FISHES OF NEW YORK 523 



The following measurements were taken from a specimen 

 obtained by Mr James Annin jr, in Oneida lake, Sep. 4, 1896. 



Inches 



Extreme length 12^ 



Length to end of middle caudal rays 11| 



Length to end of scales 10 



Depth of body 4 



Least depth of caudal peduncle If 



Length of head 3 



Length of snout f 



Diameter of eye -^g 



Length of fourth dorsal spine If 



Length of second dorsal ray If 



Length of second anal ray If 



Weight, 16^ ounces. 



The white bass is sometimes called striped bass, and is prob- 

 ably the silver bass of Canada. Its center of abundance is the 

 Great lakes region, but it is also widely distributed over the 

 Ohio and Mississippi, valleys. In Pennsylvania the species is 

 found in Lake Erie and in the tributaries of the Ohio river. The 

 U. S. Fish Commission secured three specimens at Horse island, 

 Sacketts Harbor N. Y., June 30. The New Jersey Fish Commis- 

 sion has introduced the fish into Greenwood lake. 



The white bass weighs from 1 to 3 pounds, and its flesh is 

 considered almost if not equall^^ as good as that of the black 

 bass. It prefers the deeper parts of rivers and thrives best in 

 lakes and ponds. In April and May they leave the deeper 

 waters and go in near shore or to the mouths of rivers where 

 they spawn. The spawning period is in May and June. 



The white bass feeds upon minnows, crawfish and other fresh- 

 water crustaceans, also minute mollusks or shellfish^ and it is 

 said to devour many young whitefish upon the spawning grounds 

 of that species. 



It is a game fish and affords good sport to the angler. 



