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opercle to the middle of the caudal fin ; three dark oblique stripes 

 across the cheeks and opercles ; below and above the lateral band 

 some dark spots ; caudal fin pale at base, then blackish, whitish 

 at tip ; belly white. As the fish grows older the black lateral 

 band breaks up and grows fainter, and the color becomes more 

 and more of a uniform pale, dull green, the back being darker ; 

 a dark cpercular blotch usually present. Head 3J; depth 3. 

 D. X, 13; A. Ill, 11; scales 8-68-16. L. 1-2 feet. Kivers 

 of the United States, from the Great Lakes and Eed river of the 

 North to Florida and Texas ; every-where abundant, preferring 

 lakes, bayous, and sluggish waters. It grows to a larger size than 

 the next species \_M. dolomieu], and is readily distinguished by its 

 coloration and the larger mouth and larger scales. Both species 

 vary much with different waters." (JORDAN and GILBERT, Syn. 

 Fishes N. A. <BuU. U. S. Nat. Mus., xvi, 484, 1882.) 



MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES Jordan, 1882. (Description same 

 as the preceding.) ( JORDAN, FisJws of Ohio. <^Geol. Surv. 

 Ohio, iv, 952, 1882.) 



MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES Hay, 1882. "An abundant fish 

 every-where [Lower Mississippi Valley]. The young are found 

 in every pond. ... I have never succeeded in finding in 

 the South a specimen of the small-mouthed Black Bass, Micropte- 

 rus dolomieu Lac." (HAY, Bull. U. S. Fish Com., ii, 64, 1882.) 



MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES Bean, 1883. " This species is gen- 

 erally abundant and grows to a larger size than the small-mouthed 

 Bass ; it is especially common west of the Alleghanies, and in the 

 Southern States ; it is an important food-fish and affords consid- 

 erable sport to anglers." (BEAN, Bull U. S. Nat. Mus., xxvii, 

 446, 1883.) 



MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES Goode, 1884. "The large-mouth 

 ranges farther to the west and north, occurring in the Red River 

 of the North, perhaps as far as Manitoba, in latitude 50. It 

 abounds in all the rivers of the Southern States, from the James 

 to the St. John, and in the lower reaches of the streams and bay 



