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i reater than at the head of the lake. The following is a list of the fishes 
en from Big Stone Lake and its tributaries: 
ANNOTATED LIST OF THE FISHES OF BIG STONE LAKE AND TRIBUTARIES. 
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1. Ameiurus nebulosus (Le Sueur). Catfish; Bullhead. Little Minnesota River at 
Browns Valley, 1 large specimen; Big Stone Lake at Ortonville, 5 speci- 
mens; Big Stone Lake at Creager’s farm, 3. 
2. Setcatomua teres (Mitchill). White Sucker; Brook Sucker. Little Minnesota 
a River at Browns Valley, common; Big Stone Lake at Creager’s farm, 25 
specimens; Big Stone Lake at Geran 10; Little Minnesota River near 
Indian Agency, 5. At no place were ieee specimens of this species taken 
except at Creager’s farm, where a large seine was used and several speci- 
mens from 12 to 15 inches long were obtained. , 
'3. Moxostoma macrolepidotum duquesnei (Le Sueur). Medhorse; White Sucker. 
Little Minnesota River at Browns Valley, 2 specimens; Big Stone Lake at 
Creager’s farm, 16; Big Stone Lake at Ortonville, common. The specimens 
taken from the river were light in color, with little variation. Those taken 
from the clearer waters of the lake were steel-blue above, with sides and 
belly white. 
4. PimephaleS notatus (Rafinesque). Minnow. Big Stone Lake at Creager’s 
* farm, 6 specimens; Big Stone Lake at Ortonville, 10. Those taken from the 
latter place were very large, with snouts tubercled. 
5. Notropis deliciosus (Girard). Little Minnesota River at Browns Valley, 2 
specimens; Big Stone Lake at Ortonville, 4 
| Notropis megalops (Rafinesque). Common Shiner. Little Minnesota River at 
Browns Valley, abundant; Little Minnesota River near Indian agency, 10 
specimens; Big Stone Bane at Creager’s farm, 7; Big Stone Lake at Orton- 
ville, 9. Those taken from the Little Misuipactn River were noticeably 
lighter in color than those from Lake Traverse Basin. 
7. Notropis atherinoides Rafinesque. Big Stone Lake at Creager’s farm, 1 very 
‘large specimen. Lateral line with 38 scales. Color dark olive, with sides 
and belly covered with a thick coat of silvery pigment. 
8. Notropis cayuga Meek. Little Minnesota River at Browns Valley, abundant. 
This is a very beautiful little tish, of alight brown or olive color, with dark 
spots lining the edge of each scale; a dark lateral band about 2 scales in 
width passes entirely around the blunt snout, not touching the lower lip. 
This lateral stripe is overlaid with a light coat of silvery pigment; above 
and bordering this stripe is a distinct narrow line of a lighter color; dorsal 
line not distinguishable. Back not arched; lower jaw not horizontal, and 
projecting. 
9. Notropis hudsonius (Dewitt Clinton). Little Minnesota River at Browns Val- 
ley, 4 specimens; Big Stone Lake at Creager’s farm, 2 specimens. This fine 
minnow is known to inhabit a broad area in the valley of the Red River 
of the North and a limited area in the Minnesota River Valley. The back is 
slightly elevated, sloping gradually from the snout to the dorsal, the belly is 
of about the same curvature as the back, so that the lateral line is about the 
axis of the body; head medium in size, with short blunt snout; lower jaw 
nearly horizontal, maxillary reaching anterior edge of orbit of large eye; 
anterior rays of dorsal above or slightly in advance of first rays of ventral, 
longest dorsabray reaching slightly beyond anterior margin of anal; caudal 
peduncle thick. Color, above a dark olive, with vertebral stripe the entire 
length of body; sides ornamented with a broad lateral stripe that extends 
around the snout; sides and belly covered with a satin-like pigment; lateral 
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