Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America . toral fin has its origin immediately behindthe edge of the sub-operculum. The origin of the dorsal ismidway between the snout and origin of the caudal fin, and theventrals vertically imder it. The caudal fin is powerful andlunated. The dorsal rays are ten in number; the pectoral nESfRIPTION OK THK ROACH. 20.) sixteen; vcntrnl, nine; unal, ulcvtii; iiml cuudal, nineteen. Ilii>aee are also {^ood im the ^allu• pnrijox, hut interiorto the Roaeh. As sportinir i^^h, it would he a loss of time todescrib
Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America . toral fin has its origin immediately behindthe edge of the sub-operculum. The origin of the dorsal ismidway between the snout and origin of the caudal fin, and theventrals vertically imder it. The caudal fin is powerful andlunated. The dorsal rays are ten in number; the pectoral nESfRIPTION OK THK ROACH. 20.) sixteen; vcntrnl, nine; unal, ulcvtii; iiml cuudal, nineteen. Ilii>aee are also {^ood im the ^allu• pnrijox, hut interiorto the Roaeh. As sportinir i^^h, it would he a loss of time todescribe them at length. The Ameriean Chub never exeeedsten inehes. •200 CYPRINID^. THE NEW YORK SHINER. Stiihe Clinjsoleucos—Agassiz. Cyprinus Chrysoleucos— New York Shiner. This beautiful little fish is common to almost eveiy pond andstream throughout the temperate regions of North America,from the waters of New England to those of Lake Huron. Itis found associating, to a certain degree, with the species lastdescribed, and still more commonly with the Sun-Fish [PomotisVulgaris), and the Yellow Perch [Perca Flavescens), though itundoubtedly falls a victim to the voracious appetite of the latterfish, when it grows to a large size. It loves gravelly shallows, onwhicb it spawns, and is constantly to be seen sporting among thelarge water lilies. Like the species last named, it is an excellent bait both forPerch and Pike, and is often taken on spinning tackle by greatTrouts, whether brook or lacustrine. It belongs to that group of Leucisci which have the dorsal finfar back, and in this respect greatly resembles the sub-genusAbramis, or Bream. v( iMlTluN uK THK ^IIINKK. :iU7 Its head is snuiU, smuotli, aiul dupresscil aihove. The mouthis sm
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