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finned fishes, which, though it is Baron Cuvier's first division, I have 

 postponed to the Malacopterygii, or soft-finned fishes, on account of 

 the greater estimation in which they are held, especially the noble 

 Salmon, Pike and Shad families, by both epicure and sportsman. 



Second, however, to these only are several of the families of the 

 second class, and scarcely inferior even to these is the splendid genus 

 Labrax, unquestionably, next to the Salmon, the most sporting fish 

 in all respects in the world, and in his absence facile princeps. 



Of the class Acanthopterygii, then, we have 

 The Family PERCiDiE. 



1. Genus Perca : 



The Yellow Pearch, Perca Flavescens. 

 Of this there are three or four very closely-allied varieties. 

 The White Pearch, Perca Pallida. 



■The Common Pearch, Perca Fluviatilis, and others of less 

 note, among which are the genera Corvina and Pomotis. 



2. Genus Labrax : 



The Striped Bass — Rock Fish — Labrax Lineatus. 



3. Genus Lucioperca : 



The Pike Pearch — American Sandre, Ohio Salmon, &c— 



Lucioperca Americana. 

 The Canadian Sandre, Lucioperca Canadensis. 



4. Genus Gristes : 



The Black Bass — Oswego Bass — Giistes Nigricans 



5. Genus Centrarchus : 



The Rock Bass, Centrarchus jEneus. 



6. Genus Otolithus : 



The Weak-Fish, vulgo Trout, Otolithus Regalis and Caroli- 



nensis. 



And with these, unless the reader choose to add the Eel, of the class 



Apodal Malacopterygii, family Anguillida, the list of the fresh-water 



sporting fishes of the United States and British Provinces may be said 



to close. 



Of these fish, the True Salmon, Salmo Salar, the Sea Trout, Salmo 



Trutta Marina, the Brook Trout, Salmo Fontinalis, the Arctic Charr, 



Salmo Hoodii, and perhaps the Sebago Lake Trout, are migratory, 



as is also the Arctic Grayling, Thymallus Signifer; all the other Lake 



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