THE FOOD AND GAME FISHES OF NEW YORK. 



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Perch. Still other names of local application are Barfish, Bitter Head, Tin Mouth, 

 Sac-a-lait, Lamp-lighter, Razor Back, Goggle-eye, Black Croppie and Lake Croppie. 

 The species is mentioned in the fish laws of Pennsylvania under the name of Lake 

 Erie Bass or Grass Bass. 



The distribution of the Calico Bass is naturally extensive, and it has been still 

 farther increased by artificial introduction. The fish has been carried to France, and 

 examples measuring about 8 inches in length were recorded there several years ago. 

 There is, however, some confusion in that country between the Calico Bass and the 

 Common Sunfish, and there is no doubt that some of the latter species have been 

 introduced into Germany under the mistaken belief that they were Calico Bass. 



CALICO BASS. 



This Bass is indigenous east of the Alleghanies from New Jersey southward to 

 Georgia. It abounds in the Great Lakes region, Mississippi Valley south to Louisiana, 

 most common northward, and occurs in the Missouri. In the Ohio Valley it was 

 rather uncommon till its introduction in large numbers. It was introduced into the 

 Susquehanna River by the Pennsylvania Fish Commission, and has become accli- 

 matized there ; also into the Monongahela, the Lehigh, and other waters. 



Fishermen of the region about Montezuma informed Dr. Meek that the fish is 

 frequently taken from the canal near that place, where it is known as Calico Bass. 

 The U. S. Fish Commission obtained two examples in Long Pond, at Charlotte, 

 N. Y., August 17, 1894. 



This bass grows to a length of about I foot and a maximum weight of nearly 3 

 pounds, but the average weight is about I pound. It spawns in the spring, and the 

 close season in some States extends to June I. Gravid females were caught near 

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