MKHKINC} A tJAMK FISII. 2 I .'J 



The appearance of this tish is so well known that a very par- 

 ticnlar description is hardly necessary. The leiifrth of" the head 

 to the hody is ahont as nnc to t"oin-, the dt ptli to the icuj^th ol 

 the hody as one to live. The np|)er part ot" tjic lish is a fine 

 hliie, with f^reen and other reflections, when viewed in different 

 lij^hts ; the lower part ot" the side and helly sihcry white ; the 

 cheeks and irill-covers sihcry. l)ors:d and eatidal fins dnsky ; 

 till- fins on till' lowei- parts of tlu- hody almost \\hite. The 

 hnM-r jaw is nuieh lon;:er than the other, with five or six small 

 teetli extcudinj; in a line haekwards on each ^ide from the ante- 

 rior point; fonr rows of small teeth on the eintral npper 

 snrface of the tonj^ue, and a few snndl teeth on the central 

 surface of the u|)per jaw. l)ranchiostegous rays are eitrht in 

 number; pectorals, sixteen; ventrals, cij;ht ; anal, si.vti-en; 

 doi*sal, nineteen ; and cauchii, eifjhteen. The scales are large. 

 The aindal fin deeply forked. 



Se%'cml other species of Ili-rrinj,' arc common to the waters of 

 the United States, hut this is the only one which is taken with 

 the tly, or can be accounted as <;ame to the s[)ortsman. 



