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mouth, It deposits its eggs in July and August. The flesh 
of the white perch is white, no small forked bones, having 
a delicate flavor, but not equal, perhaps, to the best of the 
genus Percide. 
The united dorsals comprise six spinal and fourteen soft 
rays; caudal, seventeen soft rays; anal, six spinal and seven- 
teen soft rays; ventral fin, one spinal and five soft rays; pcc- 
toral, thirteen soft rays; eyes large and bluish, with black 
pupil; length of head, compared with body, as three and a 
half to eleven; mouth large, and armed round the edge with 
two or three serrated rows of small teeth, with teeth also on 
the palate; seven gill rays. Though white and sparkling, it 
is ornamented with bluish rays on the body and fins, with 
medallions on the caudal. The color is white below the lat- 
eral line, and pale blue above. The white perch is not mi- 
gratory, and it attains to the weight of five pounds or more. 
Sovutuern Cuvun, or Trout. 
Six branchiostegous rays; first dorsal, nine spinal rays; 
second dorsal, one spinal and twelve soft rays; candal, eight- 
een soft rays, slightly lunated ; anal, three spinal and ten soft ; 
ventral, one spinal and five soft; pectoral, thirteen soft rays. 
This fish is evidently a perch-chub. It has teeth on the 
edge of both mandibles, like a perch, and on the palate like 
the chub and other Jeather-mouthed fishes. This fish is not 
known in Northern waters. The fish from which this draw- 
ing was made was taken in a stream near Meridian, Missis- 
sippi. For the table it is considered the best fresh-water 
fish of the Southern States. It weighs up to ten pounds; 
