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46. Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque. Fresh-water drum : 

 sheepshead. — Taken in the pound nets by the commercial fishermen 

 all along the shore. 



47. Cottus ictalops (Rafinescfue). Miller's thunil); blob; muffle 

 jaw; bullhead; springfish.^ — Apparently rare in the sand region and 

 adjacent waters of Saginaw Bay. A single specimen was taken on 

 the north shore of Sand Point. 



48. Lota maculosa (Le Sueur) . Lawyer ; ling ; burbot ; aleky trout ; 

 mother of eels; eel-pout. — Not common. A few specimens were 

 taken from Orr's fish-trap, and one was found dead on the shore of 

 Sand Point in August. 



LITERATURE CITED. 



The literature that deals with the fish of this region is, so far as we 

 have been able to find, restricted to those of Saginaw Bay. 



1864. Cope, E. D. 



Partial Catalogue of the Cold-blooded Vertebrata of Michigan. 

 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1864, 276-285. 



1865. Cope, E. D. 



Partial Catalogue of the Cold-blooded Vertebrata of Michigan. 

 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1865, 78-85. 



1869. Cope. Synopsis of the Cyprinidae of Pennsylvania. Trans. 

 Amer. Phil. Soc, XIII, 351-410. 



1871. Cope, E. D. 



A Partial Synopsis of the Fishes of the Freshwaters of North 

 Carohna. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc, XI, 448-495. 



1884. Goode. G. Brown. 



The Fisheries and Fishery Industries of the United States. 

 Sec. I, U. S. Com. of Fish and Fisheries. 



1905. Michael, Ellis. 



Catalogue of Michigan Fish. 16th Ann. Rept. State of Michi- 

 gan Board of Fish Commissioners. 



1873. Milner, J. W. 



Report on the Fisheries of the Great Lakes; the Result of In- 

 quiries prosecuted in 1871 and 1872. Rept. U. S. Com. Fish 

 and Fisheries for 1872-1873. 1-75. 



