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specifying species; any of them will answer the 

 demands of the appetite of the larger fish, and 

 everybody knows a catfish when seen. 



Some of the darters, little fellows that flash 

 through the water like living streaks of light, hence 

 their name, are favorite baits. Only three species 

 of them are found in Eastern Canada and New 

 England, and these are to be recognized by their 

 wide mouths, and large fins, those on the belly 

 being more or less widely apart. Their coloration 

 is bright, often brilliant, with clear, dark blotches 

 on the sides of the body. Of these fish there 

 are three which are native to New England and 

 Eastern Canada, to wit : The tessellated darter, 

 found from Lake Ontario to Massachusetts ; its 

 extreme length is about three and one-half inches, 

 and upon its sides will be found blotches and zig- 

 zag markings, and usually a black stripe forward 

 from the eye and another downward. In the 

 waters around Montreal, Canada, a little darter 

 has been found with a heavy head and a blunt 

 snout which is slightly decurved ; the extreme 

 length is two and one-half inches, and the species 

 is scarce, having only been found in the habitat 

 named above. The other or third species is the 

 spotted-tail darter, having four dark spots on the 

 base of the tail fin ; the dorsal and the last named 

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