FISHES OF LORAIN COUNTY. 
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FAMILY XXIII... COTTIDAX. THE SCULPINS. 
88. Cottus richardsoni Agassiz. Svrar-Gazer. ‘‘Mup 
Pir Apec 
[Jord. Man. 406. O. St. Surv. 161.] 
A big-headed little fish with a tapering body, large pectoral 
jins, short, low spinous dorsal fin, longer, higher soft dorsal, eyes set 
close together on top of head; color reddish, blotched and speckled 
with darker. Length 3 to 6 inches. 
Common in Spring Brook and Chance Creek, not detected 
elsewhere in the county. 
FAMILY XXIV. GADIDAX. THE CODFISHES. 
89. Lota maculosa (Le Sueur). Bursor, Lawyer. 
[Jord. Man. 453. O. St. Surv. 163.] 
A long, large-mouthed, small-scaled fish that looks like a cross 
between a catfish and an eel, brownish-yellow, usually thickly mot- 
tled with darker, belly lighter, Zower jaw with one long barbel. 
(See plate 4.) 
Common in the lake, not detected in the streams. 
