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Apparently a rare species in Ohio. Dr. Jordan (Ohio Rept.) 

 says : " It is found in the tributaries of Lake Erie and even in 

 the lake itself. It also occurs in the southeastern part of the 

 state. ' ' Since then it has not been noticed by any other collector, 

 and the writer has taken it but once, a single specimen from a. 

 small tributary of the Grand river near Painesville, August 2, 

 1900. 



Rhinichthys atronasus (Mitchill). Beack-nosed Dace. 



Head 4; depth 4^; eye \% in snout, 4^2 in head. D. 7 or 8; A. 7; 

 scales 10-65-6; teeth 2, 4-4, 2. Body moderately elongate, little compressed. 

 Head moderate, rather broad and flattish above; snout moderate; mouth 

 horizontal, lower jaw included; barbels well marked in all Ohio specimens 

 examined. Color above dark-yellowish olive, much blotched with black ; a 

 black lateral band passing forward through eye to snout; breeding males 

 have the lateral band and the lower fins bright orange or crimson. All color 

 markings less evident in females and young, but the lateral, dark band 

 always present. 



Distributed over the state and generally common or even, 

 abundant in suitable localities. It is essentially a " brook ,y 

 species, being rarely found in larger streams, but swarming in 

 clear, cold spring runs, in company with Chrosomus erythrogaster. 

 Hamilton County, " common in all the streams," Henshall, 18S8 ; 

 Lorain County, " Spring brook and Chance Creek, not common," 

 McCormick, 1892; Maumee river system, "several from Lost 

 creek near Cecil, by Prof. Meek, found nowhere else " (in Ohio),. 

 Kirsch, 1893 ; Franklin County, Grant's Run and Plum Run, 

 common, Williamson and Osburn, 1897 ; Knox County, Little 

 Jelloway creek, Parker's Run, Joe Sapp Run and Shadley Run, 

 tributaries of Big Jelloway creek, common or abundant, May 24 

 given as a breeding date, Parker, Williamson and Osburn, 1898 ; 

 Ohio river at Ironton, Huron river at Milan, Wabash river at 

 Celina, Wolf creek at Dayton, North Fork of Licking river at 

 Newark, in all of these cases the species has been taken in small 

 nameless tributaries rather than in the main stream, with the 

 exception of Wolf creek and the Ohio river, R. C. Osburn, 1899 >' 

 Cuyahoga river at Kent and Hawkins, and Breakneck creek near 

 Kent, R. C. Osburn, 1900. 



