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CichlafascMa, LE SUEUR, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1822,216, Lake Erie.' 



Cichla ohioensis, LE SUEUR, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1822, 218, Ohio River. 



Cichla minima, LE SUEUR, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1822, 220, Lake Erie. 



Centrarchus obscurus, DE KAY, N. Y. Fauna: Fishes, 30, pi. 17, fig. 48, 1842, 'Onondaga Creek, 



New York. 

 Diopliles variabilis, VAILLANT & BOCOUHT, Miss. Sci. Mex., 1874, 142, Wabash River, New 



Harmony, Indiana; after LE SUEUR MS., 1822. 

 Centrarchus fasciatus and obscurus, GUNTHER, Cat., i, 258, 1859. 

 Micropterus dolomiei, BOULENGER, Cat., i, 15. 



1410. MICROPTERTJS SALMOIDES (Lacepede). 

 (LARGE-MOUTHED BLACK BASS ; OSWEGO BASS ; GREEN BASS ; BAYOU BASS.) 



Head 3 to 3| ; depth 3 to 3i ; eye 1| to 2 in snout, 5 to 6 in head. D. X, 

 12 or 13; A. Ill, 10 or 11 j scales 7-65 to 70-18, pores 58 to 67. Body 

 ovate-fusiform, becoming deeper with age, moderately compressed. Head 

 large. Mouth very wide, the maxillary in the adult reaching beyond the 

 eye, in the young shorter. Scales on the cheek in about 10 rows ; scales 

 on the trunk comparatively large ; tip of maxillary in adult as broad as 

 eye. Lingual teeth sometimes present. Gill rakers longer than gill 

 fringes, x + 7 or 8, besides rudiments. Dorsal fin very deeply notched, 

 its fifth spine 3 in head. Coloration dark green above; sides and below 

 greenish silvery ; young with a blackish stripe along the sides from oper- 

 cle 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 opercular blotch usually present. Length 18 

 inches or more. Rivers of the United States from the Great Lakes and Red 

 River of the North to Florida, Texas, and Mexico ; everywhere abundant, 

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

 than the preceding species and is readily distinguished by its coloration 

 and the larger mouth and larger scales. Both species vary much with 

 different waters, but in general this species is less active than the pre- 

 ceding, and is less esteemed as a game fish. (Salmo, trout; eZdof, like; 

 the fish being often called " Trout" in the Southern States, being trout- 

 like in gameness and in quality as food.) 



Labrus salmoides, LACPEDE, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 716, 1802, South Carolina. (Coll. Bosc.) 

 Lepomis pallida, RAFINESQUE, Ichth. Ohiensis, 30, 1820, Ohio, Miami, and Hocking rivers. 

 Cichla floridana, LE SUEUR, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1822, 219, East Florida. 

 Euro nigricans, CUVIER & VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss., n, 124, 1828, Lake Huron; GUNTHER, 



Cat., i, 255, 1859. 

 Grysies nobilis, AGASSIZ, Amer. Journ. Sci. and Arts, 1854, 298, Huntsville, Alabama. (Coll. 



Newman.) 

 Grystes nuecensis, BAIRD & GIRARD, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1854, 25, Rio Frio and Rio 



Nueces, Texas. (Coll. Clark.) 



Orystes megastoma, GARLICK, Treat. Art. Prop. Fish., 108, 1857, bays of Lake Erie. 

 Dioplites nuecensis treculii, VAILLANT & BOCOURT, Miss. Sci. Mex., 1874, 142, San Antonio de 



Bexar, Texas (Coll. Trecul.) 

 Micropterus salmoides, JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 484, 1883; BOULENGER, Cat., i, 16. 



