400 REED-WRIGHT— THE VERTEBRATES OF [October ., 



1 6. Family Atherinidje. The Silversides. 



47. Labidesthes sicculus (Cope). Brook silverside. 



" Not found near Ithaca. Several specimens taken from a 

 small stream which empties into the canal a few rods south of 

 Montezuma " (Meek). It is now found to be common at the south 

 end of the lake over a muddy bottom along shore and in the lower 

 courses of streams. 



17. Family Centrarchid^. The Sunfishes. 



48. Pomoxis sparoides (Lacepede). Calico bass. 



Common at the south end of the lake. During the late summer 

 and early fall of 1906 the young of the species was abundant in the 

 lower course of Fall Creek and its tributaries. 



49. Ambloplites rupestris (Rafinesque). Rock bass. 



Common. The young are abundant in the lower courses of all 

 streams throughout the basin. It is not found above falls except 

 in Eddy pond in Cascadilla Creek where its presence is probably to 

 be explained in the same way as Notropis whipplii. 



50. Apomotis cyanellus (Rafinesque). Green sunfish. 



No specimens of this species have been recorded from the lake 

 basin in recent years and never from the south end. Meek found 

 a few near Montezuma. 



51. Lepomis pallidus (Mitchill). Bluegill. 



Meek found it in small numbers at Montezuma. None have 

 been recorded from other localities in the basin. 



52. Eupomotis gibbosus (Linnaeus). Pumpkin seed. 

 Abundant throughout the basin. It spawns during the whole of 



June and first part of July. 



53. Micropterus dolomieu Lacepede. Small-mouthed black bass. 

 Common. Meek recorded this species as not found by him at the 



south end of the lake where it is now common. During late sum- 

 mer and early fall the young are found abundantly in the lower 

 courses of the streams tributary to the lake. By the last of August 

 the young vary between four and five centimeters in length and by 

 December have attained a length of from six to seven centimeters. 



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