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148. Large-mouthed Black Bass {JMicroptcnis salmoidcs Lacepede). Introduced. 



The descriptions of the Large-mouthed Black Bass given by DeKay in his New 

 York Fauna are borrowed from Cuvier. DeKay apparently was not personally 

 acquainted with the fish. 



Mather and Dean found the Large-mouthed Black Bass in Lake Ronkonkoma, 

 where it was introduced about 1871. 



Family PERCID^. Perches. 



149. Pike Perch {Stiaostedion vitreiiui Mitchill). Litroduced. 



The Pike Perch was called the Glass-eye by Mitchill. DeKay calls it the Yellow 

 Pike Perch. He states that the fish is exceedingly voracious and is highly prized as 

 food. It is caught readily with the hook and appears to prefer as bait the common 

 fresh water Cra37fish. The best time for fishing is in the dusk of the evening, with 

 a great length of line out, and keeping it gently in motion. The foot of rapids, or 

 beneath mill-dams, appear to be its favorite haunts. In the heat of summer it seeks 

 the deepest and coolest parts of lakes and streams, concealing itself under weeds or 

 grass. He was informed of a Pike Perch in Chautauqua Lake which was 30 inches 

 long. It had swallowed a duck which had thrust its head through the gill openings 

 of the fish, and having thus destroyed it, both were found dead on the shore. 



This fish, according to Mather and Dean, was introduced into Lake Ronkon- 

 koma, with what result is unknown. 



150. Yellow Perch {Pcrca flavescens Mitchill). 



The Yellow Perch was transplanted by Dr. Mitchill in 1790 from Ronkonkoma 

 Pond to Success Pond in Queens County, a distance of 40 miles. He took about 

 three dozen of the fish. Before that time, he said, there were no Yellow Perch in 

 Success Pond. The fish is recorded by DeKay from Ronkonkoma and Success 

 Ponds. Mather and Dean also found it abundant, but small, in Lake Ronkonkoma 

 and Great Pond. 



The Yellow Perch is abundant in lakes in Brooklyn parks. It is common in 

 many Long Island streams and lakes and has been extensively transplanted. In 

 Swan River, at Patchogue, on September g, 1901, about 300 were caught in a single 

 haul with a small seine, but only a few of these were kept for specimens. 



151. Johnny Darter {Boleosonia nigrum Rafinesque). 



The Johnny Darter is described by DeKay under the name of the Tessellated 

 Darter. He states that it occurs in most of the fresh water streams of New York. 

 This darter is found from Lake Ontario to Massachusetts, south to Virginia, chiefly 



