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mark that it bites well at grasshopper, pork and worms, and is 

 good eating. 



With regard to the lishes to be had in the vicinity of Provo, 

 Utah, it may be stated that it is the only place west of the Rocky 

 Mountains where an abundance of angle worms may be had, the 

 species having been introduced by an enterprising physician 

 from the east. 



Half Scaled Chub, — Gila, seminuda. Cope and Yarrow. 



Specific c/iaraciers.^G&neral appearance similar to others of 

 the genus. Head enters total length five times. Diameter of 

 eye enters length of side of head four times. Scales small and 

 subcircular. 



Color. — Purplish brown above, silvery beneath. Fins yellowish 

 to pink. Habitat. — Rio Virgen River, Utah. 



This species is very abundant in the river named, near Wash- 

 ington, Utah, and hundreds are taken by hook and line. Bait 

 used, grasshoppers. 



Mullet of the Mormons. — Sihoma atraria. Girard. 



Specific characters. — Body elongated ; head enters total length 

 a little less than four times ; mouth small ; eye enters length 

 of side of head five and a half times. Anterior margin of dorsal 

 fin nearer the insertion of caudal than end of snout. 



Color. — Brownish black above ; greyish white below. Habitat. 

 — Utah, Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico, in short, is one of the 

 most abundant species in the Rocky Mountain Basin. Is not gen- 

 erally fished for, as the flesh is poor and insipid during the warm 

 months. Will not generally take the hook except it be baited 

 with grubs or larvae of which they appear to be very fond. Are 

 sometimes taken in the trout nets at Lake Utah weighing fronr 

 five to seven pounds. 



Long headed Mullet. — Sihoma atraria^ var. longiceps. Cope, 



Is a fish greatly resembling the preceding, which is found in Ne- 

 rada, Utah and New Mexico ; bites freely at grasshoppers. 



