3/!^ GAME FISH OF NORTH AMERICA. 



for with worms, grasshoppers and other baits. Flesh white, firm, 

 delicate, and much esteemed. It is indifferent to temperature. 



Goggle-eyed Perch ; Strawberry perch ; chub (South Carolina) ; croppie (St. 

 Louis) ; grass bass (Ohio) ; chinkapin perch (Louisiana) ; sac-a-lac (New 

 Orleans Creoles.) Poinoxys hcxacanthiis.—A%&?.i\z: P. rhcvidoidcs.— 'Lmn. 



This fish of many names and extended habitat has a dusky 

 bluish-green back ; sides and belly silvery, and marked with irreg- 

 ular oblong greenish-black blotches that resemble "chinkapins." 

 Fins yellowish ; length twelve inches, and weighs up to three 

 pounds. Inhabits ponds and streams of running water, though 

 it prefers the former. It ranges from Lakes Huron and Erie to 

 the Southwestern States. It feeds on insects, and takes bait freely, 

 and also minnow, going at it with a rush. It is a pretty fish, and 

 much esteemed. The varieties of perch are numerous, and we 

 can but briefly designate them. The most prominent are : 



The Red-Bellied Perch ; called also Red-eye and Red-Bellied 

 Bream and Red Breast, (Ichthelis rubicunda ) ; not found in any 

 waters as far north as the Appomattox. Very common in Florida. 

 Body dusky above ; sides and belly red ; appendix to opercle very 

 long with black extremity. Takes bait freely. 



Blue Bream, Bream, or Copper-nose Bream. — -Ichthelis incisor. 

 This belongs to the sunfish family and is found in rivers and ponds 

 in the Southern States, from North Carolina to Louisiana. Varies 

 in color in different waters, and is sometimes marked with dusky 

 bars. It has a black spot on the lower edge of the dorsal fin. 

 Grows to eight inches in length, and takes bait freely. 



Maw Mouth ; or Goggle-eye, of Louisiana, and the Southwest. 

 They stay in pairs about logs, stumps, or trees, and the angler, in 

 fishing for them, always gets both, if he takes one. They look like 

 a hybrid, or cross between the black bass and black perch, the 

 head about one-third their length, greatest weight about two 

 pounds. They are very numerous, taking any kind of bait, and 

 chasing the leaves that fall upon the water. 



Silver Perch, or Speckled Perch ; called also Strawberry Bass 

 and Calico Bass. [See Northern Inland Fishes.] 



Sand Perch, or Bachelor Perch ; called also " Tin-mouth." 

 Taken from Virginia to the Mississippi. Apparently a cross 

 between the yellow belly and silver perch. It is a very broad fish, 



