49. The Hornpout. CATFISH. BULLHEAD. MINISTER. Amiunts nebulosus. 



Grows to eighteen inches in length. Color, yellowish, greenish brown or black ; mottled sides, white beneath. 

 Armed with a sharp spine in back and breast fins, which often produces a painful wound when brought in contact 

 with the hand of the fisherman. 



Abounds everywhere in muddy ponds or quiet nooks of rivers, shunning the sunlight and biting during the day- 

 time only in dark, shady places, feeding at night. The Hornpout takes worms, live and dead fish bait, or any 

 meat. 



The value of the Hornpout as a foodfish depends upon the water from which it is taken, being excellent -when 

 found in clear water, but is often muddy in taste. 



50. The White, Silver, or Channel-Cat. Ictahtrus functatus. 



Grows to three feet in length. Color, olive gray with brown spots and silvery sides, otherwise like the Hornpout. 

 Lives in rivers. 



