ON SOME COLLECTIONS OF FISHES MADE IN THE KANKA- 

 KEE AND ILLINOIS RIVERS. 



O. P. HAY, PH.D. 



The fishes referred to in this paper were collected during brief 

 trips made in the summer of 1895. The localities visited were Water 

 Valley, Lake county, Indiana, at the crossing of the Monon railroad; 

 Momence, Kankakee county, Illinois, on the Kankakee River; and 

 Havana, Mason county, Illinois, on the Illinois River. At the first 

 two places the collections were made by means of a fine-meshed 

 minnow net. At Havana most of the fishes were obtained from the 

 large seines of the various fishermen, although some use was made 

 of the minnow net. 



COLLECTION MADE AT WATER VALLEY, LAKE COUNTY, INDIANA. 



1. Amia calva Linn. BOW-FIN. DOGFISH. 



2. Noturus gyrinus (Mitch.). STRIPED STONE CAT. 



Three individuals of this species were taken. These fishes are 

 as disagreeable to handle as bumblebees. The wounds inflicted by 

 their sharp spines are very painful. 



3. Ameiurus natalis (Le S.). YELLOW CAT. 



One cat-fish having a length of eleven inches is referred to this 

 species, although some doubt is occasioned from the fact that nearly 

 the whole of the anal fin had recently been bitten off deep into the 

 flesh. 



4. Catostomus melanops Raf. STRIPED SUCKER. 



Minytrema melanops, Jordan. 



Eleven specimens of this species were taken, all having a length 

 of four inches, including the tail fin. The longitudinal lines formed 

 by spots on the scales are quite distinct. The upper surface is dusky, 

 with suggestions of a darker cross-band at the front of the dorsal fin, 

 another just behind the dorsal, and a third a little further back. 



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