THE basses: fres h-w ater and marine 



Nine tenths of the above-named fishes that 

 are taken with hook and line and by market 

 fishermen are pan-fish, although the rock-bass 

 grows infrequently to a weight of a pound and 

 a half; the Northern form (and occasionally the 

 Southern) of the strawberry-bass attaining three 

 pounds. 



The Strawberry-Bass 



There are two species of the strawberry-bass 

 which are generally considered as Northern and 

 Southern forms ; yet the matter of habitat seems to 

 be somewhat confused, for both species are found 

 in the same geographical range, the calico-bass 

 {Pomoxys sparoides) being the most numerous in 

 the North, and the crappie {Pomowys annularis) 

 in the South. No fish represents so forcibly the 

 confusion apt to arise from numerous common or 

 local names, and from the fact that there are two 

 distinct species living practically in the same waters, 

 similar in form and partially so in coloration. 



The Calico-Bass 



The Northern form, which I have designated as 

 the calico-bass, is frequently also called grass-bass, 

 speckled bass, bank-lick-bass, rock-bass, lamplighter, 

 bitterhead, strawberry-bass, paper-mouth, barfish, 



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