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ubiquitous representative of the minnow family. A colored plate of the fish, natural 

 size, appears in the Third Annual Report of the Commissioners of Fisheries, Game 

 and Forest of the State of New York, 1898, facing page 146. There is also a good 

 account of the fish by A. N. Cheney on pages 244 and 245 of the same report. 



29. Horned Dace {Scmotiliis atroinacnlatus Mitchill). 



I.euciscus atromaculatus DeKav, N. Y. Fauna, Fishes, 210, pi. 32, fig. 102, 1842. 

 Seinotihis atroinaailatiis 'EtV.x's, Fishes Penna., 51, 1893; Jordan & Evermann, Bull. 

 47, U. S. Nat. Mus., I, 222, 1896 ; pi. XL, fig. 100, 1900. 



The Common Chub, Creek Club, smaller Fallfish or Horned Dace has a wider 

 distribution than S. huUaris, but it does not grow quite so large, seldom exceeding 

 I foot in length. Its range extends from New England to Missouri, southward to 

 Georgia and Alabama. It is extremely commo.i and ascends the small streams. 



HORNED DACE. 



The U. S. Fish Commission collectors in 1894 took numerous specimens at the 

 following localities: Sacket's Harbor, Jul_\- 2; Centerville, July 24: Watertown, 

 July 5; Oswego, July 25; Webster, August 9; Charlotte, August 17; Belleville, 

 July 12; Henderson Bay, July 4; Henderson Harbor. July 3; and Salt Brook, ij^ 

 miles above Nine Mile Point, June 10 and 11, 1S93. 



Dr. Meek reported it as abundant throughout the Cayuga Lake basin. Large 

 examples are found in Canandaigua Lake. One of them measured 14 inches in July, 

 1897. The fish is killed by warm water. The food in captivity includes hard clams, 

 earthworms, and, occasionalh', live killifish. 



A. N. Cheney refers to this species on page 245 of the Third Annual Report of 

 the Commissioners of Fisheries, Game and Forest of the State of New York. 



In Pennsylvania it is the commonest minnow in the Alleghany and Susquehanna 

 basins and is sufficiently common in the Delaware. According to Prof. Cope it 

 reached 4 pounds in weight and is a fair food fish. 



