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Plate xlv. Micropterus dolomieu Lacep&de. Small-mouthecl black bass. 
The small-mouthed black bass has been generally regarded as more gamy than the other species, 
but Dr. J. A. Henshall, who has given this genus more study than anyone else, thinks there 
is little difference in this respect between fish of equal size and under similar conditions. 
He regards both as “inch for inch, and pound for pound, the gamest fish that swim.” The 
distinguishing morphological characters of this species can easily be noted by comparing the 
plates. 
Plate xi/vr. Perea flavescens (Mitchill). Yellow perch. 
Plate xlvii. Stizostedion vitreum (Mitchill;. Wall-eyed pike; Dory; Pike perch. 
Plate xlviii. Stizostedion canadense (C. H. Smith). Sauger; Sand pike. 
Plate xlix. Aplodinotus grunniens (Rafinesque). Sheepshead; Fresh-water drum. 
The sheepshead has some value as a market fish in Lake Ontario, although it is one of the cheapest 
fish sold. It sometimes reaches a length of 4 feet and a weight of 50 pounds. The smaller 
fish are considered most palatable. 
Platen. Lota maculosa (Le Sueur) . Ling; Burbot; Lawyer; Fresh-water cusk. 
Mr. Charles H. Strowger, of Nine-Mile Point, Monroe County, N. Y., communicates the following 
note on this interesting member of the cod family : “I wish to suggest that the ling {Lota), 
which has generally been counted a worthless nuisance, can be utilized to good advantage 
and made of commercial value. Some years ago the whim took me to try the experiment of 
salting and drying a few ling to see what they would amount to. I split open a dozen, 
rubbed them with salt, and dried them in the sun. They dried quickly and became very 
hard and developed the smell of codfish. When cooked they smelled and tasted like salt 
codfish, and I have no doubt that by curing them in the same way that codfish are treated 
no one but an expert could distinguish them from salt codfish, except from the shape of the 
tail. As thousands of these fish are thrown away every day, it strikes me that attention 
called to the question of curing them properly would result in considerable addition to the 
earnings of our lake fishermen.” 
