FISHES OF MINNESOTA VII 



the thougM of placing first and most conspicuous those points 

 which would first attract the eye of the untrained observer. This 

 method is somewhat unscientific in many cases, yet it is thought 

 to be best for this report, since it is intended for the use of persons 

 who have not had special training in this line. The nomenclature 

 and arrangement of the various classes, orders, families, genera and 

 species is that of the Fishes of North and Middle America referred 

 to above. The classes, orders and genera have not been character- 

 ized and the sub-classes have been entirely omitted'. 



There has been very little matter published concerning the fishes 

 of Minnesota. An occasional note is found in the Proceedings and 

 the Journal of the Academy of Natural Science, Philadelphia; in 

 the Reports and Bulletins of the U. S. Fish Commission; and sev- 

 eral references are found in Agassiz's Lake Superior. A paper on 

 Ichthyological Investigations in Western Minnesota and Eastern 

 North Dakota by Prof. A. J. Woolman of Duluth has appeared as 

 a part of Part XIX. of the U. S. Fish Commission, the proof sheets 

 of which were kindly loaned me by the Fish Commission. These 

 are all the sources of any importance from which information can 

 be gained except from the fishes themselves. 



In the museum of the University there is a small collection of 

 fish which was made chiefly in the region of Minneapolis, and 

 classified in 1879 by Dr. T. S. Eoberts, and a few specimens that 

 were collected by Prof. Hall, C. L. Herrick and others about the 

 same time or before. In 1891 Professors Nachtrieb and Lugger 

 with A. D. Meeds and A. Bothe made collections in the region of 

 Lake Vermillion. In 1892 under the direction of the Natural 

 History Survey a party consisting of A. Schneider, J. A. Crecelius, 

 F. B. Sumner and Clarke, Barrows made collections in Ramsey 

 County and' in the region of Mille Lacs. In the same year, 

 under the direction of the U. S. Fish Commission, Prof. 

 A. J. Woolman and the writer made collections in Trav- 

 erse and Big Stone lakes and tributaries at Brown's Val- 

 ley, Big Stone Lake at Ortonville, and the Minnesota River 

 and tributaries at Appleton and Montevideo. Mr. Woolman 

 continued the investigations along the Red River of the North and 

 its tributaries to the Canadian line. In 1893 under the direction 

 of the Natural History Survey a party consisting of F. B. Sumner, 

 John A. Crecelius, Clarke Barrows and C. H. Topping made ex- 

 tensive collections in the lakes of Hubbard County and the lakes 

 and streams at the headwaters of the Mississippi as far down as 

 Grand Rapids. Another party consisting of August Bothe, Geo. 

 D. Head, Frank Manson, and Clarence Whitman made extensive 



