. The fishes of North Carolina . Fishes. 254 FISHES OF NORTH CAROLINA. The log perch is the largest of the darters, reaching a length of 8 or 10 inches. It is found from the Great Lakes region to Texas, and along the Atlantic slope as far south as Virginia. In North Carolina it is known only from tributaries of the French Broad. Jordan took one specimen in Swannanoa River near Asheville, and Bean records one fine example from Cane River. The species inhabits clear swift streams, and bites readily at the baited Fig. 110. Log Perch. Percina caprodes. Genus HADROPTERUS Agassiz. Black-sided
. The fishes of North Carolina . Fishes. 254 FISHES OF NORTH CAROLINA. The log perch is the largest of the darters, reaching a length of 8 or 10 inches. It is found from the Great Lakes region to Texas, and along the Atlantic slope as far south as Virginia. In North Carolina it is known only from tributaries of the French Broad. Jordan took one specimen in Swannanoa River near Asheville, and Bean records one fine example from Cane River. The species inhabits clear swift streams, and bites readily at the baited Fig. 110. Log Perch. Percina caprodes. Genus HADROPTERUS Agassiz. Black-sided Darters. Brightly colored, active, and graceful darters. Body elongate, cylindrical or compressed; head above more or less depressed; mouth wide, terminal; pre- maxillaries not protractile; teeth on jaws and vomer, and usually on palatines; gill-membranes joined or separate; body scaly, median ventral line with enlarged scales or plates which are shed at intervals; sides of head either scaly or naked; lateral line more oi less complete; pyloric cceca 2 to 4; fins rather large; dorsal • fins contiguous, the spines 10 to 15, the posterior fin with shorter base than the anterior; anal fin with 2 spines, similar to second dorsal; ventral fins well separ- ated. About a dozen known species, the 3 following recorded from the state, 2 from the. Atlantic slope and 1 from the Mississippi drainage basin: i. Scales in lateral series 52 to 65; gill-membranes separate; eye large, more than .25 length of head; cheeks and throat naked, opercles with large scales; median ventral scales but slightly enlarged; coloration brilliant, the males with black and orange markings. Ohio drainage basin evides. a. Scales in lateral series 44 to 56; a few small scales on upper part of opercle; gill-membranes slightly connected. Atlantic drainage system. a. First dorsal as high as second; scales 52 to 56; depth much less than .2 length; length of head; cheeks usually naked, but sometimes with embedd
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