PERCH FAMILY (Percidae) 

 Key to the three species of the perch family found in Maine 



1. Preopercle with smooth edgej mouth small j small fishes not exceeding 



4 inches 



Fusiform Darter 



(^^ ^Jy'^^S •• ^" JL j Hololeps fusiformis (Girard) 



^ p. 44 



Preopercle strongly serrate j mouth large j fishes of medium to large 

 size 2 



2. Canine teeth; crossbands indefinite or not apparent 



Yellow Pikeperch 



Stizostedion v'ltreum vitreum (Mitchill) 



p. 44 



Canine teeth absent; body with definite crossbands 



Yellow Perch 

 Perca flavescens (Mitchill) 

 p. 45 



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