Oneida Lake Fishes 3^5 



rif a bee but as a rule the pain is not so intense and is usually confined to the 

 wounded region. Fre(iuently a very severe sting upon the end of the finger caused 

 piiiii throughout the hand and wrist. In several cases after receiving deep punc- 

 tures on the end of the finger sharp pains which continue*! for several hours were 

 e.\i»erienced to the elbow. Dr. Kvemiann (MS.) de.scril>es the jiain as a "very 

 stinging sensation, more like that which would result from a severe nettle sting.' 

 This describes preci.sely the majority of stings, for in han<Iling live si)cciniens 

 ordinarily only the tip of the spine enters the flesh. The mechanical injury is so 

 slight that frequently it is impossible to discover the wound excejn for the stinging 

 sensation. From an ordinary sting such as is received in handling the live fish, 

 the pain continues from one to .several hours. de])ending probably uimn the amount 

 of [xiison entering the wound. Hoth in sensati(jn and duration these wounds diflFer 

 from those made by a prick or ])uncture of a sharply i)ointe<l instrument. ITie 

 swelling is hardly perceptible, e.xcept in the case of very severe ])unctures, in which 

 event the flesh about the wound becomes distinctly swollen and slightly discolored. 

 Similar results, but UKjre marked, are pro<luced by introducing a jxjrtion of a 

 fresh gland underneath the skin." Schilbeotles (lyriinis was the only s])ecies avail- 

 able for e.\i>crinientation. Some other species of the genus are said to Ik" more 

 poisonous. 



keferenees. Hean, 03 : Evermann and Clark. '20 ; P\>rl)es, '88 ; Forties and 

 Richardson, 'cxj: Hankinson, '08; Hay, '94: I'earse, '15, '18; Richardson, '13; 

 Reed. '07: Wright and Allen, "13. 



Schilbeodes miurus (Jonlani. \ arifgatkh Stonec.vt. Hriklkii Sto.nelm. 

 The most iniperfectly known of the siluri<ls which we to«)k in the lake. Xothing 

 has l)een found recorded on its breeding habits. It is easily distinguished from 

 5". ijyrinus by its mottled coloration. 



HabiUil. In habitat this sinrcies, according to Forl)es and Richardson ( "tx^, 

 ]». jof)», "agrees cbisely with flavus in its ecological j)references, iK'ing, like that 

 sillies, found only in running streams (but most abuiulantly in creeks) and 

 al)senl, so far as our observations go, from standing waters. It likewise .igrees 

 with fhifiis in its preference for a clean Iwittom and a swift current." Hankinson 

 ("13, p. loij) fouml it on the rocky Ixittom of a river and its larger tributaries. 

 Our largest siK-cimens were l.iken from ( >neida Lake; and in the shallow water 

 of its outlet, at (.'oville's l--in<Iing, Mrewerton, small young were taken. I'jHtn the 

 wave-washe«i l)oul«lery shores it proliably finds the conditions similar to those in 

 streams. 



I'ooil. The only information niorded on the fiKnl is that by Maker {'i(\ p. 

 177), in res|K-ct to a single siKtimen (No. ^xj) from Lower South Hay. ( )netda 

 I-ike, which containe<l "only algae an<l mutl." 



Distrihiilion Hecords. We have secure<l only seven specimens of the Hridle<l 

 Stonecat: No. 3o«), .South Hay; No. I03, I-idd's Point; No. 561, I'txidygtit Itay ; 

 No. f)04, in a sanily Iwy iK-tween Wc<lgcworth I'oint and FairchibI Hay; Nos. <CJ 

 and 6jfi, from Coville's I.anding. Hrewcrton. Four of these seven specimens 

 were foiuul flcarl. 



