. The fishes of North Carolina . Fishes. SYSTEMATIC CATALOGUE OF FISHES. 245 North Carolina the small-mouthed black bass is much less widely distributed than the large-mouthed species. It is known from Neuse River near Raleigh, and Little River at Goldsboro, and from Swannanoa River near Asheville, and Spring Creek at Hot Springs, in all of which places it is common. As its general and local distribution indicates, this species prefers cooler, clearer, and swifter water than its congener, and is a less hardy but more gamy fish. It is one of the best and. most sought of American game fishes, an
. The fishes of North Carolina . Fishes. SYSTEMATIC CATALOGUE OF FISHES. 245 North Carolina the small-mouthed black bass is much less widely distributed than the large-mouthed species. It is known from Neuse River near Raleigh, and Little River at Goldsboro, and from Swannanoa River near Asheville, and Spring Creek at Hot Springs, in all of which places it is common. As its general and local distribution indicates, this species prefers cooler, clearer, and swifter water than its congener, and is a less hardy but more gamy fish. It is one of the best and. most sought of American game fishes, and is probably entitled to first rank in this respect, taking the artificial fiy, the baited hook, or the troll in a fashion to thrill even the veteran Fig. 106. SMALI/-MOT3THED Black Bass. MicTopterus dolomieu. It is exceeded in size by the other species, and is rarely heavier than 6 pounds, while averaging only 2 or 2^ pounds. • 21S. MIOROPTERUS SALMOIDES (LaoepSde). "Ohub"; "Welshman"; ";; "Fresh-water Trout"; Large-mouthed Black Bass. Labrua talmoidea Lac^pMe, Histoire Naturelle des Poisons, 716, 1802; South Carolina. Microptena nigricans. Cope, 18706, 451; Neuse, Yadkin, Catawba, and French Broad rivers. Micropterus aalmoidea, Jordan, 1889b, 130; Neuse and Little rivers. Smith, 1893o, 192, 196, 200; Pasquotank River, Albemarie Sound, Roanoke River at Plymouth and Weldon. Smith, 18936, 282, pi. bd; Curri- tuck Sound. Jordan & Evermann, 1896,1012, pi. clxiii, fig. 431. Evermann & Cox, 1896, 305; Walnut Creek (tributary of Neuse), near Raleigh. Smith, 1901,134; Lake Mattamuskeet. Diagnosis.—Greatest depth about .33 length; length of head about equal to depth; mouth large and wide, the maxillary in adults extending beyond eye; bands of viUiform teeth on jaws and roof of mouth, teeth sometimes present on tongue; eye .5 to .66 length of snout; gill-rakers on first arch 17 or 18, usually 10 above angle; scales in l
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