THE WHITE BASS AND THE YELLOW BASS. 



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This is doubtless the Silver Bass of Canada {le Silver Bass du Canadc), 

 the details of whose introduction into France, and successful propagation 

 by M. Carbonnier, from 1877 to 1879, are recorded by that experimenter 

 in the Bulletin of the Society of Acclimation for 1881.* 



The species at one time attained to commercial importance in the Lake 

 Region, but has now greatly decreased in numbers. It is especially ad- 

 mired by the anglers of Lake Pepin. 



Another species which closely resembles the Striped Bass is the Morone 

 intcrrnpta, generally known as the Yellow Bass, but sometimes called 



A . 



THE YELLOW BASS. MOROSE INTEERUPTA. 



Bar-fish in the South. It is found throughout the lower course of the 

 Mississippi, ascending the tributaries which are deep and sluggish, but 

 not running past rapids or into the upper courses of the rivers. Jordan 

 states that its range extends -up the Ohio to the mouth of the Wabash or 

 beyond, though it does not seem to be common anywhere except in the 

 Lower Mississippi. It probably enters salt water, but of this we have no 

 certain information. It is taken in considerable numbers in the regions 

 where found, and is graded with the White Bass, which it much resembles 

 in size and color. Little is known in regard to its habits. The criterion 

 by which it maybe distinguished from the White Bass is the low membrane 

 connecting the two dorsal fins. Its color is yellow, not silvery, and the 

 black stripes are very prominent. 



* Bulletin Mensuel dela Societe d' Acclimation, viii, No. 2, p. 10. 

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