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28. Notropis hudsonius (Clinton). Spot-tail Minnow. 
An abundant and important minnow. Obtained at the following places: Cape 
Vincent; Grenadier Island; Horse Island; Sacketts Harbor; Salmon River at Selkirk; 
Little Salmon Creek; Three-mile Creek at Oswego; Long Pond and lake at Charlotte; 
Great Sodus Bay; and Salt Brook near Nine-mile Point. This is one of the most 
useful bait minnows in the State; called ‘‘Shiner’’ at Cape Vincent and elsewhere. 
On June 28 we saw a very large school of this minnow at the head of Grenadier 
Island. They were swimming ata depth of 6 to 18 inches below the surface in water 
3 feet deep, and in a very compact body. There were apparently several thousand 
in the school. Several that we caught were full of ripe spawn. They were believed 
to be young white-fish by a local fisherman. 
29. Notropis whipplii (Girard). Satin-fin Minnow. 
Quite common. Found at the following localities: Cape Vincent; Grenadier Island; 
Horse Island at Sacketts Harbor; Mill Creek near Sacketts Harbor; Cemetery Creek 
near Watertown; Chaumont River; Great Sodus Bay and creek near Pultneyville. 
30. Notropis cornutus (Mitchill). Redfin Shiner. 
Very abundant, and found at nearly all places where collections were made. Mud 
Creek near Cape Vincent; Mill Creek near Sacketts Harbor; Big Stony Creek and 
Little Stony Brook at Henderson Harbor; Black River at Huntingtonville; Big 
Sandy Creek at Belleville; Black Creek at Scriba Corner; Spring Brook at Pulaski; 
Wart Creek near Buena Vista; Three-mile Creek at Oswego; Marsh Creek at Point 
Breeze; creek at Pultneyville; Four-mile Creek at Nine-mile Point; Salt Brook near 
Nine-mile Point; Long Pond at Charlotte; and Sandy Creek at North Hamlin. 
These specimens have the snout short; 16 scales before the dorsal in the Sandy 
Creek specimens. 
31. Notropis atherinoides Rafinesque. Slender Minnow. 
Not common. Obtained only at Cape Vincent and Grenadier Island. Head 4.5 
to 5; depth 5 to 5.5; eye 3.25; D. 8; A. 11 to 13; scales 6-38 to 42-2 or 3; teeth 2, 
4-4, 2; 20 or 21 scales before the dorsal. 
32. Notropis rubrifrons (Cope). Red-fronted Minnow. é' 
Not very common. Obtained only in Mill Creek near Sacketts Harbor; Salt 
Brook near Nine-mile Point; Wart Creek near Buena Vista; and Sandy Creek near 
North Hamlin. 
33. Rhinichthys atronasus (Mitchill). Black-nosed Dace. 
Very abundant everywhere. Mud Creek at Cape Vincent; Horse Island; Stony 
Island; Little Stony Brook at Henderson Bay; Black River at Huntingtonville; Big 
Sandy Creek at Belleville; Mill Creek at Pulaski; Wart Creek near Buena Vista; 
Three-mile Creek at Oswego; Great Sodus Bay; Four-mile Creek near Webster; Salt 
Brook near Nine-mile Point; Long Pond at Charlotte. 
34. Hybopsis storerianus (Kirtland). Storer’s Minnow. 
Found only in Long Pond at Charlotte, where but three specimens were obtained. 
35. Hybopsis kentuckiensis (Rafinesque). River Chub. 
Not seen by us, but reported by Dr. H. M. Smith as being very common. 
36. Exoglossum maxillingua (Le Sueur.) Split-lip Minnow. 
This curious and interesting species was obtained at 7 localities, as follows: Big 
Stony Creek at Henderson Harbor; Little Stony Brook at Henderson Bay; Black 
River at Huntingtonville; Big Sandy Creek at Belleville; Spring Brook at Pulaski; 
Wart Creek near Buena Vista; Salmon River at Selkirk. 
