The Relation of Mollusks to Fish in Oneida Lake 218 
TABLE NO. 12 NEW YORK FOOD AND GAME FISHES THAT FEED 
ON MOLLUSKS. 
First Crass. Sreconp Ciass. Tuirp Crass. Fourtu Cirass. 
Fish. % | Fish. % Fish. % Fish. % 
Whitefish... 26 | Round Whitefish. 26 | Lake Sturgeon.... 90 | Dogfish......... 25 
Channel-cat. 15 | Red-mouth Buf- | Common Red-horse 62 | Toothed Herring 1 
Blue gill.... 16 1: Coa ren eae 3 | Short-headed Red- Gizzard-shad... 1 
| Round Buffalo. 12 HOVSE Sai eo et 50 | Spotted Sucker... 90 
| Small-mouth Buf- Yellow Bullhead... 5 | Common Sucker. 30 
falozaaseeinne 30 | Common Bullhead. 20 
European Carp... 15 | Black Bullhead.... 20 
| Long-eared Sun- Sheepshead....... 100 
fisheries 2 16 | 
Pumpkinseed.. 51 
Yellow Perch.. 8 
White Bass...... | 
White Perch..... 90 
Average.... 19 | Average......... 28 | Average.......... 5O) | Awerare....5 se. 29 
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Fisu. 
Some of our most valued food and game fishes feed upon 
other fishes which of themselves may be of little or no im- 
portance as food, but which become of great importance 
when they are considered as food for these fishes. The mol- 
lusks eaten by these animals thus become of food value, 
second only to the larger fish. The more important of these 
relations are shown in the subjoined table, No. 13. 
The six fish listed in the first column are among the most 
valued of the game fishes. The mollusks form about 15 per 
cent. of the food of the fishes eaten by these game fish. In 
addition to fishes, these and other food and game fish feed 
upon dragon-fly nymphs, frogs and other batrachians which 
are to a greater or less degree feeders upon snails. These 
animals are discussed in this relation in the chapter on the 
Enemies of Mollusks. 
