of the tail, the lower and broader stripe from the mouth through 

 the eye, to end as a black spot on the tail fin. The color of the 

 back is greenish brown, with a row of greenish spots on either 

 side. The space between the dark lines of the sides is a silver or 

 satiny cream, with a brassy tinge in the males. The belly is cream 

 color, tinged with a rose in the males, except in the spring, when 

 the belly, breast and chin are bright scarlet. The fins are pale am- 

 ber, except in the breeding males, in which they are lemon yellow, 

 the dorsal fin having a scarlet base. The body of the breeding male 

 is finely pebbled. 



Size. Adults, about 75 mm. long. 



Habitat. In clear, gravelly streams in the southernmost part of 

 Michigan, and southward to Tennessee. 



Breeding Habits. Spawning occurs in June. 



Food. Chiefly algae and small insects from the bottom. In the 

 aquarium it can be fed crumbled rolled oats or Pablum, with a 

 pinch of dried shrimp. 



This dace is a fine aquarium fish once it becomes accustomed to 

 captivity, and is gaudy enough to be sold here and abroad as an 

 exotic fish. 



Western Golden Shiner 

 (Notemigontis crysoleucas attratus) 



Appearance. The body is deep, slab sided, laterally compressed, 

 with a fleshy, scaleless keel back of the pelvic fins. The fins are 

 sharply angled instead of rounded, the anal fin usually sickle 

 shaped. The head is small and triangular. The lateral Hne sweeps 



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