. The fishes of North and Middle America [microform] : a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Fishes; Fishes; Poissons; Poissons. â I fcrtor"râ,Mrw(ii"of , ISl'J), (;."//i.( foraan ana FA'ermann.âFishes of North America. 1011 M. M'Mtli vory largf, tlio maxillary in tlio adult oxtendiiiK iM-yoiiil tho eye; â calca rattier largo, alioiit 7-08-l«, alomt lOrows on tlio clioek; IiiHt splncH of dorfiiil vory short, bo that tho tin is almuMt divided iut e iifth and not much shorter th
. The fishes of North and Middle America [microform] : a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Fishes; Fishes; Poissons; Poissons. â I fcrtor"râ,Mrw(ii"of , ISl'J), (;."//i.( foraan ana FA'ermann.âFishes of North America. 1011 M. M'Mtli vory largf, tlio maxillary in tlio adult oxtendiiiK iM-yoiiil tho eye; â calca rattier largo, alioiit 7-08-l«, alomt lOrows on tlio clioek; IiiHt splncH of dorfiiil vory short, bo that tho tin is almuMt divided iut e iifth and not much shorter than tho tenth. Fifth dorsal spine about 3;^ in head; base of soft dorsal and anal scaly. Coloration dull golden green, with bronze luster, young with darker spots along the sides, vrhich t^ra to form short vertical bars, but never a dark lateral bund; 3 bronze bands radiating from eye across cheeks and oper- cles; a dusky spot on point of operculum; belly white; caudal fin yellow- ish at base, then black, with white tips; dorsal with bronze spots, its edge dusky. In some waters the iin-markiugs are obsolete, but usually' they are very conspicuous in the young. Southern specimens usually have tho scales of the lower part of the sides with faint dark streaks; adult Kpecinieiis have all these marks more or less wholly obliterated, and become ultimately of a uniform dead green, without silvery luster. "The black bass is eminently an American fish; he has the faculty of asserting himself and of making himself completely at home wJierever placed. Rr is plucky, game, brave, unyielding to the last, when hooked. Ho has the arrowy rush and vigor of a trout, the untiring strength and bold leap of a salmou, while he has a system of fighting tactics peculiarly his own. I consider him inch for inch and pound for pound the gamest fish that swims.'' (J. A. Heushall.) From Lake Champlain to Manitoba aud southward on both sides of the mountains from James River to South Carolina aud Ar
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