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deep ; head broad and flat, with an angle at the temporal region ; muzzle broad and 

 obtuse ; mouth rather small, horizontal, terminal, the jaws about equal, the maxillary 

 not reaching eye; dorsal fin inserted above the ventrals, nearer snout than caudal ; 

 scales in front of the dorsal 28, small and crowded. 



Color, dusky yellowish ; sides silvery, with an obsolete dark lateral band which, 

 ends in a jet-black spot at base of caudal fin ; a distinct black spot on anterior dorsal 

 rays about half-way up. 



The Bullhead Minnow closely resembles the Blunt-nosed Minnow [PiniepJiales 

 notattis), but the mouth is rather larger, the muzzle less truncate, and the color is 

 less plumbeous, more silvery, and the black spots on caudal peduncle and dorsal fin 

 are more sharply defined. The spring males have little, if any, black pigment. 



C^'^^'i^^ l!\iViViQ)\^ J— Notropis cayuga Meek. 



This little fish was first described in 1888 from specimens obtained in Cayuga 

 Lake at Ithaca. It is now known from various places in northern New York and 

 westward to Assiniboia, the Dakotas, Nebraska and Kansas. It prefers the lakes, 

 though it is not infrequently found in streams. It is fairly abundant in Cayuga 

 Lake and perhaps in all the small lakes of interior New York. 



It reaches a length of but 2 or 3 inches, which somewhat militates against its 

 being of much value as a bait minnow. But used singly for Yellow Perch or with 2 

 or more on the hook for Yellow Pike, it is usually quite effective ; and some anglers 

 find the larger ones very good for the smaller bass, particularly in still fishing for the 

 Small-mouthed Black Bass. For Yellow Perch there is no better minnow if the 

 larger ones are selected. 



It may be obtained easily by using a minnow seine in shallow water in the small 

 lakes ; it lives fairly well in the minnow bucket or on the hook, and is active and 

 attractive. 



Head about 4; depth 43^ ; eye 3}^ ; scales, 36 in lateral line, about 14 before the 

 dorsal ; teeth 4-4. Body rather stout, the back a little elevated ; mouth very small, 

 anterior, the maxillary not reaching eye ; jaws subequal ; eye large, equal to snout. 



Color, scales above dark-edged, the outlines very sharply defined ; side somewhat 

 dusky ; a black lateral stripe across snout and through eye, and a small black caudal 

 spot ; no black on chin. 



This species closely resembles Notropis hcterodon, which is frequently found in 

 the same waters, but it may be readily distinguished from that species by the absence 

 of black on the chin. 



