226 DISHES. 



carmm; dorsal fins high; head 3f in length; depth 5; 

 D. XIV I, 20; A. II, 11; lat. 1. 100. Ohio R. "A 

 handsome fish, resembling an Aspro" (Cove.) 



FAMILY XCL LABRACID^E. 



(T7ie Bass.) 



Percoid fishes with the general characters of the pre- 

 ceding family, but having three anal spines, and the 

 spines of the dorsal reduced in number, generally nine 

 or ten; teeth on the tongue in our species. Genera 

 fifteen; species thirty-five. Mostly of northern regions, 

 the majority of them marine, often entering rivers. 



* No teeth on tip of tongue ; 3d anal spine longest and usually 



stoutest; anal with 10 to 12 soft rays. . . Roccus, 1. 



** Teeth on tip of tongue ; second anal spine stoutest ; anal with 



9 soft rays ; opercular scales large. . . MORONE, 2. 



/. ROCCUS, Mitchill. STRIPED BASS. 

 < Labrax, Cuvier. 



* Body little compressed ; depth less than of length ; chiefly 



marine. (Roccus.) 



1. R. lineatus, (Bl. & Schn.) Gill. STRIPED BASS. 

 ROCK FISH. Silvery or yellowish, with seven or eight 

 longitudinal bands; D. IX 1, 12; A. Ill, 11; lat. 1. 62. 

 Atlantic Coast, sometimes entering rivers. 



** Body much compressed ; depth more than i of length ; fresh 

 waters. (Lepibema, Raf.) 



2. R. chrysops, (Raf.) Gill. WHITE BASS. STRIPED 

 LAKE BASS. Silvery, with six or more dark stripes, 

 sometimes " so interrupted and transposed as to appear 

 like ancient church music.'* D. IX 1, 12; A. Ill, 13; 

 lat. 1. 55. Great Lakes, Upper Mississippi Valley 

 and N. (Labrax multilineatus, notcitus, albidus and 

 osculatii of authors.) 



