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10. Catostomus catostomus (Forster). Long-nosed Sucker. — Not uncommon ; 

 several fine specimens obtained in gill-nets near Grenadier Island ; one of the most 

 important food-fishes of the family. Among the suckers of Lake Ontario this 

 species may always be known by its long nose, fine scales and red sides. 



11. Catostomus commersonii (Lacepede). Common White Sucker. — Com- 

 mon everywhere and numerous specimens obtained, representing the following 

 localities: Cape Vincent; Grenadier Island; Sacketts Harbor; Mill Creek near 

 Sacketts Harbor; Little Stony Brook, Henderson Bay; Cemetery Creek near Water- 

 town ; Guffon Creek, Chaumont ; Big Sandy Creek at Belleville ; Spring Brook and 

 Wart Creek, Pulaski ; mouth of Salmon River at Selkirk ; Three-mile Creek, 

 Oswego ; Four-mile Creek and Salt Brook at Nine-mile Point ; and Marsh Creek at 

 Point Breeze. 



12. Erimyzon sucetta oblongus (Mitchill). Chub Sucker. — This sucker was 

 found only in Black Creek, tributary to Oswego River. 



13. Moxostoma anisurum (Rafinesque). White-nosed Sucker. — Specimens 

 obtained at Fox Island and Point Breeze. These specimens differ from the descrip- 

 tions in having the lower lip rather lunate, than V-shaped or U-shaped. Head 4; 

 depth 3/; eye 5 ; cheek 3 ; D. 16; A. 7; scales 6-42-5. 



14. Moxostoma aureolum (Le Sueur). Redhorse. — Specimens from the lake 

 near Oswego; near Nine-mile Point; mouth of Salmon River; Long Pond at Char- 

 lotte; and Sandy Creek at North Hamlin. This is a common species in the lake. 



15. Campostoma anomalum (Rafinesque). Stone-ROLLER. — Common in many 

 places. Found in creek at Pultneyville ; Salt Brook near Nine-mile Point ; Long 

 Pond at Charlotte ; and Marsh Creek at Point Breeze. 



16. Chrosomus erythrogaster Rafinesque. Red-BELLIED Dace. — Cemetery 

 Creek near Watertown ; Salt Brook near Nine-mile Point, and Long Pond at 

 Charlotte. 



17. Hybognathus nuchale Agassiz. Silvery Minnow.— Mill Creek near 

 Sacketts Harbor ; Salt Brook near Nine-mile Point ; Cemetery Creek near Water- 

 town. 



18. Pimephales promelas Rafinesque. Fathead Minnow. — Obtained in 

 Three-mile Creek at Oswego ; Mill Creek near Sacketts Harbor ; and Salt Brook 

 near Nine-mile Point. 



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