109 



Perca amerlcana, Ginel., 8yst. Vol. 1, j). 1308. 

 Morone rufa, Mitcbill, Report, p. 18. 



Lahrax mucronafus, Ciiv. & Val. II p. 80, })1. 12; Baird 

 ill Ninth Smithson. lleport p. 322. 



— yufm, DeKay, New York Fauna, Fishes, \). "J, pi. 3 tig. 

 7; Guenther, I p. 65. 



— americanus, Holbr. Ichth. S. Car. p. 21, })1. 3, fig-. 2. 



— pallidu.s. DeKay, 1. c. p. 11, pi. 1, fig. 2. 



The dark variety of this fish is called "Black Perch'' on 

 tiie Avestern shore of Marjdand. It inhabits tlie rivers and 

 estuaries of the Chesapeake Bay in brackish waters, and some- 

 times sAvarms in such localities as the Potomac, south of 

 Alexandria. It is much esteemed by the citizens of Balti- 

 more, and is a favorite with certain anglers, Avho do not par- 

 ticularly value fly-fishing. 



Acad. Col. S. I. 



XXXIII— PERCIDD^ 



PERCA, Artedi. 



P. flavescent. 



American Yellow Perch, 



Body elongated, moderately compressed, with the upper 

 outline arched, and the lower nearly straight. The large 

 head is flattened and the snout full and rounded. The eye 

 is very large, more or less dusky above, tinted with greenish- 

 yellow; sides, golden yellow; belly paler; chin flesh-colored. 

 Six or eight vertical dusky bands, descending from the 

 back on the sides disappear on the belly. Ventrals and anals 

 lu'ight orange; pectorals yellowish orange. Dorsals and 

 caudal dusky brown. Total length, from 10 to 12 inches. 



Fin-rays:— D. 13. 1. 13; P. 15; V. 1. 5; A. 2. 8; C. IT. 



F . jiavescens Guenther I p. 59. 



Bodianus flavescens, Mitch, Ph. Trans. New York, I i) 

 421. 



Perca Jiavescens, Cuv. & Val. II p. 46; Richardson. 

 Fauna Bor. Amer., Fishes, p. 1, pi. 74; Storer, Report, p. 

 5, and Synopsis, p. 17, and Boston Journal Nat. Hist. IV, p. 

 175; DeKay, New York Fauna, Fish, p. 3, pi. 1 fig. 1; 

 Holbr., Ichth. S. Car. p. 2 pi. 1, fig. 1. 



— qranulata, Cuv. & Val. II p. 48, pi. 9, cop. by DeKay, 

 New York Fauna, Fish, p. 5, pi. 68, fig. 220. 



— serrato-gramdata, Cuv. & Val. II p. 47; DeKay, 1, c, 

 pi. 22, fig. 64. 



