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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  2^ 
  in 
  length; 
  eye 
  large, 
  one-fourth 
  length 
  of 
  head; 
  head 
  long, 
  3 
  in 
  

   length; 
  profile 
  with 
  double 
  curve; 
  mouth 
  large, 
  snout 
  projecting. 
  

   Scales 
  on 
  cheeks 
  in 
  4 
  or 
  5 
  rows; 
  scales 
  in 
  lateral 
  line 
  30 
  to 
  48. 
  Dorsal 
  

   fin 
  smaller 
  than 
  anal, 
  with 
  6 
  spines 
  and 
  15 
  rays, 
  the 
  spinous 
  part 
  the 
  

   shorter; 
  anal 
  with 
  6 
  spines 
  and 
  18 
  rays; 
  dorsal 
  and 
  anal 
  fins 
  very 
  

   high. 
  Color 
  silvery 
  white 
  or 
  olive, 
  with 
  mottlings 
  of 
  dark 
  green; 
  the 
  

   markings 
  mostly 
  on 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  body 
  and 
  tending 
  to 
  form 
  narrow, 
  

   irregular 
  vertical 
  bars; 
  dorsal 
  and 
  caudal 
  fins 
  with 
  dark 
  markings; 
  

   anal 
  nearly 
  plain. 
  

  

  Calico 
  hass 
  : 
  Similar 
  in 
  form 
  to 
  crappie, 
  but 
  the 
  body 
  shorter, 
  back 
  

   more 
  elevated, 
  and 
  profile 
  of 
  head 
  straighter; 
  depth, 
  one-half 
  length; 
  

   head 
  one-third 
  length; 
  mouth 
  smaller 
  than 
  in 
  crappie; 
  snout 
  less 
  pro- 
  

   jecting. 
  Six 
  rows 
  of 
  scales 
  on 
  cheeks, 
  and 
  40 
  to 
  45 
  along 
  lateral 
  line. 
  

   Dorsal 
  and 
  anal 
  fins 
  higher 
  than 
  in 
  crappie 
  ; 
  dorsal 
  spines 
  7 
  or 
  8, 
  rays 
  15 
  ; 
  

   anal 
  spines 
  0, 
  rays 
  17 
  or 
  18. 
  Color, 
  light 
  silvery-green, 
  with 
  dark-green 
  

   irregular 
  mottlings 
  over 
  entire 
  body; 
  dorsal, 
  caudal, 
  and 
  anal 
  fins 
  with 
  

   dark-olive 
  reticulations 
  surrounding 
  pale 
  areas; 
  whole 
  body 
  sometimes 
  

   with 
  a 
  delicate 
  pink 
  reflection 
  (whence 
  the 
  name 
  strawberry 
  bass). 
  

  

  Eocic 
  bass: 
  Body 
  oblong, 
  compressed, 
  back 
  moderately 
  elevated; 
  

   depth 
  2 
  to 
  2^ 
  in 
  length 
  ; 
  head 
  large, 
  2| 
  in 
  length 
  ; 
  eye 
  very 
  large, 
  3^ 
  

   in 
  head. 
  Scales 
  5-39-12, 
  in 
  6 
  to 
  8 
  rows 
  on 
  cheeks. 
  Dorsal 
  fin 
  much 
  

   larger 
  than 
  anal, 
  with 
  11 
  spines 
  and 
  10 
  rays; 
  anal, 
  with 
  6 
  spines 
  and 
  

   10 
  rays. 
  Opercle 
  ending 
  in 
  two 
  flat 
  points; 
  gillrakers 
  less 
  than 
  10. 
  

   Color 
  olive-green, 
  with 
  brassy 
  reflections; 
  young 
  irregularly 
  barred 
  

   and 
  blotched 
  with 
  black; 
  adult 
  with 
  a 
  dark 
  spot 
  at 
  base 
  of 
  each 
  scale, 
  

   forming 
  interrupted 
  and 
  inconspicuous 
  stripes 
  ; 
  a 
  black 
  spot 
  on 
  opercle; 
  

   anal, 
  caudal, 
  and 
  soft 
  dorsal 
  fins 
  with 
  dark 
  mottlings. 
  

  

  The 
  most 
  reliable 
  character 
  for 
  distinguishing 
  the 
  large-mouth 
  from 
  

   the 
  small-mouth 
  bass 
  is 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  rows 
  of 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  cheeks. 
  

   The 
  colors 
  of 
  each 
  species 
  vary 
  with 
  age 
  and 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  mouth 
  

   varies 
  with 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  fish, 
  but 
  the 
  scales 
  are 
  constant 
  under 
  all 
  

   conditions. 
  With 
  the 
  crappies, 
  the 
  leading 
  differential 
  feature 
  is 
  the 
  

   number 
  of 
  dorsal 
  spines. 
  

  

  By 
  reason 
  of 
  their 
  wide 
  geographical 
  range, 
  the 
  black 
  basses 
  have 
  

   received 
  a 
  multiplicity 
  of 
  popular 
  names. 
  The 
  large- 
  mouth 
  black 
  bass 
  

   is 
  known 
  as 
  Oswego 
  bass, 
  lake 
  bass, 
  green 
  bass, 
  yellow 
  bass, 
  moss 
  

   bass, 
  bayou 
  bass, 
  trout, 
  jumper, 
  chub, 
  and 
  welchmau. 
  In 
  the 
  North 
  it 
  

   is 
  generally 
  called 
  black 
  bass; 
  in 
  Virginia 
  and 
  North 
  Carolina 
  it 
  is 
  

   usually 
  designated 
  as 
  the 
  chub, 
  and 
  in 
  Florida 
  and 
  the 
  Southern 
  States 
  

   it 
  is 
  often 
  called 
  trout. 
  The 
  small-mouth 
  black 
  bass 
  has 
  received 
  the 
  

   common 
  names 
  of 
  lake 
  bass, 
  brown 
  bass, 
  ninny 
  bass, 
  hog 
  bass, 
  black 
  

   perch 
  (used 
  in 
  the 
  mountain 
  sections 
  of 
  Virginia, 
  Tennessee, 
  and 
  North 
  

   Carolina> 
  trout 
  perch, 
  brown 
  trout, 
  jumper, 
  mouoitain 
  trout, 
  together 
  

   with 
  other 
  names 
  of 
  purely 
  local 
  use. 
  

  

  Rock 
  bass 
  are 
  variously 
  known 
  as 
  red-eye, 
  red-eye 
  perch, 
  aiTd 
  goggle- 
  

   eye, 
  and 
  are 
  sometimes 
  confounded 
  with 
  the 
  warmouth 
  {Chcenobryttus 
  

   gulosus), 
  which 
  bears 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  common 
  names. 
  

  

  