492 FISHING IN AMERICAN WATERS. 



domestic fishes was canvassed, and fish nomenclature has> 

 undergone some change. This fish is more like a cross be- 

 tween the whitefish of the great lakes and the families Clu- 

 peidce. It is neither so white or oily as the whitefish of 

 Lake Ontario, nor has it the large scales and thin shape of 

 the herring or shad. The body is nearly as wide as it is 

 deep ; the meat is white, sweet, and rich, but not so adipose 

 as the common whitefish. I believe Seth Green is endeavor- 

 ing to disseminate this great table luxury by artificial prop- 

 agation. The whitefishes of Seneca and Canandaigua lakes 

 are Nearly or quite as good a fish as is that of Otsego Lake, 

 misnam'( 



GENESEE RIVER MULLET, OR RED HORSE. 



This is a sucker-mouthed carp (Cyprinus), being the prob- 

 able link between the sucker and the carp. It ranges in 

 weight from one pound to forty, and the scales are very 

 large. The fish is a light orange and gray on the back, or- 

 ange fins, and approximately orange head below the top, 

 which is dark gray. It inhabits many streams of soft sur- 

 face waters. Youth think fishing for red horse in Genesee 

 River very great sport ; for when it occasionally sucks in 

 the bait of angle- worm, grub, or crawfish, it plays very vigor- 

 ously. It has teeth on the tongue and palate, and enjoys a 

 wonderful conceit of itself, sometimes trying to imitate the 

 trout and black bass in rising to a fly ; but it is naturally 

 a bottom feeder, to be angled for with a small and strong 

 hook, baited with the red earth-worm, after the bait has 

 been scoured in moss several days, so as to be tough and 

 transparent. The meat is about as savory as a sucker, but 

 not so bony. 



