OHx\PTER IV. 



THE PERCH FAMILY — PERCID^. 



GexVeral Remarks on the Percidje. Great number of Americau genera 

 and species. — Paucity of European Species. — Distinguishing marks, — 

 Their abundance and variety in the Valley of the Mississippi. — Migra- 

 tory habits. 



The Rockfish or Striped Bass. Labrax Lineatus. — Rockfish Tackle. — 

 Rockfishing on the lower Rappahannock. 



The White Perch. Labrax pallidits. — Perch Fishing. 



The White Bass of the Lakes. Labrax albidus. — White Bas.s taken 

 with the artificial fly. 



Fresh Water Bass of the South and West. Grysies salmoides. — Bass 

 Fishing. — Bass Fly Fishing. 



Black Bass of the Lakes. Grystes nigricans. — Trolling for Black Bass 

 with spoon, and with artificial flies. 



The Striped Bass of the Ohio. Labrax chrysops. 



The Short Striped Bass. 



Oswego Bass. 



The Crafpie or Sac-a-lai, Pomoxis hexacauthus. 



The Yellow Barred Perch. Percafiavescens. 



The Sunfish or Sunny. Pomotis vulgaris. 



Bream. Ichthylis i-ubiicvnda.-— Bream. Fishing on Bayou La Branch. 



The Pike Perch or Ohio Salmon. Lucioperca Americana. 



The Buffalo Perch. Ablodon grvnniens. 



De Kay, whose work on ichthyology was published in 1846, 

 says, there were more than sixty genera and six hundred 

 species of Percidae known at that time. How many new 



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