20 FISHES OF LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. 



Barbel at angle of premaxillary present. 



40. Rhinichthys atronasus (Mitchill). Black-nosed 



Dace. 



[Jord. Man. 137. O. St. Sui-v. 79.] 



Body thick, moderately elongated, head large, eyes small. 

 Premaxillaries not protractile, a minute barbel on the angle, snout 

 short, scales small, ((53 in lateral line); color dark, blackish above, 

 mottled on the sides, with a band of orange and black on the sides; 

 sometimes whole body bright crimson. Length 3 inches. 



I have found this species only in Spring Brook and Chance 

 Creek. Not common. 



41. Hybopsis amblops (Rafinesque). Big-eyed Chub. 



[Jord. Man. 142. O. .St. Surv.'Si.] 



Slender, with big head flattened above, eye longer than snout, 

 premaxillaries protractile, sides with a dusky lateral band overlaid by 

 silvery; color pale straw. Length 4 inches. 



Common in some of the streams. 



42- Hybopsis storerianus (Kirtland). Lake-minnow. 



[Jord. Man. 143. O. St. Surv. 62.] 



Body rather .elongated, head short, broad between the eyes, 

 eye equal to snout, pale, sides bright silvery, no darker band. 

 Length 8 inches. 



One small specimen taken in Beaver Creek. A few are some- 

 times taken in the pound nets. On July 8, 1891, after a storm, a 

 great many large ones were thrown on the beach by the waves, 

 along with stone-cats and trout-perch. 



43- Hybopsis kentuckiensis (Rafinesque). Horny 

 Head. 



[Jord, Man. 144. 0\ St. Snrv. 82.] 



Body thick, head large and broad, snout long and blunt, bar- 

 bel conspicuous, color bluish dusky with coppery tints, not silvery, 

 males in Spring with large tubercles on head. Length 10 inches. 



Very common in the larger streams. 



44- Seuiotilus atromaculatus (Mitchill). Chub. 



[Jord, Man. 149. O. St. Surv. 84.] 



A heavily built, chunky fish, head large, scales small, crowded 

 before the dorsal, a distinct black spot at base of dorsal, anal with 

 S rays ; dusky hrown. Length 12 inches. (See plate 3.) 



Abundant in most of the streams. 



