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The American Ano-ler 



tly utterly failed. It was of daily record 

 at Bisby Lodge that the catch of Bisby 

 trout at the several buoys gave an abun- 

 dant supply for the table and its numer- 

 ous and hungry guests by bait fishing 

 alone. 



If, then, it be conceded that minnows 

 have' a position which the angler is 

 bound to respect, their character and 



No. 2. Etheosioma inaculatum (Kirtland)— 

 The Trout Darter.— Body flattish, tapering 

 gradually to the tail. Head narrow, com- 

 pressed; jaws equal. Back and head olive 

 and black. Sides and abdomen sea-green, 

 with from twelve to twenty carmine dots near 

 the median line. D. x, 13 ; P. 14 ; V. i., 5 ; A. 

 17; C. 22. Length, two and one-fourth inches. 



No. 3. Diplesion blennioides—i^2Axi&s<\^€). 

 —The Green-Sided Darter.— Body elongate; 



Plate S— THE red-bellied minnow. 



their use to fish and fishermen may not 

 be uninteresting, and as this essay is 

 limited to their uses to fish and fisher- 

 men, only those minnows well known 

 to the angler, and widely distributed 

 throughout the United States, will be 

 particularly noticed. 



head small : snout rounded ; mouth small ; 

 lower jaw shorter ; some brown spots on the 

 back, and several brown with transverse lines 

 across the lateral line, which is straight but 

 rising at the base. D, xv, 13 ; P. i, 6 ; B. 2-9 ; 

 C. 13. Length, two to three inches. 



For slill fishing this minnow is at- 

 tractive. 



THK GOLD SHINER. 



The minnows (such as are usually 

 preferred by anglers for bait), are classed 

 under the following heads : 



No. I. Hadropterus aspro—{Co-pQ8z]or6.a.n). 

 — Black-sided Darter. — Body sub-cylindric ; 

 back gibbous ; abdomen rectilinear ; scales 

 rough, apparently hectagonal body banded 

 behind the pectorals with seven or eight white 

 zones, spotted with orange, the intervening 

 spaces green ; an orange stripe beneath the 

 pectoral fins on the side of the body. Length, 

 two to three inches. 



It is preferred for bait to common 

 minnows. 



No. 4. Eucalia znconstans (Kirtland) — 

 SiTCKLh B.A.CK. — Olivc or black upon the back ; 

 faintly maculated with olive upon its sides ; 

 throat and abdomen yellowish or white ; five 

 or six movable spines in front of the dorsal 

 fin; body smooth. D. 5; 5, 9-12; V. i; A. 1,9. 

 Length, two and one-half inches. 



No. 5. Leuciscus elo7igatns (Kirtland). — 

 Red sides ; color of the back sky-blue ; edged 

 below with a gilt band — below this an inter- 

 rupted black band extending from the point of 

 the upper jaw to the tail, passing through the 

 iris of the eye, but broken by a carmine stripe 

 above the end of the ventrals ; sides and belly 

 silver}' ; bod}' elongated, slim ; dorsal high ; 



