6 FISHES OF LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. 
water mark on the whole coast. The beaches are sandy, but a rod 
or two out there is usually a line of stones that make seining diffi- 
cult. Pound nets are set in ‘‘strings” from, perhaps, % mile from 
shore to 3 miles, and it is from these that I have obtained most of 
my lake fishes. 
It is only necessary to mention one other kind of water, the 
ponds and bayous left by changes in the courses of the larger 
streams, where water plants flourish, and some species, such as the 
mud-minnows and pickerel, find congenial surroundings. 
Camden lake yields ‘‘pumpkin seeds ” (Lepomzs gibbosus), and 
shiners, (Vo¢emigonus chrysoleucus), though ‘‘bull-heads” and 
‘¢pike” are said to occur also. 
Many of the species make desirable aquarium stock, and are 
more beautiful and interesting than the common gold fish. Among 
these are young catfish, especially the channel cats, the red-bellied 
minnows, the young sunfish, perch and the darters. 
In gathering these notes I have had material assistance from Mr. 
W. H. Warden, of Lorain, who has not only extended every courtesy 
to me when I have visited his fish wharves, but has kindly saved 
many valuable specimens from his pounds. Prof. S..E. Meek ex- 
amined and verified my Cyprznzde, and the officers of the U. S. Fish 
Commission have assisted by the loan of a seine, and in other ways. 
Col. McDonald has kindly given permission to eopy the plates 
used in this paper from the publications of the U. S. Fish Com- 
mission. 
These acknowledgements would be incomplete without a refer- 
ence to the constant encouragement and advice of Prof. A. A. 
Wright, which has made the completion of the work possible. 
ABBREVIATIONS, 
Jord. Man. = Jordan’s Manual of the Vertebrates of the Northern United 
States. Fifth edition, 1888. 
O. St. Surv. = Report on the Fishes of Ohio in Vol. IV. of the Geological 
Survey of Ohio. 
In the plates, the line below each figure represents an inch in length, on the 
scale to which the fish is drawn. 
