230 FISHES. 



irregular dark lateral band, and three oblique stripes on 

 opercles; end of caudal fin blackish, these markings 

 growing obscure with age ; 3d dorsal spine twice as high 

 as first; notch between spines and soft- rays deep; eleven 

 rows of scales between lateral line and dorsal; anal fin 

 somewhat scaly; mouth very wide; D. X, 14; A. Ill, 12; 

 lat. 1. 70 to 80. Great Lakes and rivers of the West and 

 South, abundant in most regions, and, like the next, 

 highly valued as a food fish. (Huro nigricans C. & V. 

 G. nobilior and nigricam, Agass.) 



2. M. salmoides, (Lac.) Gill. SMALL-MOUTHED BLACK 

 BASS. Moss BASS. Dark green; young brighter and 

 more or less barred and spotted, but without lateral 

 band; tail yellow at base, then black, and edged with 

 white; opercle with oblique olivaceous streaks; third 

 dorsal spine half larger than first; dorsal notch rather 

 shallow; scales larger than in the preceding eight rows 

 between lateral line and dorsal; mouth smaller; anal 

 nearly scaleless; fin rays as above; lat. 1. 60 to 70. 

 Great Lakes and streams from L. Champlain S. and W.; 

 common in N. Y. and in most regions west of the Alle- 

 ganies; introduced eastward. [G. fasciatus, (Les.) Ag. 

 C. obscuruS) DeK. (young.) M. achigan^ (Raf.) Gill, 

 etc., etc.] 



2. CENTRARCHUS, Cuvier. MANY-SPINED BASS. 



1. C. irideus, (Bosc.) C. & V. SHINING BASS. Bright 

 green with dark spots; vertical fins mottled; dorsal with 

 black spot behind, which is sometimes ocellated with 

 orange; form much as in next genus; D. XII, 14; 

 A. VIII, 15; L. 6. Rivers of Southern States. 



3. POMQXYS, Rafinesque. HIGH-FINNED BASS. 

 * Dorsal spines normally 7 ; body much elevated ; depth half 

 length. (Hyperistius, Gill.) 



