CHAPTER X. 



GRYSTES NIGRICANS; OR, BLACK BASS. 



THIS noble fish has been described by De Kay 

 under the name of Centrarchus Fascialus, and by 

 Agassiz, under the name of Grystes Nigricans. 



DESCRIPTION. 



"The body is compressed, oval, back arched ; of 

 a dusky greenish color, often with transverse 

 bands, with three oblique stripes on the preo- 

 perculum, or cheek." The cut, (which is a good 

 representation,) and the description, are both 

 taken from Prof. Kirtland's description of the 

 fishes of Ohio. The Black Bass, when full-grown, 



measures from twelve to eighteen inches in 



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