304 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



wide aud 3 miles long. The greatest depth is said to be 10 feet, and 

 the water is much freer from vegetation than Lake Tasse. The shores 

 are also much higher and more picturesque. The fishes are essentially 

 the same as those of Lake Tasse. 



LIST OF FISHES. 



The following list includes all the species of fishes collected or seen 

 at the various places visited and such additional species as were 

 reported upon authority considered reliable. The nomenclature and 

 sequence of species agree with Jordan & Evermann's Oheck-List of 

 Fishes and Fish-Like Vertebrates of North and Middle America. 



The localities aud waters represented are: 



1. Various waters in the vicinity of Baldwin Lodge, Mississippi, 

 including Pearl Kiver, Lake Boigne, Bayou Isle aux Pois (or Campbell 

 Bayou), Grand Plains Bayou, Lagoon Bayou, Black Bayou, and Mulatto 

 Bayou. 



2. Atchafalaya Eiver at Morgan City and Melville, La., and inter- 

 mediate points. 



3. Lake Tasse, or Spanish Lake, 7 miles from New Iberia, La. 



4. Lake Peigneur, 10 miles west of New Iberia, La. 



5. Neches and Trinity rivers and some small j)onds near Beaumont, 

 Tex. 



6. Neches River at Bonners Ferry, 10 miles west of Lufkiu, Tex. 



7. Angelina Eiver at Michelli, Tex., 9 miles north of Lul'kin, Tex. 



8. Sabine Eiver at Logan sport, Tex. 



Common names used locally are inclosed in quotation marks. 



1. Polyodon spathula (Walbaiim). Spoonbill Cat; " Shovel-nose Cat" ; "Sliovel-bill 



Cat." Reported from the Neches, Angelina, and Sabine rivers by fishermen at 

 Bonners Ferry and Michelli. 



2. Lepisosteiis osseus (Linnteus). Long-nosed Gar; "Gar"; "Garfish"; " Foisson 



ann^J' This species was seen at Morgan City and reported from Baldwin 

 Lodge, Melville, Lake Tasse, Lake Peigneur, Beaumont, Bonners Ferry, 

 Michelli, and Logansport. On April 23, the following notes were taken on 

 a spawning female gar at Morgan City : Standard length, 40 inches ; weight, 

 9 pounds; length of snout, 8.5 inches; weight of ovaries, 19 ounces; total 

 number of eggs by actual couut, 36,450. 



3. Lepisosteus platostomus Rafiuesque. Short-nosed Gar. Seen only at Beaumont, 



when several specimens were seined in a pond. 



4. Lepisosteus tristoechus (Bloch &, Schneider). "Allirjator Gar"; "Mississippi 



Gar." Seen in Lake Borgne, at Morgan City, and at New Iberia (a specimen 

 from Bayou Tcche); reported from Bonners Ferry, Logansport, aud Beau- 

 mont. 



5. Amia calva Linnaeus. Boivfin; Grindle; " Grinnel" ; "Poiason de Marais." Re- 



ported from Lakes Tasse and Peigneur, and from the Neches River. 



6. relichthys marinus (Mitchill). Gaff-topsail; " Sea Cat." Seen at Morgan City. 



The larger ones are sometimes dressed and shipped with the fresh-water 

 species. 



7. Galeichthys felis (Linnanis.) Sea Catfish; " Sea Cat." Seen with the preceding 



at Morgan City, where it is sometimes utilized in the same way. 



