. Fishes. Fishes. Fig. 409.—Yellow Perch, Perca flavescens Mitchill. Potomac River. Evelyn G. Mitchill, form a fold of connective tissue just behind the premaxillary and before the vomer. They are used in respi- ration, preventing the forward flow of water as the mouth closes. Several perch-like fishes are recorded as fossils from the Miocene. Allied to the perch, but long, slender, big-mouthed, and voracious, is the group of pike perches, found in eastern America and Europe. The wall-eye, or glass-eye {Stizostedion vitremn), is the largest of this tribe, reaching a weight of ten to twenty pou
. Fishes. Fishes. Fig. 409.—Yellow Perch, Perca flavescens Mitchill. Potomac River. Evelyn G. Mitchill, form a fold of connective tissue just behind the premaxillary and before the vomer. They are used in respi- ration, preventing the forward flow of water as the mouth closes. Several perch-like fishes are recorded as fossils from the Miocene. Allied to the perch, but long, slender, big-mouthed, and voracious, is the group of pike perches, found in eastern America and Europe. The wall-eye, or glass-eye {Stizostedion vitremn), is the largest of this tribe, reaching a weight of ten to twenty pounds. It is found throughout the region east of the Mis- souri in the large streams and ponds, an excellent food-fish, with white, fiaky flesh and in the north a game fish of high rank. The common names refer to the large glassy eye, con- cerning which Dr. Goode quotes from some "ardent admirer" these words: "Look at this beautiful fish, as symmetrical in form as the salmon. Not a fault in his make-up, not a scale. 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 Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931. New York, H. Holt and Company
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