Oiii/</i/ Lake lisliiS 4-^3 



oil tlitir .s|)awiiin)4 «romi<ls (Bean, '03. |). 5-'3). Forbes" investigations of this 

 species (F()rl>es, 'jH. \). 75: '80, \>. 40; Ki)rl)es and Hichardson. '09, jj. 3J0: Haker. 

 '16, ]). HJ7) revealed Mav-fly nymphs. Chiroiioiiius larvae, other dipterous larvae, 

 isopod crustaceans {.Iscllust. and small fish. inclu<linj,' a sunfish. to he the food 

 found in 11 Illinois examples. Marshall and (iilhert (05. p. 5JJ ) found that in 

 one of four s))ecimens examined the fiwxl remains consisted of insect larvae. 



Distrihutioii Records. Mean ('13. p. 271 ) records the taking of 700 of these 

 tish from Oneida I-ake in iyi2. and one was taken hy .\nnin (Bean. "97. p. 241 ) 

 in iS</i. Two were caught hy us ( No. .^14) at Brewerton. < ictoher iS. KJ15. Eight 

 were obtained from H. N. Coville. which were brought to his market at Brewerton 

 ( Xos. 150. 627). No. 4270 was taken by llankinson and W. .\. Dencc. in fKjols 

 on sand flats of .Sylvan Beach, September 9. 11^27. 



litniiiifs ami Disease. Ward (■12.]). jjy ) found 12 of 13 White Bass exam- 

 ined to l»e infested with parasites. Ui these 295 were trematodes, an average of 

 J-, to a fish. Two cestf>des were found in each of the fish, and a nemat<j<le in one. 

 \an Cleave ('22, p. 3) describes a new genus and species of trematodes from the 

 White Bass taken in the Mississippi River system and at Sandusky, Ohio. He 

 names the fonn Allocanlliochasmus variiis. It had not I)een found in any other 

 host. Wilson ('if>. p. 3401 lists four species of mussel jwrasites on White Bass, 

 Aiiodoiila corpuleiila ("(M)i)er on the fins, and Lamf'sUus lii/aweiitiiia I^marck, 

 Quadrula heros Say and Q. plicata Say on the gills. He also obtained two 

 species of copepinls on the gills, Ergasilus cacrtdcus Wilson and II. ceiitrareliidarutii 

 Wright; and on the fins or outer surface of the body he found .Iri/itlus af>feiidi- 

 culosus Wilson. .Surln-r ('13. pp. 114-113) found one White Bass out of 92 

 examined infested with mus.sel parasites, Lawf>siliis liijawenliiui I-amarck. In 

 the four White Bass examined by Marshall and (iilliert {'05. j). 522). nematodes 

 were foimd in the stomachs of two fish, and in the intestines of one. .Acantho- 

 ce|)hala were taken from the stoniach of a single s|K'cimen. Ward and Magath 

 ("lO. p. 5(>) rivord a nematode iwirasite (Camallamis o.vyeefhahis sp. nov. ) from 

 the intestine of a White Bass from l'"airi)ort, Iowa. None of our Oneida I-ike 

 \\ bite Bass siiow any superficial evidence of disease. 



l-.eonom'u Relations. The White Bass is one of the In-st of our footl and gante 

 fishes. Its flesh is almost if not fully as gfKid as the tlesh of the black Iwss ( Bean, 

 '03, p. 523; '13. p. 271 I. Ilensball ('03, p. S7) says of it: "It is a fixxlfish of 

 much excellence, its flesh firm, white, flaky, and of goinl flavor." It is adapted for 

 cultivation (tiiKMle, "03, ji. 32: Sniith. '</i, p. 45S) and Uars shipment well (Goodc, 

 'f<4. !'■ 4-'«»)- 



Since White Bass ai>]KMr to U' destructive to wbitefish eggs (Bean, '03. p. 

 ;.• ^ I. it is likely that they would devour TullilKx eggs in Oneida I^ke in im]xirtanl 

 iinmlHTs if they were much more abundant than they apjK'ar to Ik-. The liabits 

 and fiMwl of this s|H'cies should Ik- studied in late fall when the TulliUvs are 

 breeding. We obtainecl sjime eviilence that the young, at least, contc to shallow 

 w.iter at this time (No. 314). More information on the status of the White Bass 

 ill ( ineida I -ike is needed to determine if it is decreasing in numlK>rs there, as our 

 nuai^rt' d.ila >.eem to show, and if so what the |H)ssible causes may Uv 



