PERCIDA. 89 
McCormick, 1892; Maumee river at Grand Rapids, Waterville 
and ‘Foledo, Blanchard river at Ottawa, west end of Lake Erie, 
Kirsch, 1893. I have seen many dead ones on the lake beach at 
Sandusky. 
Genus: PERCA. 
Perca flavescens (Mitchill). YELLOw PERCH; RINGED PERCH. 
Head 3%; depth 34%. D. XIII to XV-II, 13 to15; A. II, 7 or 8; scales 
7-74 to 88-17; lateral line incomplete. Body slender in young, becoming 
stouter with age; adults have the back considerably arched, the profile con- 
vex from dorsal to occiput, thence concave forward to the projecting snout. 
Cheeks closely scaled; well developed striae on operculars and rugosities on 
top of head. Color, dark olivaceous above, sides golden yellow, with 6 or 8 
broad, dark vertical bars; belly pale, lower fins red or orange. Length 1 
foot. 
A fish of the quiet waters, found abundant in the reservoirs, 
ponds, bayous and lakes of central and northern Ohio, but not 
recorded for the southern part of the state. Kirtland recorded it 
(Bodianus flavescens) as abundant in Lake Erie and the small 
lakes of northern Ohio, ‘‘ St. Mary’s reservoir and Lake Erie,’’ 
Henshall, 1889 ; Lorain County, ‘‘common in the lake and lower 
portions of the rivers,’’ McCormick, 1892; Maumee river at 
Grand Rapids, Waterville and Toledo, St. Mary’s riv.r at St. 
Marys, Tiffin river at Brunersburg, west end of Lake Erie, Kirsch, 
1893; Huron river at Milan, Sandusky Bay, Wabash river at 
Celina, St. Mary’s reservoir, R. C. Osburn, 1899; Summit lake 
and Licking reservoir, R. C. Osburn, 1900. It is very abundant 
in Sandusky Bay and common in Licking reservoir. I have also 
seen the species from the Ohio canal at Newark. 
Genus: PERCINA. 
Percina caprodes (Rafinesque). LoG PERCH; HOGFISH ; 
Hoc Monty ; STONE ROLLER. 
Head 4 to 43/; depth 5 to6%; eye 4. D. about XV-15; A.II, 11, Body 
elongate, slender. Head long and pointed, depressed and sloping above; 
snout ‘‘ pig-like,’’ projecting beyond the inferior mouth; eyes widely sepa- 
rated. Color, light yellowish or yellowish green, with about 15 vertical, 
dark bars extending down on sides below lateral line and alternate with the 
same number of shorter bars. Length 8 inches. 
