..The fishes of Illinois . or all scales. The white crappie and the species following are commonly re-garded in this state as the best for food of the starfish family, withthe exception of the black bass. The present species occurs in allparts of the state, most abundantly in lakes, ponds, and bayous, butcommonly also in the smaller rivers and in creeks. It seems to haveno marked local or ecological preferences to embarrass its entranceupon any waters containing its means of subsistence. It enters *Of 337 specimens of the present species examined, 318 had VI dorsal spines,15 had V, and 4 had V
..The fishes of Illinois . or all scales. The white crappie and the species following are commonly re-garded in this state as the best for food of the starfish family, withthe exception of the black bass. The present species occurs in allparts of the state, most abundantly in lakes, ponds, and bayous, butcommonly also in the smaller rivers and in creeks. It seems to haveno marked local or ecological preferences to embarrass its entranceupon any waters containing its means of subsistence. It enters *Of 337 specimens of the present species examined, 318 had VI dorsal spines,15 had V, and 4 had VII; of 315 specimens of Pomoxis sparoides, 266 had VIIspines, 46 had VIII, 2 had VI, 1 had IX, and 2 had X. fin two typical specimens of exactly the same length (6 inches), one annularisand one sparoides, the dorsal distance differed 8 tenths of one centimeter. Thisdifference may be said to be due to difference in length of fins, the dorsals in bothspecies terminating at the same distance from the end of the last I ? I—I p-f< el-J w H POMOXIS—CRAPPIES 239 freely, for example, upon the lower Illinoisan glaciation, is found inthe clean glacial lakes of the northeastern part of the state, and isreported from every river basin of our entire area. From the Great Lakes, excepting Ontario, it ranges southwardthrough the Mississippi Valley to Alabama artd Texas, and westwardto Kansas and Nebraska. It has reached the Potomac by way ofconnecting canals, has entered the Erie canal in New York, and isreported also from Pamlico and Great Pedee rivers, on the southAtlantic coast. It is said by Jordan to begenerally abundant inponds, lagoons, bayous, and all sluggish waters, and to be muchmore common in the southern parts of its range. In the lowerMississippi Valley the young of this species literally swarm in theoverflow ponds and bayous, and vast numbers perish every yearwhen these waters dry up. A fish of so wide a range has, of course, many local names. InIllinois the na
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