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SANDRE PERCH. 



Perca Lucioperca, P. grisco-argcntea, fasciis dorsallbus numer- 

 osis tramversis subfuscis, pinna dorsali maculata. 



Silvery-grey Perch, with numerous, transverse, dusky dorsal 

 bands, and spotted dorsal fin. 



Perca Lucioperca. Lin, Block, f. 51. 



GENERAL length from one to two feet, but said 

 sometimes to arrive at four feet : shape longer than 

 in the preceding species, having something of the 

 habit of a Pike, the head being rather produced, 

 and the mouth furnished with large teeth : general 

 colour silvery grey, deepest on the back, and with 

 a pretty strong tinge of blue on the head and gill- 

 covers : sides of the back marked by pretty numer- 

 ous, slightly decurrent, blackish bands ; dorsal fins 

 by numerous dusky spots : pectoral fins reddish ; 

 the rest dusky. Native of clear rivers and lakes in 

 the middle parts of Europe, and highly esteemed 

 for the table : in general manners said to resemble 

 the common Perch, but to be far less tenacious of 

 life. 



VAR. ? 

 Perca Volgensis. Lin. Gmel Pail it. l.p.46l. 



GENERAL colour gilded olive, with five or six 

 transverse semidecurrent blackish bands: dorsal fin 

 banded in a similar manner : habit between that of 

 the common Perch and the Sandre, for which reason 



