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FISHES OF LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. 
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Very common in the lake, entering the streams occasionally. 
This is one of the most valuable food-fishes taken in the pounds. 
85. Stizostedion canadense (C. H. Smith).  SAUGER. 
[Jord. Man. 371. O. St. Surv. 130.] 
Body shaped like the preceding but not so much arched in the 
back, dorsal fins with two or three rows of dark spots, second dorsal 
with 7 or 18 rays, color olive or greyish with dark mottlings which 
form about three bands in young specimens. Length 18 inches, 
weight not often more than 2% pounds. 
Common in the lake, entering the streams oftener than the 
last species. 
FAMILY XXI. SERRANID&. THE SEA-BASS. 
86. Roeceus chrysops (Rafinesque). Wuire Bass. 
[Jord. Man. 373. O. St. Surv. 127:] 
A perch-like fish, but with ¢/rvee spines in anal fin, szdvery 
white with five or six dark longitudinal lines. Length to to 15 
inches. )\(See plate 13.) 
Quite common in the lake, ascending the streams to the dams. 
Mr. George Dewey reports that it occurs near Kipton, far above 
the dams. ‘This one representative of a large salt-water family is 
supposed by some to be the land-locked form of the Striped Bass 
(Roccus lineatus). 
FAMILY XXII. SCIAFNIDA. THE DRUMFISHES. 
87. Aplodinotus grunniens (Rafinesque). SHEEPs- 
HEAD. LAKE DRUM. 
[Jord. Man. 398. O. St. Surv. 156.] 
Body oblong, with symmetrically arched back, soft dorsal much 
longer than the spiny part, color clear silvery white in young, often 
smoky brown in larger specimens, ‘fhe second anal spine several 
times larger and stouter than the first. (See plate 14. ) 
A worthless fish, very common in the lake. I have seen large 
specimens on the riffles of the Vermillion among the suckers in 
April, and young ones are common just below the dam in Black 
River in August and September. The otolithic ear-bones of this 
species are the ‘‘lucky stones” that are often found on the lake 
beach. 
