Yellow Perch; Ringed Perch 



bnnds on iaws, vomer, ^^fP^^Z^ZS^tl'^^^"^^^^ 

 ^pieSl'-rs^^r eX"r sep-?ercauda? emnrginate; a.-b.adder 

 present; pyloric cceca 3. 



Three species known, all freshwater f.shes of northern regions, 

 only one of them in America. 



Yellow Perch; Ringed Perch 



Perca flavescens (Mitchill) 



"\ nnv vou sir, give me some observations and directions con- 

 cerning th7d fo° they say he is both a very good and a bold- 

 biting nsh, and 1 would fain learne to fish for_h,m. ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ 



The yellow perch is found in the -stern United States, chieny 

 northward and J^^stward. It is abundant m the Great bakes and 

 ::: .rger coastwise s-ams and ,a.es f^m Nova -a^to^^>^rth 



Carolina; also m most f '^Vh 1 Illinois Michigan, Wisconsin, 

 Valley, especially in northern Indiana, "''"O'^' ™''; °' ^, ^f ,his re- 



known fish. 



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