NOTES ON THE FISHES OF LAKE ONTARIO, 
By Barton WARREN EVERMANN AND WILLIAM C. KENDALL. 
During the summer of 1894 a considerable collection of fishes was 
made in northern New York for the United States Fish Commission 
by Dr. Evermann, assisted by Dr. R. R. Gurley, Mr. Barton A. Bean, 
and Mr. R. H. Hinkley, jr. The larger part of the collection was 
obtained in Lake Ontario or from streams tributary to it. Since then 
various small collections have been received from time to time from 
the same region. The principal localities represented are as follows: 
Cape Vincent, Watertown, Sacketts Harbor, Chaumont Bay, Oswego, 
Charlotte, Point Breeze, Nine-mile Point, Pultneyville, Great Sodus 
Bay, Henderson Bay, Selkirk, North Hamlin, Buena Vista, Belleville, 
and Pulaski. The localities visited in the vicinity of Cape Vincent 
were Grenadier Island, Mud Creek, and various places in the lower 
end of the lake. 
In the present paper is given a list of the 66 species obtained in 
Lake Ontario and the streams tributary to it, together with notes 
on their relative abundance and any structural peculiarities noticed. 
Seven other species not obtained by these collectors are included 
because they are of special interest and have been previously recorded 
from the lake. The list embraces 73 species, and is of value in show- 
ing the distribution and abundance of the various species in this part 
of the State. 
1. Acipenser rubicundus Le Sueur. Lake Sturgeon. 
Not uncommon in the east end of the lake. Numerous specimens seen at Cape 
Vincent. 
2. Lepisosteus osseus (Linneus). Bill-fish. 
Seen at Cape Vincent and Sacketts Harbor; doubtless common throughout the 
lake and its larger tributaries. 
3. Amiacalva Linneus. Bowyin. 
Not obtained by us, but previously recorded from Lake Ontario. It is probably 
not uncommon in the lake. 
4. Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque). Channel Cat. 
One specimen obtained at Fox Island June 29; not noticeably different from Mis- 
sissippi River specimens. 
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