264 SUCKERS, CARP, AND MINNOWS 



The Minnow Family contains (says "American Food and 

 Game Fishes") 200 genera, and more than 1,000 species, of 

 which about 225 are found in our waters. 



Many a Minnow only 2 inches in length is a fully grown 

 fish; but some species of Minnows attain a length of from 1 to 

 2 feet. One of the Pacific coast species (the Squaw-Fish) 

 sometimes reaches a length of 4 feet. 



For obvious reasons, it is impracticable to attempt to set 

 forth even the leading species of this extensive Family, but 

 it is proper to mention that to it belong the Hornyhead, of the 

 Ohio and Mississippi Valleys, the Fallfish of the northern 

 Atlantic states, the Common Chub of the northeastern states, 

 the Columbia Chub of the far northwestern states, and the 

 Utah Lake Chub of Utah and northwestern Wyoming. 



