CHAPTER XVI. 



NATURAL BAITS. 



THERE is not much to be added to the Chapter on Na- 

 tural Baits. There have been some changes in the scien- 

 tific nomenclature of the cyprinoid fishes, or minnows, men- 

 tioned on page 318 of " The Book of the Black Bass," 

 owing to a better understanding of the ichthyology of North 

 America, 



The common shiner is now known as Notropis megalops ; 

 the creek chub as Semotilus atromaculatm ; and the horned, 

 or river chub as Hybopsis kentuckiensis. To these may be 

 added the steel-backed minnow, Campostoma anomalum, 

 which is a very common minnow, brassy in coloration, and 

 much mottled with dark blotches ; it has thick, tough lips, 

 almost sucker-like, and is a favorite bait on Kentucky and 

 Ohio streams. 



There are a dozen or more species of minnows used for 

 bait, in Black Bass fishing, and which are indiscriminately 

 called by anglers "chubs" and 4fc shiners;" but it would 

 only cause confusion to allude to their scientific names. 



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