DKNKWAL UKSCKllTluN. 



Til i: U()( K HASS. 



! Itr.SIl W ATKll MASS. 

 CcHtrarchus ^finnu — Cuvier. 



Timn is jinother ilrlicatc and i^aiiu' lisli, wliicli, originally 

 peculiar to the ha.siii of tlir St. Lawrence, has made its way 

 through the canals into the ui>[»(i' waters ot" the Hudson and 

 the anastomosing stream^. It is abundant in the great lakes, 

 and Lake Chaniplaiu. 



It, like the lilack Bass, is a bold biter, taking a small fish 

 dead or alive very freely, but preferring to all other baits the 

 Cray-fish {As(ani.<t liartoni). 



The general colour of this fish is a dark ct)ppcry l)ron/.e above, 

 w it li green reflections ; the head above dark green ; gill-covers 

 metallic green, with a dark spot on the posterior margin of the 

 operniluiii. The sides golden copper, with several rows of 

 oblong dark >pots below the lateral line. The tins l)lui>h 

 green. 



The body is compressed, short ami broad. The dorsal outline 

 gibbous; tlie lateral line following the curve of the back. Head 

 large, with a concave outline. (Jill-covers scaly; the operculum 

 with rudiments of a double angle on tlu^ posterior margin ; 

 lower jaw somewhat the longest. Teeth small, conical, 

 recur>ed, on the mavillariis interin:i\illaries, vomer, palatines, 

 antl pharyngeals. 



The d(»rsal fin has eleven spinous and twelve soft rays; the 

 pectorals, fourteen mys ; the ventrals, one weak spine and five 



