FAMILY OF THE PERCID^. 239 



PERCID^. 



THE AMERICAN YELLOW PERCH. 



Perca Flavescens — Mitchil. 



Yellow Perch. 



This is a very common fish, widely diffused, with small 

 variation of size, shape, form and colour, through all the inland 

 fresh waters of the whole United States, ranging through all 

 the lakes and rivers of the country from the eastern part of 

 Maine to the waters of the Ohio, into which it has gained 

 access through the Ohio Canal, and whence it will undoubtedlv 

 ere long make its way into the Mississippi. There are several 

 subordinate varieties of this fish, which dift'er in size, colour, 

 and slightly also in the number of fin-rays, in different waters, 

 and these have been created into distinct species, under the 

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



