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fication. The fish examined, a female with ripe eggs, was taken in Canandaigua 

 Lake, December 19, 1896, by Mr. Annin's men. It was the only one caught, and 

 was captured by becoming gilled in the funnel of the net. Mr. Annin is satisfied 

 that this is the Lake Shiner of the fishermen, which they sometimes see in immense 

 schools at the surface, and kill for trolling bait by shooting them. 



55. Long Jaw; Bloater {Argyrosoums prognathus H. M. Smith). 



Coregoniis progmithiis Hugh M. S.mith, Bull. U. S. F. C, XIV, 4, pi. i, fig. 3, 1895, 



Lake Ontario, at Wilson, N. Y. 

 Argyrosomus prognatJuis Evermann & Smith, Rept. U. S. F. C, XX, 314, pi. 26, 1896; 



Jordan & Evermann, Bull. 47, U. S. Nat. Mus., 471, 1896. 



LONG JAW. 



OUTLINE OF FISH, VIEWED FROM ABOVE. 



Body oblong, much compressed, back elevated, tapering rather abruptly toward 

 the narrow caudal peduncle, the adult fish having a slight nuchal hump as in 

 C. clupciformis; greatest depth three and one-half to four in body length; head 

 rather short and deep, pointed, four to four and one-third in length ; greatest 

 width half the length, cranial ridges prominent ; snout straight, its tip on le\'cl with 

 lower edge of pupil; top of head two in distance from occiput to front of dorsal; 

 mouth large and strong, maxillary reaching to opposite middle of pupil, two and 

 one-half in head, length three times its width, mandible long, projecting beyond 

 upper jaw when mouth is closed, reaching to or beyond posterior edge of eye, one 

 and three-fourths to one and seven-eighths in head; eye small, five in head, one and 



