86 THE FISHES OF OHIO. 
Micropterus salmoides (Lacepede). LARGE-MOUTHED BLACK BASs; 
OSWEGO Bass; GREEN BASS; BAYOU BASS. 
Head 3 to 3%; depth 3 to 3%; eye 5 to6. D. X, 12-0113; A. 11% 1608 
11; scales 7-65 to 70-18. Body much as in JZ. dolomieu, ovate-fusiform. 
Mouth very large, maxillary (except in very young) reaching past eye. 
Always distinguishable from J7. dolomieu by the larger scales, 7 rows above 
lateral line. Color variable, usually dark green above, becoming greenish 
silvery on sides and belly. Young always with a distinct, black lateral band, 
which becomes fainter with age and disappears entirely at about the fourth 
year. Length 1% to 2% feet. 
This species is found in lakes, bayous and in channels of 
larger streams. It isa fish of the quiet water. Widely distrib- 
uted. Like the preceding species it has been the subject of much 
synonymy. Rafinesque records it under the name Lepomis 
pallida, for the Ohio, Miami and Hocking rivers. Hamilton 
County, ‘‘common in Ross lake,’’ Henshall, 1888; Lorain 
County, ‘‘ more common in the lake than in the streams,’’ McCor- 
mick, 1892; Maumee river system, common in all the lakes, also 
common in the Maumee river and most of its larger tributaries, 
but none in Auglaize river or its tributaries, Kirsch, 1893 ; Frank- 
lin County, Scioto river, Big Walnut creek, Big Darby creek, not 
common, Williamson and Osburn, 1897 ; Ohio river and Ice creek 
at Ironton, John’s creek at Waterloo, Huron river at Milan, 
Sandusky Bay, Wabash river at Celina, R. C. Osburn, 1899; 
Pippin lake, Chippewa lake, Summit lake, Grand river at Paines- 
ville, Licking reservoir, R. C. Osburn, 1900. 
