92 BOOK OF THE BLACK BASS. 



"This is one of the best fish of Lake Erie fox- the table, and 

 with that which the fishermen call Herring Salmon {Coregonus 

 Artedi Le Sueur, Vol. I, par. II, p. 231), it is salted to j^reserve 

 it till sold. They are taken at all seasons of the year by 

 the seine, and hook and line. We observed them at Erie in the 

 month of July, 1816, and at Buffalo, at which latter place we 

 captured many with the seine. A variety occurred in Lake 

 George, of which the specimens appeared to us to have the low^r 

 jaw more advanced. The fishermen name them Black Bass. 

 B. 6; P. 18 to 20; T. 5; D. 10, 15; A. 3, 12; C. 17|."— (Le 

 Sueur, Jour. Ac. Nat. Sd. Phil. II, 216, 1822.) 



CiCHLA OHiENSis Le Sueur, 1822. — "Extremity of the anal 

 fin sensibly more remote from the head than that of the dorsal ; 

 scales more regular than in the preceding species. 



"The larger of the two individuals, which w'ere brought from 

 the Ohio River by Mr. Thomas Say, and deposited in the 

 cabinet of the Academy, is 22 inches long by 5 deep, and 

 about 3 in thickness ; the skin of these two specimens is 

 stronger in its texture than in specimens from Lake Erie ; the 

 scales are more uniformly disposed and equal ; the anterior por- 

 tion of the dorsal fin is not so much elevated, less arquated, but 

 also furnished with 10 spinous rays; the soft ])art is equally long 

 with the first, but is more elevated, rounded and composed of 

 14 branched rays; the anal fin is rounded, short with 14 rays, 

 of which the 3 anterior ones are spinous; the extremity of this 

 fin extends beyond that of the dorsal, in these individuals, 

 further than in the species of Lake Erie. If tliis character is 

 constant, we must regard it as belonging to a distinct species, 

 but I think it is proper to wait for further observations for con- 

 firmation. 



"The scales are in the same progression; large, rounded on 

 the sides, moderate on the back towards the spinous portion of 

 the dorsal fin, small upon the neck; upon the middle of the 

 abdomen they are a little more elongated ; very small between 



