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was also the first to recognize this fish scientifically, his 

 specimen being sent from South Carolina in 1802. 

 He gave it the specific name salmoides or " salmon- 

 like." 



RANGE 



The range of the large mouthed black bass is much 

 greater than that of the small mouthed. His natural 

 distribution extended from Canada to Florida and 

 Mexico and he has been successfully transplanted into 

 every state of the Union as well as abroad. Because 

 of his extended range, the large mouthed black bass 

 has many absurd vernacular names. In the South the 

 term " trout " is applied to this fish and is in general 

 use, and in Wisconsin he is called " green bass " ; 

 " Oswego bass " is also a common name throughout 

 the North. Other names are: straw bass, slough bass, 

 moss bass, marsh bass, chubb, green trout, bronze 

 backer. Equally unscientific is it to refer to the small 

 mouthed bass as the black bass, thus suggesting that 

 the large mouthed species is something else salmoides 

 is as much a black bass as is dolomieu. 



DESCRIPTION 



In color the large mouthed black bass shows a 

 greater variation being inclined to have a yellow or 

 brassy tint. Color however does not signify much in 

 fishes especially as regards the black basses. Character 

 of water, bottom or cover, food and other local pe- 

 culiarities govern the color of fishes as well as the 



