FOREST, LAKE, AND RIFER 



and bream, is abundant everywhere, particularly 

 in the bayous and weedy ponds. It is scientifi- 

 cally known as Abramis crysoleucas, the generic 

 name being an old one for the bream, and the 

 specific from two Greek words signifying "gold " 

 and " white." It may be recognized by its small 

 mouth, clear, greenish color on the upper part of 

 the body, silvery sides, with bright golden reflec- 

 tions and yellowish fins, the tips of the lower ones 

 becoming slightly orange in the male fish in the 

 spawning season. The golden shiner is one of 

 the most familiar and characteristic of the bait 

 minnows, and is highly prized as such by fisher- 

 men for bass, pike, and pickerel. 



The blunt-nosed minnow or " fat-head " (Prine- 

 phales notatus, the generic from two Greek words 

 meaning " fat head," and the latter, or specific 

 name, from the Latin, notatus, noted or " spotted ") 

 is found from Quebec south to Delaware on the 

 eastern coast, and is a tough little fish, seldom 

 exceeding four inches in length, and is much used 

 for bait in the Middle Atlantic States. The head 

 is entirely black, and on the snout of the male fish 

 are to be found not less than fourteen unusually 

 large tubercles in the spring of the year. 



The " long-nosed dace " (Rhinichthys cataractce, 

 the generic name from the Greek, signifying 

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