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Section IV. Fishes of the Genesee region 47 



General nature of region 47 



Changes in the character of the region 47 



Genesee river 47 



Fishes of the Genesee region 48 



Food and game fishes 48 



Miscellaneous other fishes 49 



Fishes as food for game fishes 49 



Bait fishes of the region 50 



Ecology of fishes 50 



Fishes and pollution 52 



Typical fishes of a trout stream 53 



The German carp 54 



Annotated list of fishes 57 



Acipenseridae Sturgeons 57 



Lepisosteidae Garpikes 57 



Amiidae Bowfim 57 



Ameiuridae Catfishes 57 



Castostomidae Suckers 57 



Cyprinidae Minnows 57 



Anguillidae Eels 61 



Clupeidae Herrings 61 



Coregonidae Whitefishes 61 



Salmonidae Salmons 61 



Umbridae Mud minnows 62 



Escidae Pikes 62 



Cyprinadontidae Killifishes 62 



Gasterosteidae Sticklebacks 63 



Percopsidae Trout perches 63 



Centrarchidae Sunfishes 63 



Percidae Perches 64 



Sciaenidae Drumfishes 65 



Cottidae Sculpins 65 



Literature cited 65 



Section V. Vegetation of Silver lake and Conesus lake 66 



Silver lake 66 



Vegetation of Silver lake 67 



Plankton 67 



Bottom fauna 69 



Conesus lake 69 



Records from soundings in Conesus lake 70 



Vegetation of Conesus lake 70 



Appendix I. Blank forms used in the field 72 



" II. Allotments of fry and fingerlings 73 



" III. Tables of chemical analyses 74 



" IV. Plants and animals of pollution 80 



" V. Tabulation of diatoms 82 



" VI. Soundings in Conesus lake 84 



" VII. Larger plants of Silver and Conesus lakes 86 



VIII. Salt plants of Wolf creek 87 



" IX-XIII. Stocking lists 88-98 



Map 1. Albion, Brockport, Rochester quadrangles ] 



Map. 2. Batavia, Caledonia, Honeoye, Canaudaigua quadrangles | 



Map. 3. Arcade, Portage, Nuiida, Wayland, Naples (juadrangles. } Follow page 100 



Map 4. Franklin ville, Angelica, Canaseraga, Hornell quadrangles | 



Map. 5. Belmont, Wellsville, Greenwood quadrangles J 



