FISHES OF LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. 17 / 
body somewhat compressed, ‘he long intestine wrapped around the 
air bladder; adults 4—8 inches long. 
Common in most of our streams. 
Intestines more than twice the length of body. 
27. Chrosomus erythrogaster Rafinesque.  Rep- 
BELLIED MINNOW. 
[Jord. Man. 89. O. St. Surv. 51.] 
Clear brownish olive with dark mottlings above; below this, 
silvery wth two black lateral stripes on the sides. This silvery 
color takes a charge of bright scarlet on the males in the spring. 
Scales minute, length about 3 inches. In a well lighted aqua- 
rium these fish will show their scarlet colors the year around; in 
the winter they flush or grow pale very quickly when excited by 
light, food, or fright. 
Of this fish Kirtland writes (1850): ‘During the months of 
April and May every stream in northern Ohio swarms with this 
species—they crowd up the riffles in immense numbers to spawn. 
At that season the colors are very brilliant, but by midsummer they 
fade so much that the carmine tints are lost and the black stripes 
become a muddy brown. About the rst of July, this species, in 
common with almost the whole Minnow tribe, forsake the rivers 
and descend into the lake.” 
I have found them in but one stream, Spring Brook, where 
they stay the year round. (See introduction.) 
28. Pimephales promelas Rafinesque. BLACKHEAD. 
[Jord. Man. 93. O. St. Surv. 53.] 
Body short and deep, head short and blunt, lateral line incom- 
plete, intestines long (more than twice the length of body). Oliva- 
ceous, adults dusky with black heads; about 2% inches long. 
* Not common, but found in most of the streams. 
29. Pimephales notatus (Rafinesque). BLUNT-NOosSED 
MINNow. 
[Jord. Man. 94. O. St. Surv. 60.] 
Body compressed, elongated, head long, scales before dorsal 
jin crowded, about 23, intestines long, color dusty yellow, sides 
bluish, @ black spot on front of dorsal and base of caudal fin. Length 
4 inches. 
Very abundant in all small streams. 
