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THE BLACK BASS OF THE HURON. 



Huro nigricans. — Cuv. et Val. 



PLATE VI. 



Le Huron, Huro nigricans, Cuv. et Valen. Hist. Nat. 

 des Poissons, ii. p. 124. 



In the arrangement which Cuvier has proposed, 

 some fishes were occasionally met with which 

 could not enter into the genera already formed, 

 while they evidently were closely allied to them ; 

 his plan here seems to have been to arrange them 

 at the termination of those of whose situation he 

 had no doubt ; and such is the case with four 

 curious species which occupy as many of our fol- 

 lowing plates. The first is the Black Bass, or Black 

 Perch of the English residents on the banks of the 

 Huron. Its flesh is firm and white, and it is 

 much esteemed during summer. The upper parts 

 of the fish are of an olive brown, changing into 

 yellowish white on the belly, and along the central 

 ridge of each scale is a line of the same colour 

 with the upper parts, giving it a striped appear- 

 ance on the sides. The body is rather deep in 

 proportion, the under jaw slightly projects, and 

 the head, cheeks, and opercles are scaled. The 

 teeth are nearly similar to those of the Perch. 



