Fishes . FiG. 403. —Rock Bass, Amhloptilcs ri(/;fs/r/s (Rafinesque.) Ecorse, Mich. water fish of the nature of perch or bass native to the west ofthe Rocky Mountains. The niimbers of this species, according. Fig. 408.—Banded Sunfish, Mesogonistius chatodon (Baird). Delaware River. to Mr. Will S. Green of Colusa, California, have been greatlyreduced by the introduction of the catfish {Amciurns nebnlosus) Percoidea, or Perch-like Fishes 51 ^ into the Sacramento. The perch eats the young catfish, andits stomach is torn by their sharp pectoral spines. Another

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