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Anal inserted about midway between origin of ventral and base 
of caudal, spines graduated to third which is longest, and first 
rays elongated so that fin is similar to rayed dorsal. Caudal 
deeply emarginate, lobes pointed. Pectoral short, rounded. Ven- 
tral inserted behind pectoral, though before spinous dorsal and 
reaching a trifle over half way to anal. Back dull or pale olive- 
brown. ,Lower surface mostly silvery. About 7 narrow lines 
of darker shade than body-color along courses of scales, from 
head to caudal, those on back most distinct. Fins pale, dorsals 
and caudal darker. Length 3% inches. Cape May. 
Common on our coasts and in the Delaware tide-water. In the 
spring it ascends rivers for the purpose of spawning. One of the 
most important of our food and game fishes. Its flesh is of excel- 
lent flavor, white, firm and flaky. It has been known to reach a 
weight of 112 pounds which, however, is exceptional. 
Labrax lineatus Baird, 9th An. Rep. Smiths, Inst., 1854, p. 
221. 
Roccus lineatus Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868, p. 806.—Abbott, 
mie Nat. LV, 1870, p. ro4.—Verrll, Aw, Nat..V;, 187.0.) p: 
397.—Abbott, Rep. U. S. F. Com., 1875-76, pp. 830, 832.—Jor- 
dan An. N. Y. Acad. Sci., T, 1879, p. 97.—Abbott, Nat. Rambles, 
1885, p. 477.-—Bean, Bull. U. S. F. Com., VII, 1887, p. 144.— 
Moore, Bull. U. S. F. Com., XII, 1892, p. 361.—Smith, Bull. U. 
See Conn «lb i6o2: p, 375. 
Genus Morone Mitchill. 
The White Perch. 
Morone americana (Gmelin). 
PLATE 49. 
Perch. Peerch. White Perch. Yellow Perch. 
From those bass with supplemental maxillary, such as the pre- 
ceding species, this may be distinguished by having the two dis- 
tinct dorsal fins joined. 
A common food-fish taken along our coast principally in water 
about Cape May. It is abundant in the Delaware tide-water and 
