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Sandre, AvLicli belongs to the Cauadian fish of the same species^ 

 aud to the analogous European fishes. 



The Grey Perch {Lucioperca Grisea) would seem to be a 

 permanent variety of the above^ if not a distinct species ; it dif- 

 fers from it in size, never exceeding ten or twelve inches, in 

 colour and several other important particulars. It is found in 

 the same Avaters with the preceding species, and is equally 

 prized as an article of food. 



Richardson's Pike-Perch, the Canadian Sandre {Lucioperca 

 Canadensis), is another small distinct species found in the River 

 St. Lawrence. Its principal characteristic difference lies in the 

 fact that the operculum has five acute spines on the lower mar- 

 gin. In colour it is dark olive, green above, and whitish 

 beneath with a few pale yellow spots on the sides below the 

 lateral line. It does not exceed fourteen inches in length. It 

 is, like the others of its species, esteemed an excellent fish on 

 the table, and, being a free biter and hard puller, affords good 

 sport to the angler. It is not, however, of so great importance 

 that I care to enter into a more minute description. 



