SCLA{NID A. 103 
An abundant species in Lake Erie, ascending the larger tribu- 
taries to some distance. The species is said to be common in the 
lower Ohio, but no one seems to have noticed it within the limits 
of the state, though it probably ascends to that distance. Lake 
Erie, Henshall, 1889; Lorain County, ‘‘ quite common in the 
lake, ascending the streams to the dams,’’ McCormick, 1892 ; 
Maumee river at Grand Rapids, Waterville and Toledo, Kirsch, 
1893; abundant in Lake Erie at Sandusky, rare in Huron river 
at Milan, R. C. Osburn, 1899. 
Family: SCiANIDA. 
Genus; APLODINOTUS. 
Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque. SHEEPSHEAD; DRUM; 
WHITE PERCH. 
Head 3%; depth 23/; eye 3. D. X, 30; A. II, 7. scales 9-55-13. Body 
oblong; back much elevated and compressed; profile long and steep, straight- 
ish. Head slightly compressed; mouth moderate, subinferior. Lower 
pharyngeal bones fully united, with course, blunt, paved teeth. Color, 
grayish silvery, dusky above, sometimes very dark; back sometimes with 
dusky streaks along the rows of scales. Attaining a weight of 50o0r 60 
pounds. 
An abundant species both in Lake Erie and the Ohio river, 
and ascending their larger tributaries to some distance. Kirtland, 
following Le Sueur, recorded the lake form as Scz@na oscula, and 
the Ohio river form as S. grisea. Jordan gives it as very abund- 
ant in Lake Erie, and also mentions it forthe Ohio. Hamilton 
County, ‘‘abundant in Ohio river,’’ Henshall, 1888; Lorain 
County, ‘‘very common in the lake, Vermillion river, Black 
river,’’ McCormick, 1892; Maumee river at Defiance, Grand 
Rapids, Waterville and Toledo, west end of Lake Erie, Kirsch, 
1893; Muskingum river at McConnellsville, Prof. D. S. Kelli- 
cott; Ohio river at Ironton, Huron river at Milan, Lake Erie at 
Sandusky, R. C. Osburn, 1899; Ohio river at Bellaire, R. C. 
Osburn, 1900, 
