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rm: malasiikcan w. 



CVwTi'iMi Rkhariltoui — CtiriRR. 



Tills, liUf the spccit-'s l;i>t iiaiiird, is iui iiili;il)it;iut of llic 

 uplJiT l;ik.rs, thuuj^li it is not I'uiuul below Lake liiic. hi Lake 

 Hiiri)ii it is known as the S/icrp's-head, aud iu the viciuity of 

 Hutlnlo as the liliick S/tcep's-hrad. 



It atlurcls virv >HH)d sport to tho aii|^h'r, aud, unlike* its eon- 

 •jeuer last described, is highly i)ri/.e(l as one of the most delicious 

 of the lake fishes. 



Its colour is grecnisli prey, l)ande(l with dusky or blackish 

 bars over the back, its sides arc silvery, its belly yellowish. Li 

 form it closely resembles the Corvinu Oscula, but its forehead 

 descends in a more vertical angle to the mouth. The under jaw- 

 is somewhat the longer. The mouth is cleft back as far as to 

 the middle of the eye, which is large aud round. The teeth arc 

 very numerous and verj' small. The operculum has two lobes 

 l)ilund. 



The first dorsal tin has nine spinous rays; the seeond, one 

 spine and eighteen soft rays ; the pectorals have fifteen soft rays; 

 the ventrals, one spine and seven soft rays ; the anal, one spine 

 and seven soft rays; the caudal, seventeen soft branched rays. 



There is yet another species of this family, the Cort'ina Grisea, 

 known familiarly as the White Perch of the Ohio, which is found 

 iu the waten* of that noble river, l)ut it is of little importance 

 either to the angler or the epicure, and merits not a more 

 particular description. 



