Documentary journal of Indiana 1898 . EOCK Bx\SS. Tliis well-knoAvn fisli marks the transition from simfisli to bass,and for its angler-lovers, the transition from yontli to manhood. Itis a fish of ponds, lakes and shiggish Avaters. You can catch themin the canals or in any place where a fish of meditative habits canmaintain itself. It is abundant throughout the great lake region,and thence southwestward in every stream as far as Texas. East of the mountains, I have seen it onlj in the Eoanoke. It ismost plentiful in the j^orth, as it is not fond of wann Avater or ofmud. Besides its name Rock
Documentary journal of Indiana 1898 . EOCK Bx\SS. Tliis well-knoAvn fisli marks the transition from simfisli to bass,and for its angler-lovers, the transition from yontli to manhood. Itis a fish of ponds, lakes and shiggish Avaters. You can catch themin the canals or in any place where a fish of meditative habits canmaintain itself. It is abundant throughout the great lake region,and thence southwestward in every stream as far as Texas. East of the mountains, I have seen it onlj in the Eoanoke. It ismost plentiful in the j^orth, as it is not fond of wann Avater or ofmud. Besides its name Rock Bass, a good name of long stand-ing, and embalmed in the specific name nipestris, it has someother names equally good and appropriate, as Redeye and Gog-gle-eye, and by any of these names the angler vill know it any-where. It is a pity to waste three good names on one fish, whenso many other reputable fishes have no distinctive names at all, butare compelled to wear the cast-oft or made-over names of otherfishes.—I). S. Jordan. 48. 49 CEAPPIE. Body sLort, greatlv compressed, back iinicli elevated; depth 2^in length; eye large, one-foni*th length of head; head long, 3 inleng-th; profile with donble curve; month large, snont on cheeks in 4 or 5 rows; scales in lateral line 36 to 48. Dor-sal fin smaller than anal, with 0 spines and 15 rays, the. spinons partthe shorter; anal with 6 spines and 18 rays; doisal and anal fins veryJiigh. Color silvery white or olive, with mottlings of dark green;the markings mostly on upper part of body and tending to fonnnaiTow, irregular vertical bars; dorsal and caudal fins with darkmarkings; anal nearly plain.—U. S. Manual of Fish Culture. 4—Fish Ck)m. 50
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