32 FISHES OF LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. 



Very common in the lake, entering the streams occasionally. 

 This is one of the most valuable food-fishes taken in the pounds. 



85. Stizosteclioii canadeiise (C. H. Smith). Sauger. 



[Jovd. Man. 371. O. St. Surv. 130.] 



Body shaped like the preceding but not so much arched in the 

 back, dorsal fins with two or three, rows of dark spots, second dorsal 

 with 77 or 18 rays, color olive or greyish with dark mottiings which 

 form about three bands in young specimens. Length 18 inches, 

 weight not often more than 2j^ pounds. 



Common in the lake, entering the streams oftener than the 

 last species. 



Family XXI. SEKEANID^. The Sea-bass. 



86. Koccus chrysops (Rafinesque). White Bass. 



[Jord. Man. 373. O. St. Surv. 127.] 



A perch-like fish, but with three spines in anal fin, silvery 

 white with five or six dark longitudinal lines. Length 10 to 15 

 inches. (See plate 13.) 



Quite common in the lake, ascending the streams to the dams. 

 Mr. George Dewey reports that it occurs near Kipton, far above 

 the dams. This one representative of a large salt-water family is 

 supposed by some to be the land-locked form of the Striped Bass 

 (Roccus lineattis'). 



Family XXIL SCI.^NID^. The Drumfishes. 



87. Aplodinotus grunniens (Rafinesque). Sheeps- 

 HEAD. Lake Drum. 



[Jord. Man. 398. O. St. Surv, 156.] 



Body oblong, with symmetrically arched back, soft dorsal much 

 longer than the spiny part, color clear silvery white in young, often 

 smoky brown in larger specimens, the second anal spine several 

 times larger and stouter than the first. (See plate 14. ) 



A worthless fish, very common in the lake. I have seen large 

 specimens on the riffles of the Vermillion among the suckers in 

 April, and young ones are common just below the dam in Black 

 River in August and September. The otolithic ear-bones of this 

 species are the "lucky stones" that are often found on the lake 

 beach. 



