58 Bass, Pike, and Perch 



black coloration is disposed in several vertical 

 bars or markings of an irregular shape. It has 

 a black spot on the angle of the gill-cover. 



I have had no experience in angling for the 

 Sacramento perch, which is said to be taken with 

 the hook in large quantities for the market. I 

 have no doubt but the tackle recommended for 

 the rock-bass would be just as effective for this 

 fish, with similar baits. 



THE WARMOUTH PERCH 



{Chanobryttiis gulosus) 



The warmouth perch, also known as the black 

 sunfish in the North, was first described by the 

 French naturalists, Cuvier and Valenciennes, in 

 1829, from specimens from Lake Pontchartrain, 

 Louisiana. They named it gtdosus, " large- 

 mouthed," owing to its big mouth. There is a 

 slight variation between the Northern and South- 

 ern forms. It abounds in all coastwise streams 

 from North Carolina to Florida and Texas, and 

 sparingly in Lake Michigan and the upper Mis- 

 sissippi Valley. In its general shape and appear- 

 ance it is not unlike the rock-bass, though in the 

 radial formula of its fins and in its large mouth 

 it approaches nearer the black-bass than any 



