NATURAL HISTORY, TORONTO REGION 
four pounds, but they were exceptional; from one 
and a half to two being about the average size of the 
spring run of Suckers. 
9. Common Mullet. Red-horse. Moxostoma aureo- 
lum (Lesueur).—This is the handsomest and best of 
all the Sucker family. It was formerly an abundant 
spring visitor to the Humber and Don Rivers, but 
owing to persistent netting during the spawning sea- 
son it is now very seldom seen. In the early spring, 
as soon as the ice moves out, Mullet run up the 
streams to spawn, forcing their way through the 
swiftest torrents in order to reach the gravelly beds, 
upon which the ova are deposited. After spawning 
they retire to deep water. While in the streams they 
will readily take worm bait, and as they frequently 
attain a weight of four or five pounds they afford * * 
good sport in the waters they frequent. 
Crprrnmpaz. (The Carps.) 
10. Creek Chub. Horned Dace. Semotilus atro- 
maculatus (Mitchill)—This species sometimes at- 
tains a length of twelve inches; it is very abundant 
and generally distributed in all the streams of this 
vicinity. As a food fish it does not take high rank, 
though it affords a great deal of sport for rural school- 
boys. It spawns in early summer on the stony shal- 
lows in the streams it frequents. 
11. Red-sided Shiner. Leuciscus elongatus (Kirt- 
land).—This beautiful little fish is found in most of 
the streams having a muddy bottom. 
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