FISHES OF SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA. 609 



14. Carpiodes difformis Cope. Several specimens taken from Blue Earth River 



at Mankato. 



15. Carpiodes velifer (Rafinesque). 'Big Stone Lake; Minnesota and Blue Earth 



rivers at Mankato. 



16. Catostomus commersoni (Lacepede). Common Sucker; Black Sucker. Little 



Minnesota. River at Browns Valley ; Minnesota and Blue Earth rivers at Man- 

 kato; Lake Washington. Common at all these places. 



17. Catostomus nigricans LeSueur. Hog Sucker; Stone-roller; Hog Mullet, Min- 



nesota. River at Mankato, not common ; very common in Blue Earth River al 

 thesame place. In 1891 the writer saw a large school of several hundred 

 large ones near the mouth of this river. 



18. Moxostoma aureolum (LeSueur). Redhorse; Mullet; Large-scaled Sucker. Win 



nesota and Blue Earth Rivers at Mankato, common. Frequently taken bj 

 hook and line in springtime. 



19. Campostoma anomalum (Rafinesque). Stone-roller; Stone-lugger; Minnesota 



and Blue Earth rivers at Mankato. very common. 



20. Hybognathus michale Agassiz. Silvery Minnow. Ponds near Minnesota 



River at Mankato; Minneopa Creek ; Blue Earth Rivera! Mankato. 



21. Pimephales promelas Rafinesque. Flat-head; Black-headed Minnow. • Big 



Stone Lake; 'Chippewa River at Montevideo: Minnesota and Blue 

 Earth rivers at Mankato; Minneopa (reek at Mankato. Very common 

 everywhere. 



22. Pimephales notatus (Rafinesque). Blunt-nosed Minnow. Big Stone Lake; 



"Pomme de Terre River al Appleton; 'Chippewa River al Montevideo; 

 Minnesota and Blue Earth rivers at Mankato. Common. 



23. Semotilus atromaculatus (Mitchill). Horned Daa ; Creek Chub. Big Stone 



Lake; "Chippewa River at Montevideo; Minnesota and Blue Earth rivers 

 at Mankato. Very common. 



24. Abramis crysoleucas (Mitchill). Golden Shiner; Bream. A few small ones 



taken from Blue Earth River, Mankato. 



25. Notropis cayuga Meek. * Pomme de Terre River at Appleton; Minnesota and 



Mine Earth rivers and ponds near Minnesota River at Mankato. Very 

 common. 



26. Notropis heterodon (Cope). * Pomme de Terre River at Appleton. Not 



common. 



27. Notropis blennius (Girard). Straw-colored Minnow. 'Chippewa River at 



Montevideo; ponds near the Minnesota River and the Line Earth Ri 

 Mankato. Common. 



28. Notropis hudsonius (De Witt Clinton). Spaxon-eater ; Spot-tailed Minnow; 



Shiner. Little Minnesota River at Browns Valley; Lake Washington. 

 Common. Specimens from Lake Washington are verj much darker in 

 and appear at first to be a different species. 



29. Notropis whipplii (Girard). Silver-fin. Ponds near Minnesota River and Blue 



Earth River at Mankato. Common. 



30. Notropis cornutus (Mitchill). Shiner; Red-fin; Dace. Little Minnesota 



River at Browns Vallej : Big Stone Lake ; Minnesota River; ponds near the 

 Minnesota River, Blue Earth River, and Minneopa « reck. Mankato. Very 

 common even w here. 



31. Notropis dilectus (Girard). Minnesota and Bine Earth rivers at Mankato. 



Very common here, but it has not been taken in any other place iii southern 

 Minnesota bo far as known. 



32. Rhinichthys cataractae (Cn vier A Valenciennes). Long-nosed Dace. Pomme 



de 'Terre River at Appleton. common. 



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