. American fishes : a popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America with especial reference to habits and methods of capture. Fishes -- North America. THE SUN-FISHES AND THEIR ALLIES. 69 many names. In Lake Erie, and in Ohio generally, it is the " Straw- berry Bass," " Strawberry Perch" or "; The names "Bitter Head" and "Lamplighter" are also ascribed to it by Mr. Klippart, and "Bank Lick Bass" by Dr. Kirtland, and it is also called "Bar-fish," "Razor Back," "Chinquapin Perch,"
. American fishes : a popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America with especial reference to habits and methods of capture. Fishes -- North America. THE SUN-FISHES AND THEIR ALLIES. 69 many names. In Lake Erie, and in Ohio generally, it is the " Straw- berry Bass," " Strawberry Perch" or "; The names "Bitter Head" and "Lamplighter" are also ascribed to it by Mr. Klippart, and "Bank Lick Bass" by Dr. Kirtland, and it is also called "Bar-fish," "Razor Back," "Chinquapin Perch," "Silver Bass" and "Big Fin ; In Lake Michigan the name "Bar-fish" is in general use, giving place in Illinois to the name "Calico ; The latter is among the most appropriate of these designations, having allusion to its varie- gated color. In the South, like Ambloplitcs rupeslris, it becomes a '' Goggle-eye " or " Goggle-eyed Perch.'' The Strawberry Bass is found in abundance in all the lakes and ponds of the Great Lake region and the Upper Mississippi. It is also diffused throughout the Mississippi Valley, and appears in the streams of the Carolinas and Georgia east of the mountains. Its preference is for quiet, clear waters, with a bottom covered with grass ; and in the muddy sloughs and bayous, where the Crappie is abundant, it is rarely seen. It is an excellent pan-fish, reaching some- times a weight of two or three pounds, although usually weighing not more than a pound. It is, like its relatives, gamey; but it is not so vora- cious as most of them. The following notes on its habits and value are from the pen of Prof. Kirtland :. THE STRAWBERRY BASS. "The Grass Bass has not hitherto been deemed worthy of considera- tion by fish culturists ; yet, from a long and intimate acquaintance with. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability
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