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hiding places, but with a little skill and pa- 

 tience, enough to stock a medium-sized aqua- 

 rium may be secured in a short while, pro- 

 vided a small net is used for their capture. 



The coloring of this little fish is remark- 

 able. The dark olive colored back is 

 bounded by a bright, silvery band. Along- 

 side and parallel with this, runs a very dark 

 stripe which is continued over the nose, giv- 

 ing the fish its name. The belly is a beauti- 

 ful silvery gray, which, in the male during 

 mating time, changes to a bright orange red, 

 extending also to all the abdominal fins. 

 Occasionally males are found on which an 

 orange luster overspreads the whole body. 



The Long-nosed Dace (Rhinichtys catarac- 

 tce) resembles in shape the above fish. 

 The color is olivaceous, gradually shading 

 to lighter towards the belly. The black 

 band of the former fish is missing, but part 

 of it may be found as a blackish spot on 

 opercle and cheek. In spring during the 

 mating season, the cheeks, lips and abdomi- 



