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31. Lake Minnow {Hybopsis storcrianits Kirtland). 



Ceratlihthys liicens Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. 16, U. S. Nat. Mus., 213, 1883. 

 Leiiciscus store rianiis Kirtland, Bost. Jour. Nat. Hist., V, 30, pi. 9, fig. 2, 1847. 



Kirtland found the Lake Minnow only in Lake Erie, where it was frequently 

 taken with seines in fishing for other species. The U. S. Fish Commission recently 

 added it to the fauna of the Lake Ontario basin, three specimens having been 

 collected in Long Pond, Charlotte, August 17, 1894. 



32. Horned Chub {Hybopsis koituckieiisis Rafinesque.) 



Lcuciscus bigiittatus DeKay, N. Y. Fauna, Fishes, 214 (e.xtra-limital), 1S42. 

 Hybopsis kcntiickiensis Bean, Fishes Penna., 49, pi. 24, fig. 40, 1893. 



Rafinesque states that the fish is known as Lidian Chub, Redtail and Shiner. 

 Other names in eastern localities are Nigger Chub, River Chub, Jerker, Horned Dace 

 and Horny-head. 



The species ranges from Pennsylvania westward to Dakota and south to Ala- 

 bama. \\\ Pennsylvania it is common in the Susquehanna and the Ohio basin, but 

 absent from the Delaware. Dr. Meek collected a few specimens at Montezuma, N. Y., 

 and found none in any of the other localities investigated. Eugene Smith refers to 

 this species two specimens of fish from the Passaic River. The flesh of his fish 

 appeared to be very soft. 



The Horned Chub abounds in large rivers and is rarely seen in small brooks. 

 This minnow grows to a length of 10 inches and is good for food. As a bait for the 

 Black Bass, because of its endurance on a hook, it cannot be e.xcelled. 



2,Z- Cut-hps {Exoglossuiii jiiaxillingiia LeSueur). 



Exoglossum maxillingiia Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. 16, U. S. Nat. Mus., 160, 1883 ; Bean, 

 Fishes Penna., 36, pi. 22, fig. 36, 1893 ; Jordan & Evermann, Bull. 47, U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., I, 327, 1896, pi. LIV, fig. 14a, 1900, head below. 



The Cut-lips may be readily distinguished by the three-lobed lower jaw, the 

 dentary bones being closely united and the lower lip represented by a fleshy lobe on 

 each side of the mandible. 



The Cut-lips is known as Chub, Butter Chub, Nigger Chub and Day Chub. It is 

 a very common species in the Susquehanna and its tributaries. Its range is not 

 extensive, reaching only from Western New York to Virginia. In New York it 

 occurs in Lake Ontario, the St. Lawrence, Lake Champlain, Cayuga Lake and the 



