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V. I, 5; p. 15. Scales 7-57-13. The lateral line curves upward 

 in a long curve following the dorsal outline till below the end 

 of the soft dorsal, where it becomes straight and median. Color 

 olivaceous varying into greenish or bluish, the sides yellow, with 

 about six to eight dark bands, the widest wider than the eye is 

 long. The upper fins are olivaceous, the lower orange and rosy. 

 The specimen described, no. 22862, U. S. National Museum, 

 Washington D. C, is 9 inches long. 



The yellow perch, ringed perch or striped perch is found 

 throughout the Great lakes region, rivers and ponds of New 

 England and northwestward, and in streams east of the 

 Alleghanies south to Georgia. It does not occur in the Ohio 

 valley or southwest, though, after the construction of the Ohio 

 canal, Kirtland recorded it from the Ohio river. In 1790 

 Dr Mitchill transferred some of them from Ronkonkoma to Suc- 

 cess pond, a distance of 40 iniles, where they soon multiplied. 

 In 1825 yellow perch were transported from Skaneateles to 

 Otisco lake and Onondaga lake; in the latter they increased re- 

 markably. In Otsego lake DeKay caught some weighing nearly 

 three pounds. Meek ,states that the species is common through- 

 out the Cayuga lake basin. Evermann and Bean took it in the 

 St Lawrence river, 3 miles below Ogdensburg; also in Scioto 

 creek, Coopersville N. Y., July 19, 1894, young specimens IJ to If 

 inches long. In the Lake Ontario region the U. S. Fish Commis- 

 sion collectors obtained it at the localities in this state here 

 mentioned. 



Mouth of Salmon river 



Mouth of Little Salmon creek 



Black creek, tributary of Oswego river, Scriba Corners 



Sandy creek, Hamlin 



Grenadier island 



Stony island 



Chaumont river 



Outlet of Long pond, Charlotte 



Little Stony brook, Henderson bay 



Cape Vincent 



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