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ray. The anal has a deep notch. The longest dorsal ray is little 

 more than length of dorsal base. The last ray is not much more 

 than one half the longest. The caudal is deeply forked. D. 12; 

 A. 28 to 32. Scales 6-58-8. Upper parts greenish in life, the 

 sides and abdomen brilliant silvery. 



This species is called mooneye, 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 

 Allegheny river, N. Y. He records it also from Buffalo and 

 Barcelona, on Lake Erie, at which places it is known as mooneye, 

 shiner, and lake herring. He says it is very indifferent food. 



This species grows to a length of 1 foot and, like the other, 

 though a beautiful fish and possessed of excellent game quali- 

 ties, 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 con- 

 sists 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 qttesche. The fish is described as having the back bril- 

 liant 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. 



107 Hiodon alosoides (Rafinesque) 

 Northern Mooneye; La Quesclie 



AmpModon alosoides RAFINESQUE, Jour. Phys. Paris, 421, 1819. Ohio River. 



Hijodon ampJiiodon RAFINESQUE, Iclitli. Ohien. 42, 1820. 



Hiod-on chrysopsis RICHARDSON, Fauna Bor.-Amer. Ill, 232, 1836. 



Hj/odon alosoides JORDAN & GILBERT, Bull. 16, TJ. S. Nat. Mus. 259, 1883; 

 GOODE, Fish & Fish. Incl. U. S. I, 612, 1884. 



Hiodon alosoides BEAN, Fishes Penna. 57, 1893 (not figured); JORDAN & 

 EVERMANN, Bull. 47, U. S. Nat. Mus. 413. 1896. 



Hyodon clodalis DE KAY, N. Y. Fauna, Fishes, pi. 51, fig. 164, not descrip- 

 tion, 1842. 



Body deep, much compressed, its greatest depth equaling two 

 sevenths of the total without caudal. The head is short, con- 



