248 FISH. 



LIST OF SPECIES. 



1. Icthyomyzon concolor (Kirtland). Silver lamprey. — Seldom 

 seen by the commercial fisherman of this region and very little of its 

 destructive work was noticed hence I have concluded that it is not 

 abundant. 



2. Lepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus). Long-nosed gar.— This fish is 

 quite common in the sand region, especially in the shallower waters 

 of the bayous and stagnant mouths of streams. Taken in Orr's 

 fish-trap, Turtle Bay, Mud Creek, and the county drain near Bayport. 

 Recorded from Saginaw Bay by Cope (1864, 276) under the name 

 Lepidosteus huronensis. 



3. Amia calva Linnaeus. Dogfish; bowfin; grindle fish; mudfish; 

 brindle fish; poisson de Marais.- — Common throughout the region. 

 Specimens were taken in Orr's fish-trap. Turtle Bay, and the upper 

 and lower parts of the Pigeon River. 



4. Ameiurus natalis (Le Sueur). Yellow catfish; catfish. — This 

 species is very generally distributed and fairly abundant. Taken in 

 the Pigeon River, Caseville marsh (a marsh joining both with the 

 Pigeon River and Saginaw Bay), Rush Lake (deeper part), Mud 

 Creek, and the county drain near Bayport. 



5. Ameiurus vulgaris (Thompson). Long-jawed catfish.— Not 

 found abundantly in any place. Onlv a few specimens were taken 

 and these were all from the following places: Orr's fish-trap, Rush 

 Lake (deeper part), Tiu-tle Bay. 



6. Ameiurus nebulosus (Le Sueur). Common bull-head; horn- 

 pout; catfish. — Found abundantly in the following places: Turtle 

 Bay, Wild Fowl Bay (near Turtle Bay), ox-bow pond at Caseville, 

 pond near Turtle Ba}' on Sand Point. 



7. Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque). Bull-head; black bull-head; 

 small black -catfish. — This species is the most abundant of the cat- 

 fishes of this region. It was found in great numbers in the following 

 places: Turtle Bay, Pigeon River, marsh on lake shore near Pigeon 

 River, Mud Creek, county drain near Bayport and in the county 

 drain and in the marsh at the west end of Rush Lake, as well as in 

 the deeper part of the lake itself. 



8. Ameiurus lacustris (Walbaum). Great fork-tailed cat; Mis- 

 sissippi cat; Florida cat; great catfish of the lakes.— A single speci- 

 men was taken in Turtle Bay. They are caught on set lines in from 

 2-10 feet of water in various parts of Wild Fowl Bay, especially near 

 the Sand Point shore, where the^'' are fairly abundant. 



9. Noturus flavus Rafinesque. Yellow stone-cat; common stone- 

 cat.— This species was taken only in the deeper waters of Saginaw 



