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Painted by Hashime Murayania 
LARGE-MOUl'M BLACK BASS {Micropterus salmoides) [upper]; SMALL-MOUTH BLACK BASS {Micruplerus dolomieii) [lower] 
'I'he Black Basses are both well-known anglers’ fishes, the Small-mouth species being by far the gamier of the two. Although closely related thev are easilv 
distinguished by the size of the mouth and by the color pattern; in the Small-mouth Bass the upper jaw does not extend beyond the eve as in the Large-mouth species 
Jn the former the color markings tend to form vertical bands, while the latter has a dark stripe along the side. 
