Raddifie and Welsh — Fishes of Seneca Creek, Md., Region. 45 



36. Micropterus salmoides (Lacepede). 

 Common in the canal above Violett's lock. As fast as the food fishes 

 were seined from the canal, they were carried over the bank in buckets 

 and liberated in the Potomac. One large bass, when released from the 

 bucket in company with otlier varieties, instead of darting out into the 

 river, seized and swallowed head foremost a small crappie which had 

 been carried over with it. The fish did this within a few feet of the 

 person releasing it. Over 1,100 bass (two species) were rescued from 

 this section of the canal, many being adults. 



Percid.e. 

 .37. Perca flavescens (Mitchill). 

 Not uncommon in the canal, mostly small. 



38. Boleosoma olmstedi (Storer) 

 Not uncommon in the canal and in Little Seneca and Tenmile creeks. 



39. Etheostoma flabellare (Rafinesque). 

 Abundant in the Little Seneca and Tenmile creeks. 



Sekranid^. 



40. Morone americana (Gmelin). 



Common and of large size in the canal widewater above Rushville. 

 Over 600 were rescued. 



COTTID^. 



41. Uranidea gracilis (Heckel). 



Abundant in the upper waters of Little Seneca and Tenmile creeks. 

 Specimens taken in June ranged in length from 22 to 85 mm. 



