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Title: American food and game fishes : a popular account of all the species found in America, north of the equator, with keys for ready identification, life histories and methods of capture
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931 Evermann, Barton Warren, 1853-1932
Subjects: Fishes
Publisher: New York : Doubleday, Page & Co.
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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ound. These fishhad received abundant food, but the 500 larger ones had doubt-less eaten many smaller ones of their own kind. This fish has received many vernacular names, among whichmay be mentioned large-mouthed black bass, straw bass, greenbass, bayou bass, slough bass, lake bass, moss bass, grass bass,marsh bass, Oswego bass, trout, green trout, welchman, chub,and many others more or less absurd. The most distinctive andexpressive name is doubtless large-mouthed black bass, theonly objection to which is its length. For many reasons strawbass for this species and black bass for the small-mouthedspecies are excellent names. The relative merits of the 2 species as game-fishes havebeen much discussed. This depends upon many factors, as thecharacter of the water with regard to extent, depth, temperatureand presence of vegetation, character of bottom, food, season,time of day, personality of the particular fish, and many others.Dr. Henshall regards them as of equal gameness. Our own 358
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Large-mouthed Black Bass; Straw Bass experience leads us to believe that where the 2 species are foundin the same water, the small-mouthed is superior in all thosequalities which go together to make a game-fish. The straw-bass is, however, an equally good fighter in some portions ofits range and is worthy the highest respect of all who go a-angling. This bass varies greatly in colour and proportional measure-ments in different waters. There need be no difficulty, how-ever in identifying any specimen belonging to the species. Fromthe small-mouthed black bass, the only species with which itmight be confused, the large-mouthed black bass can always betold by its having only 10 or 11 rows of scales on the cheek. Head 3 to 3I-; depth 3 to 3^; eye 5 to 6; D. X, 12 or 13;A. Ill, 10 or 11; scales 7-65 to 70-18, about 58 to 67 pores,10 or II rows of scales on cheek. Body ovate-fusiform, becom-ing deeper with age, moderately compressed; head large; mouthvery wide, the maxillary in adult reachin

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