CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



PAGE 



The Sunfish Family, Ceiitrarchidce i 



The Small-mouth Black-bass, Microplerus dolomieu . 3 ' 



The Large-mouth Black-bass, Micropterjis sahnoides . 30 



The Rock-bass, Aiiibloplites riipestris .... 52 



The Sacramento Perch, Arcltoplites interruptus . . 57 



The Warmouth Perch, Chdnobryitus gulosits ... 58 



The Blue Sunfish, Lepojiiis pallidus .... 62 



The Long-eared Sunfish, Lepomis megalotis ... 65 



The Red-breast Sunfish, Lepomis auritus . . . 6j 



The Common Sunfish, Eupoinotis gibbosiis ... 69 



The Calico-bass, Potiioxis sparoides .... 73 



The Crappie, Poiitoxis atnudaris ..... 79 



CHAPTER II 



The Bass Family, Serraiiidce 



The White-bass, Roccus chrysops 

 The Yellow-bass, Morone interrupta 



8S 

 86 

 90 



CHAPTER m 



The Sea-bass Family, Serranida (continued) ... 95 



The Striped-bass, Rocats lineatus 96 



The White-perch, yf/orc>«£ a;««rzca«rt: . . . .110 



"£hs. 'S>&3,-\i2L's.?,, Centropiistes striatus . . ■ • nj 



The Southern Sea-bass, Ci'«/r£'/r2>to//«Azr*///«t/''.i' . 118 



The Gulf Sea-bass, C(?;//rrt/r/>/'«cO'«^«.s ■ • • "9 



