THE BASSES: FRES H-W ATER AND MARINE 



responsible for such names as red perch, black 

 perch, ruddy bass, gray perch, and yellow perch. 



Common Names 



Schoepf called this the perch or river perch, no 

 doubt adopting a term in use among the fishermen. 

 Mitchill used the name of red perch and stated that 

 when not in the breeding-season it is known as 

 black perch because its colors are browner and 

 darker. In his " Fishes of New York," De Kay 

 described it as the rud,dy bass. In Great Egg 

 Harbor Bay, N. J., individuals taken in salt water 

 are sometimes called yellow perch or peerch. Norris 

 employs for it the names white perch and gray 

 perch. The name most widely used is white perch. 



Distribution 



The species ranges from Nova Scotia to South 

 Carolina and is found in both salt and fresh water. 

 Mitchill saw specimens fourteen inches long and 

 nearly five inches deep from Quogue, L. I. Bell- 

 port, L. I., has been noted for its winter fishery for 

 white perch. The author has occasionally found 

 it in various parts of Great South Bay, as at 

 Smith's Point, Whale House Hole, and Swan 

 River; also in the east end of Shinnecock Bay in 



