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 Family SERRANID^. 



The Bass. 



Genus Roccus Mitchill. 



The Striped Bass. 



Roccus chrysops (Mitchill). 



\Miite Bass. Silver Bass. 



This differs from the rock or striped bass in having the 

 teeth on the base of the tongue in a single patch, and the large 

 second anal spine, which is Ys of the length of the head. 



Introduced from the Great Lake and Mississippi valley regions, 

 where it inhabits deep still fresh waters, seldom in small streams. 

 It reaches a length of 15 inches. 



Roccus chrysops E. Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. Y., IX, 1897, 

 p. 46. 



