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Stony Island July 2 and 3 



Little Stony brook, Henderson bay July 4 



Guffon creek, Chaumont July 7 



Chaumont river July LO 



Great Sodus bay Aug. 6 



Creek near Pultneyville Aug. 7 



Long pond, Charlotte Aug. 17 

 St Lawrence river, 3 miles below Ogdens- 



burg July 17 



According to Dr Meek, it is common on the flats and in the 

 southern end of Cayuga lake, also in streams on the uplands, at 

 Cayuga and Montezuma. Dr Mearns took it in Echo lake and 

 Long pond of the Hudson Highlands. The state museum 

 secured numerous individuals from Shinnecock bay July 21, 

 Scallop pond, Peconic bay July 28, and Mecox bay Aug. 1, 1898. 



The fish is very common in a lake at 110th street and 5th 

 avenue, Central park, New York city. 



In Eugene Smith's experience the species throve better in 

 the aquarium than any other killifish except Fundulus 

 heteroclitus, and became very tame in captivity, though 

 always attacking the fins of other fishes. In the New York 

 aquarium the fish proved to be very delicate, usually dying from 

 fungus attacks before the salt water treatment removed the 

 parasite. 



In Ohio, and west, is found a variety with very distinct and 

 somewhat irregular bands and the back always spotted, which 

 has been called variety m e n o n a by Jordan and Copeland. 

 Eastern specimens have the back unspotted and the cross bands 

 faint and regular, but extremely variable in number. The dif- 

 ference in coloration of the sexes is very striking, specially in 

 the breeding season, when the adult males have silvery cross 

 bands. 



The barred killifish grows to the length of 4 inches. It runs 

 down into brackish waters along the east coast and ascends far 

 up the streams, delighting in cold water. It is eaten in large 

 numbers by the striped bass and the weakfish. In the fresh 

 waters the black bass and trout also feed on it. 



