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105. Small-mouthed Black Bass (Micropterus dolomieu Lacepede). 



Micropterus dolomieu MATHER, App. i2th Kept. Adirondack Surv. N. Y., 5, 1886; MEEK, 

 Ann. N. Y. Ac. Sci., IV, 313, 1888; BEAN, Fishes Penna., 116, color pi. u, 1893; 

 JORDAN & EVERMANN, Bull. 47, U. S. Nat. Mus., ion, 1896, pi. CLXII, figs. 430, 

 4300, 1900; BEAN, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., IX, 364, 1897; MEARNS, id., X, 320, 

 1898; EUGENE SMITH, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. Y. 1897, 35, 1898. 



Centrarchus obscurus DEK.AY, N. Y. Fauna, Fishes, 30, pi. 17, f,g. 48, 1842, Onondaga 

 Creek, N. Y. 



One of the early names for the Small-mouthed Black Bass is that of Growler, 

 which appears in the writings of Cuvier, who was under the impression that the 

 name was applied because of a noise sometimes produced by this bass. At the time 

 of his writing the name Growler was pretty generally identified with the Black Bass. 

 Among the names applied to this fish by Rafinesque are Lake Bass, Big Bass, 



SMALL-MOUTHED BLACK BASS. 



Spotted Bass, and Achigan. He also mentions it under the names Painted Tail, 

 Bridge Perch, Yellow Bass, Gold Bass, Brown Bass, Dark Bass, Minny Bass, Little 

 Bass, Hog Bass, Yellow Perch, Black Perch, Trout Perch, Black Pearch, Streaked 

 Head, White Trout and Brown Trout. In the Southern States the Small Mouth is 

 known as the Trout, Perch and Jumper. In Alabama it is called Mountain Trout. 

 Some persons style it the Bronze Backer. The most appropriate name and the one 

 by which it is best known is that of Black Bass or Small-mouthed Black Bass. 



This species is indigenous to the upper parts of the St. Lawrence basin, the Great 

 Lakes region and the basin of the Mississippi. East of the Alleghanies it is native 

 to the headwaters of the Ocmulgee and Chattahoochee Rivers, but north of these 

 streams, though not originally an inhabitant of the waters, it has been widely dis- 

 tributed by artificial introduction. 



In the St. Lawrence River Evermann and Bean obtained the fish 3 miles below 



