NOTES ON THE FISHES OF LAKE ONTARIO. ZA1 
17. Hybognathus nuchale Agassiz. Silvery Minnow. 
Mill Creek near Sacketts Harbor; Salt Brook near Nine-mile Point; and Cemetery 
Creek near Watertown. 
18. Pimephales promelas Rafinesque. Futhead Minnow. 
Obtained in Three-mile Creek at Oswego; Mill Creek near Sacketts Harbor; and 
Salt Brook near Nine-mile Point. 
19. Pimephales notatus (Rafinesque). Blunt-nosed Minnow. 
Abundant; specimens obtained at Cape Vincent; Mud Creek near Cape Vincent; 
Grenadier Island; Horse Island; Sacketts Harbor; Mill Creek near Sacketts Harbor; 
Stony Island; Little Stony Brook; Henderson Bay; Black River at Huntingtonville; 
Guffon Creek, Chaumont Bay; Chaumont River; Marsh Creek near Point Breeze; 
Salt Brook near Nine-mile Point; and Long Pond at Charlotte. 
20. Semotilus corporalis (Mitchill).  uall-fish. 
Not common. Cape Vincent; Big Stony Creek, Henderson Harbor; Wart Creek 
near Centerville; Salmon River near Selkirk; Sandy Creek near North Hamlin. 
21. Semotilus atromaculatus (Mitchill). Creek Chub. 
Very common. Specimens from Mill Creek near Sacketts Harbor; Big Stony 
Creek at Henderson Harbor; Little Stony Brook at Henderson Bay; Cemetery Creek 
near Watertown; Big Sandy Creek at Belleville; Wart Creek at Centerville; Three- 
mile Creek at Oswego; Four-mile Creek at Webster; Salt Brook near Nine-mile 
Point; and Long Pond at Charlotte. 
22. Leuciscus elongatus (Kirtland.) Red-sided Minnow. 
Found only in Wart Creek; Spring Brook at Pulaski; and Three-mile Creek at 
Oswego. This is the first record of this minnow for the State of New York. 
23. Leuciscus margarita (Cope). Pearly Minnow. 
Thirteen specimens of a minnow we identify with this species were obtained in 
Cemetery Creek near Watertown, July 5. They give the following comparative 
measurements: Head 4; depth 4.4; eye 3.5; D. 9; A. 9; teeth 2, 5-6, 1 or 1, 5-4, 0; 
scales 11-58-6. 
24. Abramis crysoleucas (Mitchill). Roach. 
Common. Cape Vincent; Grenadier Island; Black River at Huntingtonville; 
Guffon Creek, Chaumont; Chaumont River; Black Creek at Scriba Corner; Salmon 
River at Selkirk; and Salt Brook near Nine-mile Point. 
25. Notropis cayuga Meek. Cayuga Minnow. 
Common. Mud Creek near Cape Vincent; Mill Creek near Sacketts Harbor; 
Cemetery Creek near Watertown; Guffon Creek near Chaumont; Chaumont River; 
Black Creek at Scriba Corner; Little Salmon Creek; Three-mile Creek near Oswego; 
Great Sodus Bay; Four-mile Creek at Nine-mile Point. 
This interesting little minnow, originally described from Cayuga Lake, is now 
found to be quite abundant throughout western New York. 
26. Notropis heterodon (Cope). Black-chin Minnow. 
Found in the lake near Cape Vincent, at Stony Island, and in Guffon Creek at 
Chaumont. Teeth 1, 4-4, 0, in specimen examined. 
27. Notropis blennius (Girard). Straw-colored Minnow. 
A common minnow. Cape Vincent; Grenadier Island; Little Stony Brook at 
Henderson Bay; Big Sandy Creek at Belleville; Salmon Bay at Selkirk; and Great 
Sodus Bay. This species is one of the smallest minnows, too small for use as bait. 
