SUPPLEMENT TO THE BOOK OP THE BLACK BASS. 



deeper and more compressed than in the preceding [M. dolomieii], 

 growing deeper with age ; scales on cheek large, in about 10 

 rows ; ninth dorsal spine not half length* of longest. Color dark 

 green, silvery below ; sides with a broad blackish band in young, 

 with some dark spots above and below it ; three dark stripes 

 across cheeks; caudal pale at base and tip, mesially dusky. 

 Adult dull green, nearly plain. Head 3J ; depth 3. D. X, 13 V> 

 A. Ill, 11. Scales 8-68-16. L. 1 to 2J feet; weight 3 to 8 

 pounds." (JORDAN, Manual Vertebrates, 120, 1888.) 



