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1?. Miiiyt 1,111(1 nii-l,uii<p-, Jordan. Sliii)cd Sucker. 



On each scale is a l)lacl< spot, llicsc spots fonuiiii;" dark 

 loiii^it iidiiial sti'ipcs. I liaNc found this fish oidy in Scpiaw 

 ("r('('i<, near Ames, Iowa, and in the l)ayoits near Muscatine. 

 It is not \('ry comnion and is usually taken in the s|)rini;-. 

 Too small to l)c rciiarded as a n'ood food tisli. 



I(). Moxosti'iiKi i/mjui'sii^'i. 1.0 Sueur. Coniniou Red Ilorsi-, Mullet. 



This si)ooic,s may be known hy its slender form and the 

 lari^-er scales on the hody, aliout forty-five in the latei'al line, 

 pale and silvcM'y. The species is \(>ry ahundant in the State. 

 It reaches a length of two ivv\ and is not re<>-ardod as a val- 

 uahle food fish. It is found usually in cleai" water. 



l-amiiy 5— SALMONIDiE. The Salmons. 

 17. Sii/7't-/iiiiis fi>n/iii<7/is, Mitchill. Brook Trout, .Speckled Trout. 



On May, 14, 1 S-Sil, a sj)e('imen of this spceies was taken 

 from Mad Creek, Museatine, Iowa. I am also informed by 

 Mr. Minott, a well known hunter and tislicrman on the Cedar 

 ]{iver, that they used to l)e found frequently in a small tribu- 

 tary of the Cedar River, near Mt. Vernon. At present but 

 few are taken in Iowa and these are stragglers from farther 

 north. I do uot know of other salmon being taken in Iowa. 

 As a food fish the brook trout ranks among the very best. 



Family (.— ESOCIDi^. Tiie Pikes, 

 i'^. /-'.SOA 7;-i iinni/iitiis. Lc Sueur. Little Pickerel. 



This species is known from the other pikes of this region 

 by its entirely scaled cheeks and opereles. Jt is (juite com- 

 mon in this State. It attains a length of twelve to fifteen in- 

 ches. Its Hesh is excellent, l)ut its small size makes it a food 

 tish of little imi)ortance. •' It delights to quietly loiter in the 

 shelter of the pads of the pond-lily and in the shadows of the 

 den.se masses of Potinnocjcton, a few inehes below the surface 

 of the water. Motionless, in sueh situations, it awaits the 



[Pkoc. I. \. S , iS37-g.j 7J [February 2S. 1890.] 



