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the head. The snout is also comparatively broader than in Z. osseus, its 
least width being contained only 5 or 6 times in its length. Coloration much 
as in LZ. osseus. 
Rare in Lake Erie and its tributaries, more common in the 
Ohio and its tributary rivers. Ohio, Miami and Scioto rivers, 
Rafinesque; Maumee river at Toledo, ‘‘a single specimen,’’ 
Kirsch, 1893 ; Lorain county, ‘‘very rare,’’ McCormick, 1892 ; 
Sandusky Bay, one specimen, and Ohio river at Ironton, R. C. 
Osburn, 1899. 
Lepisosteus tristoechus (Bloch and Schneider). ALLIGATOR GAR. 
Snout shorter than in either of the preceding members of this genus, 
being usually shorter than the head. It is also comparatively much broader, 
its least width being contained in its length 3% times. Length 8 or to feet. 
‘‘ A huge, muscular, voracious fish, useless as food, remarkable for its arma- 
ture of enameled scales.”’ 
This species is included on the authority of Dr. Kirtland, 
who says (Rept. on the Zool. of Ohio, 1838):. ‘‘A specimen is 
to be seen in the Cincinnati Museum, said to have been taken 
within the bounds of our state.’’ Jordan and Evermann (Bull. 
47, U. S. Natl. Mus.) give its range as far as Cincinnati, whether 
on added evidence I do not know. 
Order: CYCLOGANOIDEA. 
Family: AMIIDAS. 
Genus: AMTA. 
Amia calva Linnaeus. DOGFISH; BOWFIN ; GRINDLE. 
Head 334 in length ; depth 4 to 4%; D. 48; A. 1oto 12; V. 7; scalesin 
lateral line 67 ; lateral line nearly median, directed slightly upward at either 
end. Color dark olive or blackish, paler below; lower jaw usually with 
round, dark spots; fins somewhat mottled. Male with a round, black spot 
at base of caudal above, surrounded by a yellowish or orange shade. Length, 
male 18 inches ; female 2 feet. 
Lake Erie, Kirtland; Lake Erie and Ohio river, Jordan ; 
Lorain County, ‘‘ Rare, once in a great while one is brought in 
from the pounds, and I have taken one in Black river,’’ McCor- 
mick, 1892; Lake Erie, Henshall; one specimen from the 
Maumee river at Toledo, Kirsch, 1893; Huron river and San- 
dusky Bay, R. C. Osburn, 1899. 
