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AMERICAN ANGLER'S BOOK 



YELLOW BAKRED PERCH. 



Perca flavescens : Ciivier. 



Back jellowish green ; sides yellow, with six or seven 

 • dark vertical bands ; body compressed, elongated ; back 

 slightly arched and tapering towards the tail, it is quite slim 

 between the second dorsal and caudal fin ; the anal and 

 pectoral fins are of a yellowish red, or bright orange ; the 

 first dorsal has twelve or thirteen spinous rays ; the second, 

 two spinous and fourteen soft rays ; ventrals, one spine and 

 five soft rays ; anal, two spines and eight soft rays ; caudal, 

 slightly concave, with seventeen rays. There are some beau- 

 tiful tints about this fish. 



Yellow-barred Perch are found in most of the large north- 

 ern lakes, and with some other species which they closely 

 resemble, as far south as Carolina, inhabiting tidal waters or 

 lakes indiscriminately. They are easily taken with minnows 

 and worms. In trolling the lakes for Black Bass, the angler 

 is frequently annoyed by the great numbers of these Perch, 

 and holds them in small esteem when in search of nobler 

 prey. 



