RED-SPOTTED PERCH? 
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GENERIC CHARACTER, 
Gill-covers spiny. 
Seales hard and rough. 
Bloch. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, 
Yellowish-white PERCH, with red spots. 
Red-spotted American PERCII. 
This fish is principally seen in the American seas, 
and may justly be considered as one of the most beau¬ 
tiful of its genus. In colour it sometimes varies, and 
grows to the length of fifteen or eighteen inches. 
