358 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER <^F FISH AND FISHERIES. 



or llie iimncioiis names applied lo lueinhers of llie ^eiius ^flerop- 

 feriis, iidiie is so dislinclive as black l)ass, with the ([iialifyiii.u' tei-ins 

 Uirgi^-iuoulhed and siiiall-iiioiillied, and lliese are tlie <h'si<;iiat.ioiis 

 which slioiild be t'eiiei-ally adoptccl and adheiM'd to, e\-eii liiouuli few, 

 if any, specimens ai'e really black. 



Mr. (roode (oo) recalls that "Charlevoix, a Jesuit missionary who 

 explored Canada in 1721, mentions a fish called achigan, whicli is 

 thoniiht to have been the large-mouth." M. Montpetit, in his "Les 

 poissons d'eau douce du Canada," has adopted achigan as the most 

 appropriate A'ernaculai- name and writes as follows regarding it : 



In th(^ province of Qnebec. in more than one American State, the name achigan 

 will persist and will perhaps finally iirevail even on the continent of Enrope. By 

 priority, recognized as a i)rinciple by the naturalists of Enrope and America, it 

 has incontestable titles, since for centuries and centuries, doubtless, before Lau- 

 donniere called this fish salinoides the aborigines of Canada designated it under 

 the name of achigan. It is a name of terror, the Algonquin name, picked up by 

 Chai'levoix and religiously preserved among us. One savant, versed in the sav- 

 age languages, the Rev. Father Lacomb. (). M. I., has claimed that the word 

 means the fish which disputes, which struggles, which shakes and bungles the line. 

 Those who have seen it at work will admit that that is just its description. 



Alphahetieal list of the common navies of the basses and^sun-Jishes. 



Common name. 



Locality. 



Refer- 

 ence. 



Remarks. 



Identification. 



Canada . 



Achigan 



l)o_ 



Achigan grande bou(;he 



A(^higan uoir 



Ac^higan petite bouche. 

 Bachelor .-. 



Do 



Bachelor perch 



Banded sun-fish 



Do 



Bank-lick bass 



Bar-fish Lake Michigan; Wis. 



Bass General 



Bass hog-fish 



Iowa 



Ohio Valley . 

 Ohio River . . 



Ohio. 



Southern States . . 



Bass sun-fish 



Bayou 1 )ass 



Big-car sun-fish I 



Big-tin liass I 



Big-mouth ' Upper Miss. Valley. 



Bigiuouth bass I General 



Big-mouthed black bassi do 



Big-mouthed sun-fish .J Kentucky; Ohio? ... 



Big-moutlied trout Kentucky 



Big-nosed sun-fish ' 



B i 1 1 e r - h e a d 1 Oh io 



Black-1 )anded sun-fish . . 



Black bass i General 



Black bass of the Hu- 



ron. i 



Black crappie Illinois. 



Black-eared pond-fish . . 



Do.. 



Black-ears 



Black-eyes 



Black-eye sun-fi.sh 



Black fresh- water bass. 



Black huron 



Black perch 



Ohio Valley 

 do 



9,28 

 8,28 



28 

 28 

 25 



8 

 14,31 



3 



1 



21,31 

 8,23 



Indian 



do. 



Book . . 



do. 



do. 



8 



21,40 



40 



23 



8,23 



2 



Ohio Valley; Miss.; 

 Tenu. 



Black sun-flsh Miss.V 



Do Ohio 



Black-tailed sun-fish Ohio Valley 



Black warmouth 



Bloody sun-flsh 



15 



2,iii 



27 



30.39 



31 



31 



31 



G 



6 



9,31,viii 



11,17 

 21,37 



31 

 9 



23 



Book . . 

 ....do. 



Book . . 



do. 



Book."^ 



Book. 

 Booic^ 



Book. 



Book . . 

 do. 



Book . . 



do. 



do. 



Book? 



Book . . 

 do. 



Micropterus salmoides. 

 Micropterus. 

 Micropterus salmoides. 

 Micropterus. 

 Microptenis dolomieu. 

 Pomoxis sparoides. 

 Pomoxis annularis. 



Do. 

 Enueai'anthus obesus. 

 Mesogoiiistiuschii'todon. 

 Pomo.xis sparoides. 



Do. 

 Micropterus. 

 Micropterus dolomieu 



(young). 

 Acanthai'clius pomotis. 

 Microjjterus salmoides. 

 Lepomis megalotis. 

 Pomoxis s])ar(Mdes. 

 CliiPnobryttus gulosus. 

 Micropterus salmoides. 



Do. 

 ChiT-noliryttus gulosus. 

 Micropterus salmoides. 

 Aponiotis iscliynis. 

 Pomoxis s])art)ides. 

 Mes( >g< mist ins (;htetodon. 

 Mierol)terus. 

 Micropterus sjilmoides. 



Pomoxis sparoides. 

 Lepomis pallidus. 

 Lei)omis auritus. 

 Le))omis mogalotis. 

 Lepomis cvanellus. 



Do. 

 Micropterus dolomieu. 

 Mici'opterus salmoides. 

 Micropterus dole >mieu. 



Chipnobryttus gulosus. 

 Ambloplites rnpestris. 

 Lepomis megalotis, 

 ChiPnobryttus gulosus. 

 Leixjmis megalotis. 



