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the head. The snout is also comparatively broader than in L. osseus, its 

 least width being contained only 5 or 6 times in its length. Coloration much 

 as in L. osseus. 



Rare in Lake Erie and its tributaries, more common in the 

 Ohio and its tributary rivers. Ohio, Miami and Scioto rivers, 

 Rafinesque ; Maumee river at Toledo, "a single specimen," 

 Kirsch, 1893 ; Lorain county, "very rare," McCormick, 1892 ; 

 Sandusky Bay, one specimen, and Ohio river at Ironton, R. C. 

 Osburn, 1899. 



Lepisosteus tristcechus (Bloch and Schneider). Ai,ijgator Gar. 



Snout shorter than in either of the preceding members of this genus, 

 being usually shorter than the head. It is also comparatively much broader, 

 its least width being contained in its length 2,'A times. Length 8 or 10 feet. 

 "A huge, muscular, voracious fish, useless as food, remarkable for its arma- 

 ture of enameled scales. ' ' 



This species is included on the authority of Dr. Kirtland, 

 who says (Rept. on the Zool. of Ohio, 1838): "A specimen is 

 to be seen in the Cincinnati Museum, said to have been taken 

 within the bounds of our state." Jordan and Evermann (Bull. 

 47, U. S. Natl. Mus.) give its range as far as Cincinnati, whether 

 on added evidence I do not know. 



Order: CYCLOGANOIDEA. 



Family : Amiid^. 



Genus : Amia. 



Amia calva Linnaeus. Dogfish ; Bowfin ; GrindIvE. 



Head 2>H i n length ; depth 4 to 4^ ; D. 48 ; A. 10 to 12 ; V. 7 ; scales in 

 lateral line 67 ; lateral line nearly median, directed slightly upward at either 

 end. Color dark olive or blackish, paler below ; lower jaw usually with 

 round, dark spots ; fins somewhat mottled. Male with a round, black spot 

 at base of caudal above, surrounded by a yellowish or orange shade. Length, 

 male 18 inches ; female 2 feet. 



Lake Erie, Kirtland ; Lake Erie and Ohio river, Jordan ; 

 Lorain County, " Rare, once in a great while one is brought in 

 from the pounds, and I have taken one in Black river," McCor- 

 mick, 1892 ; Lake Erie, Henshall ; one specimen from the 

 Maumee river at Toledo, Kirsch, 1893 ; Huron river and San- 

 dusky Bay, R. C. Osburn, 1899. 



