4 HISTORY OF THE FISHES OF MASSACHUSETTS, 



Perca FLAVESCENS5 Cuv. 

 The American Yellow Perch, 



(Plate II. Fig, 1 ) 



Bodianvs jlavescens, Yellow Perch, Mitchill, Trans Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. Y., i. p. 421. 



La Fercke jaunatre d'Mm6rique, Perca Jiavescens, Cuv. et Val., Hist. Nat. des Foibsons, 11. p. 46. 



Perca fiavescenSj Jlmerican Perch, Rich., Fauna Boreal. Ameiic, in. p. 1, pi. 74. 



" " Common Perch of Massachusetts^ Stoker, Massachusetts Report, p. 5. 



Bodiamis jlavescenSj Yellow Perch, Kirtland, Rep. on Zool. of Ohio, pp. 168, 190. 

 Perca flavescms, Yellow Perch, Kirtland, Bost Journ. Nat. Hist., v. p. 337, pi. 27, fig. 2, 



" " American Yelloio Perch, Dekay, N. Y. Report, p. 3, pi. 1, fig. 1. 



" " Ayres, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist., iv. p. 256. 



'* " American Yelloio Perth, Linsley, Cat of Fishes of Conn. 



La Perche d opercuUs grenues, Perca sen ato-granulata , Cuv. et Val., ii. p. A7. 

 Perca serrato-granulata, GRirriTo's Cuv , x. pi. 39, fig. 1. 



" " Dekay, N. Y. Report, p 5, pi. 22, fig. 64. 



" " Common Perch, Thompson, Hist. Vermont, p. 129. 



La Perche d, tite gremie, Perca granulata, Cuv. et Val., vii. p. 48, pi. 49. 

 Perca gianulata, Jardine, Nat. Lib., i. p. 92, pi 1. 



Dekay, N. Y. Report, p. 5, pi. 48, fig. 220. 



" " LiNSLEY, Cat. of Fishes of Conn. 



La Perche it museau pointut Perca acuta, Cuv. et Val., n. p. 49, pi. 10. 

 Perca acuta^ Sharp-nosed Perch, Rich , Fauna Boreal. Americ, m. p. 4. 



" " " Yellow Perch, Dekay, N. Y. Report, p. 6, pi. 68, fig. 222. 



La Perche grSle, Perca gracilis, Cuv. et Val., ii. p. 50. 

 Perca gracilis, Rich., Fauna Boreal. Americ., iii. p. 4. 



" " Slender Yellow Perch, Dekay, N. Y. Report, p. 6. 



Perca flavescens, Storer, Mem. of Amer. Acad., New Series, n. p. 269. 



" " SioRER, Synopsis, p. 17. 



" " Agassiz, Lake Superior, p. 291. 



Color. Above of a greenish-yellow ; sides golden-yelloWj crossed bj seven trans- 

 verse dark bands, all broader above than below, and those upon the middle of the 

 body broadest^ Abdomen white ; lower jaw tinged with pioL Centre of operculum 

 of a deep green. Head darker than rest of body. Pupils back ; irides golden. 

 Dorsal and caudal fins yellowish-brown ; pectorals yellow ; ventrals and anal a 

 briffht scarlet. 



Description. The length of the head is less than one fourth of the entire length. 

 Top of head broad and flattened ; that portion of it between and in front of eyes 

 is naked, and covered by a smooth membrane ; the portion back of eyes is bony, and 

 roughened by raised, radiating strise. The preoperculum is scaled, and serrated along 

 its entire edge, save a small portion of its superior posterior angle, which is naked 

 and smooth. The operculum is a subtrianffular bone, covered at its upper part by 

 a few scales, but otherwise almost entirely scaleless, and exhibiting numerous raised 

 lines diverging to its outer edge, which presents in some instances a few serrations, 

 and terminates posteriorly in a sharp angle or spine. The subopercle is scaled above, 

 naked beneath, and minutely denticulated along its edge. The scapulary bones are 



