THE STRIPED BASS 



Family 



THE family to which this fish belongs con- 

 tains a great many members differing 

 widely in size and other characteristics, 

 and inhabiting the fresh waters as well 

 as the ocean. Those which are best known to the 

 angler and most nearly related to the striped bass 

 are the white bass, yellow bass, and white perch, 

 all of which except the last are fresh-water resi- 

 dents. The white perch lives equally weU in fresh, 

 brackish, or salt water. 



The marine relatives of the striped bass are the 

 common Northern sea-bass, sometimes called black- 

 fish; the Southern forms of sea-bass; and some 

 smaller tribes of little importance to the angler. 

 These are by no means the only elements of the 

 great family of Basses or Serranidce. A bewilder- 

 ing variety of groupers flourishing in the near-by 

 and remote seas constitute the bulk of the series; 

 but these do not come within the scope of this work, 



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