Bass Pike Perch And Others

serrated edge of the cheek-bones, common to all fishes of this family. Roccus lineatus. The Striped-bass. Body rather elongate, little compressed; head3J; depth 3j; eye 6; D. IX-I, 12; A. IlI, 11 ; scales 8-67-11 ; back little arched; head subconical; mouth large, maxillary reaching middle of orbit; lower jaw projecting; teeth on base of tongue in two parallel patches; preorbital entire; preopercle weakly serrate; margin of subopercle entire; suprascapula entire; gill-rakers long and slender, 4 + 15 ; dorsal fins separate; caudal fin forked. Morone americana. The White-perch. Body oblong, ovate, the back moderately elevated; head 3; depth 2; eye 4; D. IX-I, 12; A. IlI, 8; scales 8-50-12; head depressed above eyes; snout rather pointed; mouth small, maxillary not reaching middle of orbit; preorbital entire; base of tongue without teeth; head scaled; dorsal fins connected at base; gill-rakers 4+ 16. Centropristes striatus. The Sea-bass. Body robust, elevated anteriorly, somewhat compressed; head 2|; depth 2|; eye 5 ; D. X, 11; A. IlI, 7; scales 5-55-17; head large and thick, naked on top; mouth rather large, lower jaw projecting; teeth in broad bands, the canines small; preopercle serrate; gill-rakers long, about x+ 18; scales on cheeks in n rows; caudal fin double concave or three-lobed. THE STRIPED-BASS (Roccu s lineatus) The specific name lineatus, or "striped," was bestowed by Bloch in 1792. North of the Delaware River it is universally called...