226 FISHES. 



canum; dorsal fins high; head 3f in length; depth 5^-; 

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

 handsome fish, resembling an Aspro&quot; (Cove.) 



FAMILY XCL LABRACID^E. 



(Tlie 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. 

 &amp;lt; 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 &quot; 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.) 



