PKRCID^. 89 



McCormick, 1892 ; Maumee river at Grand Rapids, Waterville 

 and Toledo, Blanchard river at Ottawa, west end of Lake Erie, 

 Kirsch, 1893. I have seen many dead ones on the lake beach at 

 Sandusky. 



Ge?ius: Pe;rca. 

 Perca flavescens (Mitchill). Yellow Perch ; Ringed Perch. 



Head 3X; depth 3#. D. XIII to XV-II, 13 to 15; A. II, 7 or 8; scales 

 7-74 to 88-17; lateral line incomplete. Body slender in young, becoming 

 stouter with age; adults have the back considerably arched, the profile con- 

 vex from dorsal to occiput, thence concave forward to the projecting snout. 

 Cheeks closely scaled ; well developed striae on operculars and rugosities on 

 top of head. Color, dark olivaceous above, sides golden yellow, with 6 or 8 

 broad, dark vertical bars; belly pale, lower fins red or orange. Length 1 

 foot. 



A fish of the quiet waters, found abundant in the reservoirs, 

 ponds, bayous and lakes of central and northern Ohio, but not 

 recorded for the southern part of the state. Kirtland recorded it 

 (Bodiamis flavescens) as abundant in Lake Erie and the small 

 lakes of northern Ohio. " St. Mary's reservoir and Lake Erie," 

 Henshall, 1889 ; Lorain County, " common in the lake and lower 

 portions of the rivers," McCormick, 1892 ; Maumee river at 

 Grand Rapids, Waterville and Toledo, St. Mary's riv.r at St. 

 Marys, Tiffin river at Brunersburg, west end of Lake Erie, Kirsch, 

 1893 > Huron river at Milan, Sandusky Bay, Wabash river at 

 Celina, St. Mary's reservoir, R. C. Osburn, 1899 '> Summit lake 

 and Licking reservoir, R. C. Osburn, 1900. It is very abundant 

 in Sandusky Bay and common in Licking reservoir. I have also 

 seen the species from the Ohio canal at Newark. 



Genus: Percina. 



Percina caprodes (Rafinesque). Log Perch; Hogfish ; 

 Hog Molly ; Stone Roller. 



Head 4 to 4^; depth 5 to 6V 2 ; eye 4. D. about XV-15; A. II, 11, Body 

 elongate, slender. Head long and pointed, depressed and sloping above; 

 snout "pig-like," projecting beyond the inferior mouth; eyes widely sepa- 

 rated. Color, light yellowish or yellowish green, with about 15 vertical, 

 dark bars extending down on sides below lateral line and alternate with the 

 same number of shorter bars. Length 8 inches. 



