TllK THRB&4POTTKD \\ /.' i 



(hnf in Boston this fi-,h js rail,-.! <'uiin.-i. ami I h.-i nam.-. \\hil.- in l.\ mi Sal.-n. 



Nalmnf, adjoinim: t<>\\ MS. it i> niiixrrsally knoun as Ni|.]-r ainl ('ln>i;--tl. tin- latt- 

 nlMiriginal term. It is s,,m,.tjm,-> call.-.! I'.-rch or S.-a I'.-rch 



Fn>iii ili.- tiist --ril. -in. -lit <( the country thi- iMi lia- U-.-n esteemed, an<l jwirfii-s have l*en 

 t..\i-ii I h.- -In.i.- yai l\ t...-nj<i\ a day's liij)jTini:. and f-ast mi fri>->| Ni|.|-r-> ami 

 <-lin\vtlr. Tin- Nip|MT i^ iak. n l.\ lunik from Ili<- nx-ks, ami alTonN much sjmrt a> 

 it is \,-i 



Uke many other fishfs, tliis is IK-INT ami larger a* the wat-i- isn.lilci ; ili.-i.'fm.-, in INut 

 lailil harlxir th>- NipjT is much lanri-r ami pi-<i\ .-s an fxc-ll.-iit f<Ml tish. 



Tin- T\i NM -'/'"ifnifii /;///M i- >f this fauiilv. It iiim-li jvs,-inl,|,", th,. CimmT. l.iit is 

 quit.- Mack. In X-w Kn^laiul it is call.-.! Hlack lisli liy s,nn,.. Its i-iiiv'.' is fn.ru Main.- to 

 Snith I'anilina. N m fish is more "gnim-y " than this. With small liv>-erab Imit it 



atfonls sliarpftport \\ ith tin- r.l. This lish alxniinls in tin- \ icinity of I>n^ Islaml. But a f-\v 

 \.-ar- sin,-.- it \\as m,t ku- n n..iili of < :\\- ( '. .. 1. !>;' i- n,.w .jiiil.' a I HI m la n I. 



Dr. Smith, in hi- " l-'isht-s of Massin-hiis.-!!*." an <-Jirly work, says : Within th- ri^-olIiN-- 

 tion of a gentleman now living (1838), the Tautoj; \\as unknown in Boston liarlxr." It-s weight 

 r-achfs twelve jK)UiuIs, tliouirli il avt-nip-s 1 il ilx)ii1 half thai !'!,. l>|i>-.-,,iiiin_- ..!' i!n- ,|..- 



\ 1 <\>ntuxfl(rti<hi earl\ in \iiil.-! '' BfcaitWt-twes, is nndersUxxl to denote the time of 



l>aiting Black-fish : 



' \\ tn-n rlimtnut Inarm wo big an thumb-null. 

 Then bite RUck-fiiih without fail ; 

 Bat whrn chmtnut li are long ai a paa, 

 Thrn. omtrh Hlack .flub If you can ! " 



This is an old verse recorded in Mitchell's inii-r>-siing !<>ok. 

 Tliis fish is related to the Wraase of Enrope. 



FOTTKD WOaMK-J 



SEVERAL other species of the same genus are known, such as tin- (ii:i i \ MIM.AKKH 

 WCASSE, or GRKKN-KI-II < Istt>rux donavanf), a nth.-r rare l.iit \.-iy iN-aiitifiilly coloretl fish, 

 almost wholly green and slightly streaked, ^ome natunilists think that this js only the yonni; 

 of the preceding species. The most curiously decorated sj-ci.-s is. how.-\.T. th.- TIII:I i 

 SPOTTED WRASSE (Labru* trimaculatu*). This fisn is decorated with a rich ruddy orange 



