ae 
a 
find in the ‘lagoons about our rivers and the lake, any 
| Bass at a certain stage of growth. 
30 Fishes of the Ohio — .—. 4 
gonus Artedi, Le Sueur, vol. i. part 2, p. 231,) itgis salted, to 
preserve it till sold. They are taken at all seasons of the 
year, by the seine and hook and line. We observed them at 
Erie in the month of July, 1816, and at Buffalo, at which 
latter place we captured many with the seine. A variety oc- | 
curred at Lake George; of which the specimens appeared to 
us to have the lower jaw more advanced. The —— 
name them Black Bass. 
“B. 6; P. 18— 20; T. 5; D. 10—15; À.3 — 19; C; 
al. 1.4. 
E vation. This species presents such a variety of 
forms, colors and habits, and is so much influenced by age, | 
‘sex, seasons and locality, it is not remarkable thatits varieties — 
should have been described as distinct species. Still I am 
. convineed that the synonymes I have here enumerated em- - 
brace only one true species, and am inclined to add to them - 
the Cichla minima of Le Sueur, as I have never been able to ; 
that answers to his description, except the young of the Black | 
"This species is found universally in our western waters d 
It frequently is taken by hooks, and in seines, and also gives. 
amusement to our marksmen in the spring, when it runs into | 
shallow water for the purpose of spawning. At that time it 
is often shot with rifles. Its flesh resembles in flavor that of. 
the Black Fish (Tautoga Americana, Cuv.) and by many per- 
sons is esteemed as the best fish for the table that our west 
waters afford. s 
The drawing ‘was made E an n unis elonged 
men from Lake Erie. 
Leuciscus. Klein. 
a l- Se der as Esta Storer’s Deu. 
