Adams and Hankinson. — Oneida Lake Fisheries 167 



Micropterus salmoides (Lacepede), Large-mouthed Black 

 Bass. 



A few small ones taken on a few shoals and in creeks 

 entering the lake. Not as abundant in the lake as 

 the Small-mouth. 



Stizostedion vitreum (Mitchill), Wall-eyed Pike. 



Abundant in deep water. A number caught in the trap 

 nets set near Grassy Island. Many were seen that had 

 been taken by fishermen from the lake. All were large; 

 no small ones were seen by us and none was found on 

 the shoals. Spawns in the spring in Chittenango Creek 

 in large numbers. Locally called Pike or Pikeperch. 



Perca flavescens (Mitchill), Common Perch. 



Abundant and very generally distributed. Small ones 

 in considerable numbers on most shoals that we visited. 

 Large ones numerous in deep water. Fished for exten- 

 sively through the ice. 



Roccus chrysops (Rafinesque), Striped Bass. 



A few large examples in the College of Forestry col- 

 lection from Constantia. A single young specimen was 

 taken (No. 314) in shallow water in October. 



Lota maculosa (LeSueur), Burbot, Ling, Lawyer. 



A few specimens have been secured, from the vicinity 

 of Constantia, from Syracuse and Brewerton markets. It 

 has been taken in trap nets in very large quantities. 



The following species of little or no economic value, 

 except as food for other fishes, also occur in Oneida Lake 

 or its tributaries: Hybognathus nuchalis (Agassiz), Sil- 

 very Minnow; Pimephales notatus (Rafinesque), Blunt- 

 nosed Minnow; Abramis chrysoleucas (Mitchill), Golden 

 Shiner; Notropis heterodon (Cope), Black-chinned Min- 

 now; Notropis cayuga (Meek), Cayuga Minnow; Notro- 

 pis hudsonius (DeWitt Clinton), Spot-tailed Minnow; 



