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38. Moon-eye (Hiodon tcrgisus LeSueur). 



Hyodon tergisus DEK.AY, N. Y. Fauna, Fishes, 265, pi. 41, fig. 130 ; JORDAN & GILBERT, 



Bull. 1 6, U. S. Nat. Mus., 260, 1883. 

 Hiodon tergisus BEAN, Fishes Penna., 57, pi. 25, fig. 44 (named alosoides), 1893 ; JORDAN 



& EVERMANN, Bull. 47, U. S. Nat. Mus., I, 413, 1896, pi. LXVIII, fig. 180, 1900. 



This species is called Moon-eye, Toothed Herring, and Silver Bass. It is found 

 in Canada, the Great Lakes region and the upper part of the Mississippi Valley, 

 being very common in large streams and lakes. It abounds in Lake Erie and the 

 Ohio and is seined in large numbers. DeKay observed the fish in the Alleghany 

 River, N. Y. He recorded it also from Buffalo and Barcelona, on Lake Erie, at 

 which places it is known as Moon-eye, Shiner and Lake Herring. He says it is very 

 indifferent food. 



MOON-EYE. 



This species grows to a length of i foot and, like the other, though a beauti- 

 ful fish and possessed of excellent game qualities, its flesh is full of small bones. 

 It is a good fish for the aquarium ; it will take a minnow or the artificial fly very 

 readily, and the utmost skill is required in its capture. Its food consists of insects, 

 small fishes and crustaceans. 



Dr. Richardson describes this fish as a member of the minnow family, which, 

 he says, is known to the Canadians under the name La Quesche. The fish is 

 described as having the back brilliant green, sides and abdomen with a silvery 

 luster. The specimens which were taken in the Richelieu, where it falls into the 

 St. Lawrence, were about 9 or 10 inches long. 



