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Anal inserted about midway between origin of ventral and base 

 of caudal, spines graduated to third which is longest, and first 

 rays elongated so that fin is similar to rayed dorsal. Caudal 

 deeply emarginate, lobes pointed. Pectoral short, rounded. Ven- 

 tral inserted behind pectoral, though before spinous dorsal and 

 reaching a trifle over half way to anal. Back dull or pale olive- 

 brown. Lower surface mostly silvery. About 7 narrow lines 

 of darker shade than body-color along courses of scales from 

 head to caudal, those on back most distinct. Fins pale, dorsals 

 and caudal darker. Length 3J4 inches. Cape May. 



Common on our coasts and in the Delaware tide-water. In the 

 spring' it ascends rivers for the purpose of spawning. One of the 

 most important of our food and game fishes. Its flesh is of excel- 

 lent flavor, white, firm and flaky. It has been known to reach a 

 weight of 112 pounds which, however, is exceptional. 



Lahrax lineafns Baird, 9th An. Rep. Smiths. Inst., 1854, p. 

 321. 



RocciLS lineatus Abbott, Geol. X. J., 1868, p. 806.— Abbott, 

 Am. Nat., IV, 1870, p. 104. — Verrill, Am. Nat., V, 1871, p. 

 397. — Abbott, Rep. U. S. F. Com., 1875-76, pp. 830, 832. — Jor- 

 dan An. N. Y. Acad. Sci., T, 1879, p. 97. — Abbott, Nat. Rambles, 

 1885, p. 477.— Bean, Bull. U. S. F. Com., VII, 1887, p. 144.— 

 Moore, Bull. U. S. F. Com., XII, 1892, p. 361.— Smith, Bull. U. 

 S. F. Com., XII, 1892, p. 375. 



Genus jMorone: Mitchill. 



The White Perch. 



Morone americana (Gmelin). 



Plate 49. 



Perch. Peerch. White Perch. Yellow^ Perch. 



From those bass with supplemental maxillary, such as the pre- 

 ceding species, this may be distinguished by having the two dis- 

 tinct dorsal fins joined. 



A common food-fish taken along our coast principally in water 

 about Cape May. It is abundant in the Delaware tide-water and 



