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toral, six ventral, nine dorsal, twelve anal, and 

 twentyfive caudal. . 



Pond-Perch, is another common name in the 

 country for the same fish ; we cannot discover 

 any kind of difference whatever. 



Yellow Perch, — Bodianus Flavescens. Un- 

 der favorable circumstances, for instance, in a deep, 

 large pond, shaded by a thrifty growth of brush- 

 wood on the margin, the yellow perch attains a 

 large size, and becomes elegant in its proportions. 

 In the pectoral fins are fourteen, ventral five, anal 

 twelve, caudal eighteen or twenty, and dorsal 

 fourteen rays. 



As long ago as in the year 1790, Dr Mitchell, 

 of New York, conveyed three dozen of yellow 

 perch in a churn, from Rockankama pond, in Suf- 

 folk, to Success pond, in Queens', a distance of 

 forty miles, where they had never been seen, and 

 from that period to the present time, they have 

 continued to multiply and keep the water amply 

 stocked. In our humble view, the yellow fins of the 

 silver perch, entitle it to the name and rank of the 

 one before us, — and further, we believe they are 

 one and the same thing, — the trifling difference 

 of color depending on circumstances, repeatedly 

 adverted to in various other places. The love 

 and ambition of subdivision — the longing to be 



