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All excellent game fish though not as good for food as our other two 

 stream trouts. The food of 5 specimens from 5 to 14 inches from the 

 Genesee river taken in June, July and August 1926 was: Aquatic insects 

 43%, land insects 'Sii'/f , snails (1 stomach) 117f> minnows (1 stomach) 6%, 

 algae (Cladophora, one stomach) 129*:, grass seeds (1 stomach) 'A%. 



Crist iromer namaycush ( Walhaum ) . — Lake trout. One young specimen 

 was taken in Hemlock lake Septenil)er 19, 1920 where the fish is said to be 

 rather common, occurring in the deep waters where the temperature is low. 

 A lake trout weighing several pounds was caught by a fisherman in Conesus 

 lake in July, 1920, and the head of this fish was seen by Dr. G. C. Embody. 

 They are said to be unusual in this lake. An excellent food fish but unim- 

 I»ortant in the region. 



Salrelinus fo)itinftlis (Mitchill.) — Brook trout, native trout. Locally com- 

 mon in streams suital)le for it (having a maximum temperature of not over 

 about 7')° ¥.). Was formerly aljundant throughout the region before cutting 

 ort" of the forests (Turner 1851, p. 375). It is now practically confined to 

 certain smaller streams, esj)ecially at the headwaters, as most large streams 

 are now too warm. Is considered the best of food and game fishes l>y most 

 anglers. The food of specimens from the Genesee region taken in June, 

 July and August 192(5 was: aquatic insects 48%, land insects 4(5%. snaJs 

 (1 'stomach) 4.1%, grass seeds (2 stomachs) 1.8%. 



Umbkidab Mud Minnows 



Umhra limi (Kirtland). — ]Mud minnow. Locally common. Taken in warm 

 and rather cool tributaries of Black creek (Monroe Co.) September 2, 192(1. 

 Prefers sluggish, weedy waters with mud bottom. September 2, Black creek 

 (Monroe Co.) — Food: one 2,% inches long had eaten insect larvae and 

 small Crustacea. Another 2'^/^ inches long had taken a beetle larvae {Coleo- 

 ptera) and Crustacea. 



EsciDAE Pikes 



Esoic niger Le Sueur. — Chain pickerel, common pickerel. Locally common. 

 Iloneoye, Canadice and Hemlock lakes. Doubtless enters the Genesee river 

 through the outlets of these lakes but is reported rare by fishermen on the 

 river. Thrives l)est in warm, rather shallow^ weedy situations. A good food 

 and game fish. September 19, Hemlock lake. Food: a 15 inch jiickerel con- 

 tained a few small fish vertebrae. One 11% inches long had eaten a golden 

 shiner { Xofcinigonus cri/solcucas) about 2 inches long. A 5% incli fisii con- 

 tained a sunhsh { Eiipomolis (/ih])Os)is) about % inch in length. 



Eso.v luciuti Linnaeus. — Great northein pike, **pickerel." Ijocally rommoii. 

 lnhal)its much the same type of water as the preceding species. Silver lake, 

 Conesus Lake, Clenesee river about 10 miles south of Ro(;hester, Black creek 

 (Monroe Co.). Kej)orted by fishermen north of Kochester to run uj) fr^nn 

 Lake Ontario to spawn in marshes along the lower liver. "There was n • 

 pickerel or pike above Genesee Falls, until ISIO when William W'adsworth 

 and some others caught pickerel in Ijake Ontario and other Lake fish and 

 put them into Conesus Lake." (Turner, 1851, ]). 375). August 17, Silver 

 lake. Food: a (>V^ inch jiike had eaten 2 yellow perch {Fcrca flarescens) 

 P/j inches long and a 12 inch fish contained only a dragon fly nymph (A)iax 

 Junius). September 4. I 92(i ; (ienesee river about 10 miles south of Rochester. 

 10% indies: Food: one b»g perch {Pcninu cu itrotlcs) 4% inches in U'nglh. 



An excelh'nt f I and game fish lint all of the familv are destrnetive of 



other fishes. 



/v'.so./- ni(ts<juinon(/ij (Mitchell). — Muskalonge. An introduced species; has 

 In-eii planted in Honeoye and Conesus hikes. NO authentic records of speci- 

 nu'iis fidin Ihese lakes are a\ailable. 



C V IMU NOIK ).\ TIDA K A' illijislics 

 I'uinhilus iliit iiIhiiiiis iik nonu ('t)peland and Jnidan. — Barred killifish, 



fresh-watei- killy. Com n along the shores of Lake Ontario and probably 



enters the month of the river. S|)ecimens obtained only from Black creek 

 (.Monroe Co.) a warm, sluggish stream. Used as bait for perch near the 



