..The fishes of Illinois . nous; caudallunate; anal II, 7-8; ventrals more than half-way to vent; pectorals in head. Scales 6 or 7, 57-62, 15-18; lateral line nearly orquite complete; cheeks scaled, in about 8 to 10 rows. This is one of the best-known fishes in the northern part of thestate, swarming especially along the piers on the lake front at Chi-cago, where it is the common game of the local fishermen. It occurselsewhere in Illinois mainly in the upland lakes of the northeasternpart of the state, in the tributary streams flowing into Lake Michi-gan, and in the Illinois and Miss
..The fishes of Illinois . nous; caudallunate; anal II, 7-8; ventrals more than half-way to vent; pectorals in head. Scales 6 or 7, 57-62, 15-18; lateral line nearly orquite complete; cheeks scaled, in about 8 to 10 rows. This is one of the best-known fishes in the northern part of thestate, swarming especially along the piers on the lake front at Chi-cago, where it is the common game of the local fishermen. It occurselsewhere in Illinois mainly in the upland lakes of the northeasternpart of the state, in the tributary streams flowing into Lake Michi-gan, and in the Illinois and Mississippi rivers as far south as Mere-dosia. It is virtually unknown in the southeastern half of the state,and has never once been taken by us in any of the streams of theWabash or Kaskaskia systems, or from any of those farther is inconstant in its abundance in the Illinois River, and is said tohave increased greatly there since the opening of the drainage canalhas cooled and cleared the waters of that stream. i\\\. % ^ x V ow \v PERCA RIVER PERCH 277 Its general distribution is decidedly northerly, except on theAtlantic coast, where it has been found as far south as the NeuseRiver in North Carolina. It occurs abundantly in the Hudson and inall the Great Lakes, and ranges throughout Quebec and New Eng-land to Nova Scotia, westward to Iowa and the Dakotas. and northto the Red River basin. It is unknown from southern Indiana andsouthern Ohio, as it is from southern Illinois. It is essentially a lake fish, but occurs also in running streams,most abundantly in the larger rivers and least so in creeks. Oureighty-three collections have been taken with approximately equalfrequency from the glacial lakes, the lakes of the bottom-lands, andthe rivers of the largest class. It is wholly carnivorous, but differsgreatly in its food according to the situation from which it river specimens, for example, had made but 6 per cent, oftheir food of fishes, about a fifth of i
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