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The white bass is called the fresh-water striped 

 bass, because of the dark horizontal stripes on its 

 body, and anatomically differs only from the other 

 species in the location of its teeth, in its broad and 

 somewhat compressed body, and the greater number 

 of soft rays in its anal fin, and the larger size of 

 its scales. 



The yellow bass (Morone interrupta, the specific 

 name from interruptus," interrupted," in reference 

 to the longitudinal black lines on its body) is a fish 

 of southwestern waters, and has not as yet been 

 introduced into eastern waters. 



Among the anadromous fishes, the striped bass 

 (Roccus lineatus, specific name meaning " striped ") 

 stands pre-eminent with many anglers whose estimate 

 of its knightly fighting powers places it as equal 

 to the salmon, although it attempts no aerial flights 

 in its efforts to escape the hook. In the spring 

 and early days of summer, it enters streams, going 

 far above tide-water, and under such conditions 

 will take a lure voraciously ; we have caught them 

 forty miles above the flow of the tide on a bright 

 fly, and the fight and capture in the comparatively 

 shallow water, and swift flow of the current, was 

 a blue-ribbon day to the lucky rodster. Generally, 

 however, they are taken in greater quantities when 

 feeding on shrimp at the edges of the grass in the 

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