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The abundance of desirable species of mussels in the Big Vermilion 

 indicates that it may serve as a reservoir for button material, the species 

 being easily transported to laboratories anywhere in the state for artificial 

 infection of fish. 



Table II. Distribution of the Fish Fauna in the Big Vermilion 



Car piodes diffiformis Cope. Blunt-nosed silver carp 



Carpiodcs veli/er (Raf .). Quillback; Silver carp 



Erimyzon sttcetta oblongus {MitchiH) . Chub-sucker 



Minytretna melanops (Raf.). Spotted Sucker 



Catostomus commersonii (Lac). Common Sucker 



Catoslomus nigricans (Le Sueur). Hog sucker 



Moxostoma aureolum (LeSueur). Common red-horse 



M 0X0 stoma breviceps {Copt). Short-headed red-horse . . . . 



Campostoma anomalum (Raf.). Stone-roller 



Hybognathm nucalis Agassiz. Silvery minnow 



Pimephales notatus (Raf.). Blunt- nosed minnow 



Semotilus atromactdatus (Mitchill). Horned-dace 



Abramis crysoleucas (Mitchill). Golden shiner 



Cliola vigilax (B. & G.). Bullhead minnow 



Notropis cayuga Meek. Cayuga minnow 



Notropis blennius (Girard). Straw-colored minnow 



Notropis Ulecebrosus (Girard). Minnow 



Notropis whipplii (Girard). Steel-colored minnow 



Notropis cornulus (Mitchill). Common shiner 



Notropis atherinoides Raf. Shiner 



Notropis umbratilis atripes (Jordan) . Blackfin 



Ericymba buccala Cope. Silver-mouthed minnow 



Phenacobius mirabilis (Girard). Sucker-mouthed minnow 



Hybopsis amblops (Raf.). Big-eyed chub 



Hybopsis storerianus (Kirtland). Storer'schub 



Hybopsis kentuckiensis (Raf.). River chub 



lotalurus punctatus (Raf.). Channel-cat 



Ameiurus natalis (LeSueur). Yellow bullhead 



Ameiurus melas (Raf.). Black bullhead 



Noturus flavus Raf. Stonecat 



Schilbeodes gyrinus (Mitchill). Tadpole cat 



Schilbeodes murus (Jordan). Brindled stonecat 



Esox vermicularis Le Sueur. Little pickerel 



Fundtdus notatus (Raf.). Top minnow 



Labidesthes sicculus (Cope). Brook silversides 



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