. The American angler's book : embracing the natural history of sporting fish, and the art of taking them : with instructions in fly-fishing, fly-making, and rod-making, and directions for fish-breeding : to which is appended, Dies piscatori, describing noted fishing-places, and the pleasure of solitary fly-fishing : illustrated with eighty engravings on wood. Fishing; Fishes. THE PERCH FAMILY. 99. FRESH-WATEE BASS OF THE SOUTH AND WEST. Grystes salmoides: C u v i b E. This fish is known under various names, through the wide extent of its habitat. In the neighborhood of Richmond, it is called
. The American angler's book : embracing the natural history of sporting fish, and the art of taking them : with instructions in fly-fishing, fly-making, and rod-making, and directions for fish-breeding : to which is appended, Dies piscatori, describing noted fishing-places, and the pleasure of solitary fly-fishing : illustrated with eighty engravings on wood. Fishing; Fishes. THE PERCH FAMILY. 99. FRESH-WATEE BASS OF THE SOUTH AND WEST. Grystes salmoides: C u v i b E. This fish is known under various names, through the wide extent of its habitat. In the neighborhood of Richmond, it is called the James River Chub, sometimes Bass. In its more southerly range, it goes by the names of Trout, Black Trout, and Brown Trout, and is seldom called Bass, except in the Northwestern States. Although it is called " Trout," at the South, there is no family or generic affinity between it and our northern Trout. The following is an abridgment of Holbrook's description, connected with a few observations of the writer. Head and body, dusky olive above, sometimes with a yellowish tint, lighter on the sides. Belly white; opercles light green or greenish yellow; first dorsal fin, nine spines and eighteen soft rays; pectorals, fifteen ; ventrals, one spine and five rays; anal, three spines and twelve rays; caudal, nineteen rays. Body elongated oval, straight on the belly. Eye large. Mouth very large, lower jaw longer. The vomer has brush-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Norris, Thaddeus, 1811-1877. Philadelphia : E. H. Butler
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