26 SUPPLEMENT TO THE BOOK OF THE BLACK BASS. 



opercle to the middle of the caudal fin ; three dark oblique stripes 

 across the cheeks and opercles ; below and above the lateral band 

 some dark spots ; caudal fin pale at base, then blackisb, Avhifcish 

 at tip ; belly white. As the fish grows older the black lateral 

 band breaks up and grows fainter, and the color becomes more 

 and more of a uniform pale, dull green, the back being darker ; 

 a dark opercular blotch usually present. Head 3^; depth 3. 

 D. X, 13 ; A. Ill, 11 ; scales 8-68-16. L. 1-2 feet. Rivers 

 of the United States, from the Great Lakes and Red river of the 

 North to Florida and Texas ; every-where abundant, preferring 

 lakes, bayous, and sluggish waters. It grows to a larger size than 

 the next species [if. dolomieii], and is readily distinguished by its 

 coloration and the larger mouth and larger scales. Both species 

 vary much with different waters." — (Jordan and Gilbert, Syn. 

 Fishes N. A. <:BuU. U. S. Nat. 31ns., xvi, 484, 1882.) 



MiCROPTERUS SALMOiDES Jordan, 1882. — (Description same 

 as the preceding.) — (Jordan, Fishes of Ohio. <^Geol. Siirv. 

 Ohio, iv, 952, 1882.) 



MiCROPTERUS SALMOIDES Hay, 1882. — "An abundant fish 

 every-where [Lower Mississippi Valley]. The young are found 

 in every pond. ... I have never succeeded in finding in 

 the South a specimen of the small-mouthed Black Bass, Micropte- 

 rus dolomieu Lac."— (Hay, Bull. U. S. Fish Com., il, 64, 1882.) 



MiCROPTERUS SALMOIDES Bean, 1883. — "This species is gen- 

 erally abundant and grows to a larger size than the small-mouthed 

 Bass ; it is especially common west of the Alleghanies, and in the 

 Southern States ; it is an important food-fish and affords consid- 

 erable sport to anglers." — (Bean, Bull U. S. Nat. 3fi(s., xxvii, 

 446, 1883.) 



MiCROPTERUS SALMOIDES Goode, 18<S4. — "The large-mouth 

 ranges farther to the west and north, occurring in the Red River 

 of the North, perhaps as far as Manitoba, in latitude 50°. It 

 abounds in all the rivers of the Southern States, from the James 

 to the St. John, and in the lower reaches of the streams and bay- 



