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Table No. i6. Showing the Resilts of Food Stcdies of Yoisc, Sm.u.l-mouthed Black 

 Bass Under Two In-ches (50 mm) in Length 



A-ho".y Tji{^^^' l^biT-j En.on,«..™- 



Epheinerid 

 nymph*. >8' 



n>inphs. 11": 



CoMJwdt u>d 



fi«h; over 9o' 

 erf food in loni 



L«r\-«e and I Ephrmrrid 



puptte mbun- ( nvmphs. about 



dantufood; | la*:^ of food, 

 in jome 301- 



Larvar and 

 pupae; adult 

 CardMra. 



Cnm Lake. 

 Va.. Aug., 

 1019. 



6 Cladocera. about 



Mayfly nymphs. 



Moore. Emme- 

 I>ne. •«. 

 P-53 



nymphi; 

 TrichopU 



After they have increased in size to more than alwuit two inclies there seems 

 to lie a rather sudden change in their food and food hahits. Fish two or tliret 

 inches in length eat entoniostracans in relatively small amounts, hut take insects 

 of many kinds. It was ohserved in Oneida l^ke that these larger young Ikiss did 

 not frec|uent the ojien shallows so nnich hut remained alniut vegetation jiatches in 

 deeper waters where insects were m(»re likely to lie found. .\ tahle showing 

 im|)ortant findings from f<xid studies of Small-mouthed Black Bass two or three 

 inches in length here follows: 



Tmii I. No. 17. SiiMwi 



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T^ nr ^■^<^t> StiDiEs OF Small-molthed Black Bass 



!hi.. 1 In. mi s Long 



