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Family SCIAENIDAE. 



34. Aplodinotus grunniens, (Rafinesque). Fresh-water Drumfish 



Milk River. 



Family COTTIDAE. 



35. Cottus semiscaber (Cope). Bull-head; Blob. 



Streams ©f east and west Montana, generally. 



Family GADIDAE. 



36. Lota maculosa (Le Sueur). Ling. 



Red Rock River; Red Rock Lake; Poplar River; Missouri River 



To this list may be added the following species planted in Montana 



waters by the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries: ^vioniana 



Family SALMONIDAE. 

 Coregonus ciupeiformis (Michill). Lake Superior Whitefish 



Planted in Flathead Lake. 

 Salmo gairdneri, Richardson. Steelhead Trout; Salmon-trout. 



Planted in numerous streams in Montana. 

 Salmo irideus, Gibbons. Rainbow Trout. 



Planted in numerous streams in Montana. 

 Salmo fario, Will. Brown Trout; Von Behr Trout. 



Gallatin County, Hoffman's Ranch. 

 Christivomer namaycush (Walbaum). Mackinaw Trout; Lake Trout 



Flathead Lake. 

 Salvelinus fontinalis (Mitchill). Eastern Brook Trout. 



Numerous waters in Montana . 



Family CENTRARCHIDAE, 

 Micropterus dolomieu, Lacepede. Small-mouth Black Bass 

 M.cropterus salmoides (Lacepede). Large-mouth Black Bass 



The two -species of black bass, principally the large-mouth, have been 

 planted m some waters of the western portion of the state, on the Pacific 

 slope, where the water is much warmer than in eastern Montana; and 

 m the Missouri River near Great Fails, also in a lake just above Great 

 Falls, formed by the dam of an electric power company. The colder 

 waters of the eastern part of the state are totally unsuited to black bass- 

 moreover, they should never be planted in ponds or streams containing 

 trout. 



Family PERCIDAE. 

 Perca flavescens (Mitchill). Yellow Perch. 



The yellow perch has been introduced in the artificial lake mentioned 

 near Great Falls, where they have multiplied to such an extent as to 

 afford good fishing. 



In 1889 and 1890 there were planted in the waters of the Yellowstone 

 National Tark yearling fish of the following species by the U. S. Bureau 

 of Fisheries: 



