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and Osburn, 1898 ; Ice creek at Ironton, John's creek at Water- 

 loo, Huron river at Milan, Ashtabula creek at Ashtabula, Wabash 

 river at Celina, Stillwater and Wolf creeks near Dayton, North 

 Fork of Licking river at Newark, R. C. Osburn, 1899 ; Nigger- 

 mill Run at Salem, Mahoning river, K. B. Williamson, 1900 ; 

 Sandusky Ba}^ Cuj-ahoga river at Kent and Hawkins, Breakneck 

 creek at Kent, Chippewa lake, Grand river at Painesville, Chagrin 

 river at Willoughby, R. C. Osburn, 1900. 



Genus: Leuciscus. 



Leuciscus elongatus (Kirtland). Red-sided Dace. 



Head 4; depth 5; e} 7 e 4 to 4^. D. 8; A. 9; scales 10-70-5; teeth 2, 5-4, 

 2. Bod}' elongate, compressed; head long, pointed; mouth very large, 

 oblique, the maxillary extending to middle of orbit ; lower jaw projecting, 

 with a small knob at its symphysis. Color above varying from a dark blu- 

 ish to greenish, sides somewhat paler and mottled; a dark vertebral line; 

 along the side is a broad band, bright blood red anteriorly, black posteriorly, 

 the two colors shading into each other imperceptibly at about middle of 

 body; above this band is a narrow brassy band; belly silvery white. In 

 breeding males the belly and lower fins are tinged with rosy; in females and 

 3 T oung the bright colors are subdued or wanting. Length 5 inches. 



The Red-sided Shiner is certainly one of the most elegant of 

 fishes. It is, generally speaking, a brook species, inhabiting 

 clear deep pools of brooks and spring runs, though Dr. Kirtland, 

 who described the species, records it for Lake Erie. It is found 

 in the tributaries of the Ohio and of the Lake, but has not been # 

 noticed in the western part of the state. Mahoning river in 

 Trumbull Count}^ and Lake Erie near Cleveland, Kirtland ; 

 Lorain County, " common in Spring brook, but not found else- 

 where," McCormick, 1892 ; Knox County, Little Jellowa)^ creek, 

 Black Run, Parker's Run, Joe Sapp Run, Shadly Run and Doudy 

 ■creek, tributaries of Big Jelloway creek, common, Parker, Will- 

 iamson and Osburn, 1898 ; Wilson's Run, a small tributary of 

 the North Fork of Licking river near Newark, R. C. Osburn, 

 1899; Niggermill Run at Salem, E. B. Williamson, 1900; a 

 small tributary of the Grand river at Painesville, R. C. Osburn, 

 1900. 



