CHAPTER I 



A GLIMPSE OF ICHTHYOLOGY. 



LIMPSES at the sciences are 

 generally worse than 

 superfluous, and to 

 "drink deep or taste 

 not" is the true ad- 

 vice ; but the angler 

 and the general fisher- 

 man may find it an 

 advantage to know 

 enough of ichthyolo- 

 gy to qualify them for 

 correctly describing 

 the fish they catch, 

 and it is for this ob- 

 ject that the following " glimpse" is submitted. The speci- 

 men of the pike-perch, being the fish known in Ohio and 

 some other states of the West as the salmon, is presented for 

 teaching the names of fins. 



THE COMMON PIKE-PERCH. Luduperca Americana. 



In describing a fish, the size, form, and color are given 

 the number, character, and position of the fins and fre- 



