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Yi-llow Trrch. 



This is a very connncMi li>li, uidrly dilluscd, with sninll 

 variation of size, shape, toriii and cuh)nr, throni^'h :dl the inhmd 

 iVisli waters of tlic whoK- I nitcd States, ran^in^; tlinm^^'h all 

 tlie hikes and rivers of the conntry from the eastern part of 

 Maine to the watei-s of the ( )hio, into which it has gained 

 access throni^'h the Ohio Canal, and wheiwe it will nndonbtcdiv 

 ere long make its way nit«) the Mississippi. There are several 

 subordinate varieties of this fish, which dilVir in size, colour, 

 and sli^'htly als«t in the number i»f lin-rays, in tliflVrent waters, 

 and these have been created into distinct sj)ccie», under the 

 titles of the Rough Yellow Perch {Perca Cerrato-Granulata) : 



