seven ; dorsal fin seven spines and sixteen soft rays; pectorals twelve; ventrals one spine and five rays; anal large, with six spines and eighteen rays ; caudal eighteen rays. There are five indistinct dark lines above the lateral line in the fish of Louisiana, but wanting in those of Illinois; I have found dark transverse markings on the latter. The back is yellowish blue ; sides silvery; belly white, tinged with yellow. The pectorals carnate nearest the humeral bone, with a light shade of orange at the tips ; ventrals pink, tipped with. 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 Norris, Thaddeus, 1811-1877; Norris, Thaddeus, 1811-1877. Dies piscatoriae. Philadelphia : E. H. Butler ; London : Sampson, Low
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