NORTHERN INLAND FISHES. 



THE PERCID^. 



Yellow Perch ; or Ring Perch. — Perca Americana. 



SIDES yellow ; six to eight dark vertical bands over the back ; ^ 

 fins orange. 

 The yellow perch is one of the most widely distributed of 'our 

 fluviatile fishes. They are sometimes caught weighing three or 

 four pounds, and even more. Take bait freely, and are often 

 taken with a fly, preferring the red ibis. They swim deep, and 

 are usually found in company with the sunfish, and freauently with 

 the black bass. 



The Black Perch. — Morone Americana. 



Is a deep brownish black fish, with a yellowish tinge, found in vari- 

 ous deep fresh water ponds on Long Island, New York, and takes 

 the fly readily, affording much amusement to the angler. Weighs 

 one or two pounds, and is esteemed as food. It has the general 

 form of the yellow perch. 



Pike Perch ; wall-eyed pike ; white salmon ; gRiss-eyed pike ; Stizostedion 

 vitreum. — ^Jordan. 



This fish is known in American waters as the white salmon, 

 Ohio salmon, yellow pike, and western salnion. Color, yellowish 

 olive above the lateral line, lighter on the sides ; silvery beneath ; 

 head and gill covers mottied with green ; dorsal fin light yellowish, 

 spotted with brown ; pectoral fins yellowish olive. It is a true 

 Perch, although its form and habits suggest very naturally the 

 idea of a Pike. Its scales are hard, close and difficult to detach. 

 The mandibles are wider, and the jaws stronger than those of the 

 pike, while its teeth are shorter and closer set. It is exceedingly 

 voracious, and is highly prized as food. It is caught readily with 



