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GREEDY SMALL-FRY. 28 
THE SUNFISE. 
ge and gold. It is to be fished 
with red, and the belly oran 
for with perch tackle and very small hooks. 
THE PERCH. 
This fish is the head of the families of the Percide or Per- 
coides of Cuvier. The preoperculun is denticulated, the oper- 
culum is produced behind into a flattened spine, the intra- 
orbitals are obscurely denticulated, and the tongue is smooth. 
This is the common fresh-water perch—the Perca proper. It 
is so Common in.American waters that a description is scarce- 
ly necessary. It is a very voracious fish, will bite to the ar- 
tificial fly, and the red ibis is its weakness, while it seems 
equally well pleased with any bait which the angler may 
adopt or change to. Its weight is usually about half'a pound, 
though three-pounders are not uncommon, while it sometimes 
seales as high as seven pounds, but rarely except in the large 
lakes. 
Ture Percu.—Perca. 
