FISHES OF NEW YORK 



Stony Island 



Little Stony brook, Henderson bay 

 Guffon creek, Chauniont 

 Chaumont river 

 Great Sodus bay 

 Creek near Pultneyville 

 Long pond, Charlotte 

 St Lawrence river, 3 nailes below Ogdens- 

 burg July 17 



According to Dv Meek, it is common on the flats and in the 

 southern end of Cayuga lake, also in streams on the uplands, at 

 Cayuga and Montezuma. Dr Mearns took it in Echo lake and 

 Long pond of the Hudson Highlands. The state museum 

 secured numerous individuals from Shinnecock bay July 21, 

 Scallop pond, Peconic bay July 28, and Mecox bay Aug. 1, 1898. 



The fish is very common in a lake at 110th street and 5th 

 avenue. Central park. New York city. 



In Eugene Smith's experience the species throve better in 

 the aquarium than any other killifish except Fundulua 

 heteroclitus, and became very tame in captivity, though 

 alwavs attacking the fins of other fishes. In the New York 

 aquarium the fish proved to be very delicate, usually dying from 

 fungus attacks before the salt water treatment removed the 

 parasite. 



In Ohio, and west, is found a variety with very distinct and 

 somewhat irregular bands and the back always spotted, which 

 has been called variety m e n o n a by Jordan and Copeland. 

 Eastern specimens have the back unspotted and the cross bands 

 faint and regular, but extremely variable in number. The dif- 

 ference in coloration of the sexes is very striking, specially in 

 the breeding season, when the adult males have silvery cross 

 bands. 



The barred killifish grows to the length of 4 inches. It runs 

 down into brackish waters along the east coast and ascends far 

 up the streams, delighting in cold water. It is eaten in large 

 numbers by the striped bass and ilif wcakfisli. • In the fresh 

 waters the black bass and trout also feed on it. 



