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30. Micropterus dolomiei Lacepede. Small-mouthed Black 



Bass. 



Great Lake region ; Mississippi Valley south to Arkan- 

 sas ; introduced into the eastern United States and 

 now becoming abundant from New England to South 

 Carolina. 



This is a beautiful and hardy game fish, extensively 

 taken by artificial as well as natural baits, and 

 largely sold in the markets. 



20549. Scioto River, Ohio. 



PERCIME. 

 Genus PEEOA Linne\ 



31. Perca americana Schranck. Yellow Perch; American 



Perch ; Binced Perch ; Yellow Ned. 

 Great Lake region and west to Manitoba ; eastern United 

 States from New England to Florida, east of the, 

 Alleghanies. 

 This is a food-fish of considerable importance ; in the 

 region near the mouth of the Susquehanna River it 

 comes into the creeks in February to spawn, finish- 

 ing in March, when it departs to the "flats"; it 

 reaches 2 pounds in weight. 



20456. Susquehanna River. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Dr. L. H. 



Taylor. 



Genus STIZOSTEDIUM Eafinesque. 

 Subgenus Stizostedium Eafinesque. 



3S. Stizostedium vitreum (Mitch.) Jordan & Copeland. Yar. 

 salmoneutn Eaf. Blue Pike. 

 Ohio and southward, in the Mississippi Yalley, to Lou- 

 isiana. 

 The "blue pike" is smaller than typical vitreum, and 

 takes its name from its color ; it is an abundant and 

 excellent food-fish. 

 31464. Valley Palls, Kansas. J. L. Whitman. 

 Genus AMMOCEYPTA Jordan. 



33. Ammocrypta peBBneida (Baird) Jor. & Gilb. Sand 

 Darter. 



Etheostoma pellucidum Baird MSS.; Pleurolepis pellucidus Agassiz, Bull. 

 Mus. Comp. Zool., I, 1863, p. 5; Jordan, Man. Vert. E. U. 

 S.,ed.2, p. 219. 



Ohio Valley and northwestward ; abounding in clear 

 sandy streams (Jordan & Gilbert). 



20127. White River, Indiaua. Prof. D. S. Jordan. 



Genus BOLEOSOMA De Kay. 



