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or to be passed over in specimens of less than 12 millimeters in 

 length. In this regard it resembles Etheostoma flabellare, 

 which unlike most of the other darters captures large, active 

 food while still very small and if it takes Entomostraca at all it 

 does so only in negligible quantities. 



The adult Millers Thumb is reported to be a voracious 

 feeder and very destructive to other fish. It is interesting that 

 the young resemble the adult in their ability and their willing- 

 ness to capture large food animals which are proportionately 

 large even in 12 millimeter specimens. It is well adapted to 

 feeding upon large objects by its large terminal mouth. 



Table illustrating the food of young of Coitus ictalops. 



Figures represent the percentage of the volume of the stomach contents. 



