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quiet pools or in still eddies near shore. At such times it can be 

 caught in great numbers in the minnow seine. 



At Lake Maxinkuckee it is apparently a very rare species. Our 

 collections contain but a single specimen; this is a good typical 

 example 2;! inches long, obtained in Aubeenaubee Creek, near its 

 mouth, April 27, 1901. The fact that only this one specimen was 

 obtained suggests that the species is not really native to the lake 

 and that the example caught was a bait minnow escaped from some 

 live-bait bucket. 



The Red-nosed Minnow attains a length of 2 to 2.5 inches, 

 scarcely large enough to be used much as a bait minnow, although 

 it is not infrequently seen in the angler's minnow pail. Its bright 

 silvery color and its activity make up in a measure for what it 

 lacks in size. For yellow perch and the smaller bass it is a very 

 satisfactory live bait, and several on one hook have proved attract- 

 ive to the walleyed pike. 



Head 4 in length ; depth 6 ; eye 4.7 in head ; snout 3.1 ; dorsal 

 9; anal 10; scales 7-47-4, teeth 2, 4-4, 2. Body long and slender, 

 considerably compressed; dorsal and ventral outlines but slightly 

 arched; head rather long, snout pointed; mouth moderate, some- 

 what oblique, the maxillary reaching vertical at front of orbit, the 

 lower jaw projecting; scales firm; lateral line complete, somewhat 

 decurved. 



Color, pale lemon above, the edges of the scales with fine dark 

 punctulations ; side bright silvery, somewhat metallic blue above; 

 sides of head silvery, more red in breeding season; under parts 

 straw-yellow. 



29. RED-FIN 



NOTROPIS UMBRATILIS (Girard) 



(Plate 16) 



This is an exceedingly variable minnow, widespread in distribu- 

 tion, its range extending from Minnesota to western New York, 

 North Carolina, Alabama and Texas. It is represented in differ- 

 ent regions by well marked subspecies and is usually abundant in 

 small clear streams. It is not common in the lake, only 22 speci- 

 mens having been secured, 12 in Aubeenaubee Bay and 10 just 

 east of the Culver Military Academy pier on July 21, 1899. 



Head 4| in body ; depth 4 to 4i ; eye 3 to 4 in head ; D. 7 ; A. 11 ; 

 scales 9-40 to 52-3; teeth 2, 4-4, 2. Body compressed; the caudal 

 peduncle long ; head long, conic, rather pointed ; mouth large, mod- 

 erately oblique, the premaxillary on level of pupil, the maxillary 

 extending to opposite eye; lower jaw somewhat projecting; eye 



