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THE LIVING WORLD. 
milestone sun-fish {Mold rotundus). 
The American Yellow Perch {Perea americana) needs no description, 
but affords too much pleasure to young fishermen to be passed without men- 
The Giant Perch, or Pike Perch (Ludopercd) , includes the blue, yellow, 
__ - r _ gray and wall-eyed perches. This fish abounds 
in the Saginaw fishing districts, and is highly 
valued alike for its flesh and for the sport 
with which when, spearing, it is attended. 
It has many an alias, wall-eyed pike , dory, 
salmon , blue pike and Jack salmon , being a 
few of them. It is a very important contri¬ 
butor to piscatorial commerce, or commercial 
fishery, and, moreover, is always of interest 
to the sportsman. 
The Black Bass ( Micropterus ) might 
have been included among the nest-building 
fishes, since its habits are very like those 
of the fresh-water sun-fish. It is a voracious 
creature and highly esteemed as a game-fish. 
The Pumpkin Seed {Enneacanthus gut- 
tatus ) is a favorite fish with young fishermen because of its beauty and abund¬ 
ance in small streams. 
The Cichlidae include the Tilapia Simonis, so called because being 
found in Lake Tiberias; and the male being in the habit of carrying the eggs 
in his mouth, it was supposed to com¬ 
ply with the necessary characteristics 
of the fish from whose mouth Simon 
Peter extracted the tribute money. 
The Tilapia Tiberiadis is also note¬ 
worthy because identified with “ the 
miraculous draught of fishes.” 
The Tautog, or Black-fish ( Tau - 
toga onitis ), is alike common, abundant, 
and valued as a food-fish. It is the 
occasion of very considerable Eastern 
fishing industries. 
The gayly-colored Parrot Fishes ( Scaridce ) are a frequent and beautiful 
sight as they swim in and out 
amidst the coral. Though men¬ 
tioned among the curiosities of 
marine life, it is equally remark¬ 
able for the antiquity of its prede¬ 
cessors, and for the esteem in 
which it was held by the ancient 
mariners of the Mediterranean. 
The Sea Hare, or Lump¬ 
fish ( Cyclopterus lumpus ). This creature has peculiar characteristics not 
found in other fishes, and the family to which it belongs is, therefore, a 
small one. The body is short, and ridged with tubercles in seven longi- 
black bass (Connna nigra). 
giant perch (Lucioperca sandra). 
