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AMERICAN FISHES. 



buUaj'is, of Virginia, also often called "Roach" or " Dace," is abundant 

 in the Eastern and Middle States east of the Alleghanies. It reaches a 



THE EASTERN DACE— SEMOTILUS CORPORALIS. 



length of eighteen inches, being the largest of the Cyprinidae east of the 

 Rocky Mountains. 



THE FALL-FISH— SEMOTILUS BULLARIS. 



It is very common in the Delaware Basin, more so, perhaps, in the 

 Susquehanna, but a common form in the head waters of the Atlantic-flow- 

 ing streams of Virginia and the Carolinas. Hallock says that it has been 

 caught weighing four pounds, that it is much esteemed as food, and affords 

 good sport for the angler. I have myself taken them with light tackle and 

 found them as gamy as brook trout in preserved streams. In Massachu- 

 setts it is often called the " Cousin Trout" in allusion to its trout-like 

 habits, and also the " Chiven " from its resemblance to the English Chub 

 or Cheven. 



The mention of the American "Roach" brings us to the consideration 

 of the Old World species, which it much resembles in habits. This is 



