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50. Gasterosteus bispinosus Walbaum. Common Stickleback. — Not com- 

 mon. Found only at Grenadier Island ; Horse Island, and in Salt Creek near Nine- 

 mile Point. These seem to be the first records of the occurrence of this salt-water 

 fish in the Great Lakes. 



51. Percopsis guttatus Agassiz. Trout Perch. — Probably not uncommon in 

 the lake, but specimens were obtained only at Cape Vincent ; Grenadier Island, and 

 Nine-mile Point. Several specimens were found dead. 



52. Labidesthes sicculus (Cope). Skipjack. — Probably common in the lake. 

 Stony Island ; Great Sodus Bay ; Long Pond at Charlotte, and Sandy Creek at 

 North Hamlin. No large schools were seen. 



53. Pomoxis sparoides (Lacepede). Calico Bass. — Found only in Long Pond 

 near Charlotte. 



54. Ambloplites rupestris (Rafinesque). Rock Bass. — Common everywhere. 

 Cape Vincent ; Grenadier Island; Mill Creek near Sacketts Harbor; Little Stony 

 Brook at Henderson Bay: Cemetery Creek near Watertown ; Guffon Creek near 

 Chaumont ; Chaumont River; Salmon River and Little Salmon Creek; Black Creek 

 near Scriba Corner ; Great Sodus Bay ; Salt Brook near Nine-mile Point ; Sandy 

 Creek near North Hamlin, and Marsh Creek near Point Breeze. 



55. Lepomis pallidus (Mitchill). Bluegill. — Doubtless common, but actually 

 obtained only at Stony Island off Sacketts Harbor. 



56. Eupomotis gibbosus (Linnaeus). Pumpkinseed. — Very abundant and 

 found at nearly every place where collections were made. Mud Creek and lake 

 near Cape Vincent ; Grenadier Island ; Horse Island ; Stony Island ; Big Stony 

 Creek at Henderson Harbor; Cemetery Creek near Watertown; Black River at 

 Huntingtonville ; Guffon Creek and Chaumont River near Chaumont ; Black Creek 

 near Scriba Corner ; Lakeview near Oswego ; Little Salmon Creek and Salmon 

 River ; Three-mile Creek near Oswego ; Great Sodus Bay ; creek at Pultneyville ; 

 Four-mile Creek at Nine-mile Point ; Long Pond near Charlotte ; Sandy Creek 

 near North Hamlin, and Marsh Creek at Point Breeze. 



57. Micropterus dolomieu Lacepede. Small-mouth Black Bass. Abundant 

 nearly everywhere, especially in a cove on Grenadier Island, where hundreds of 

 young 3 to 12 inches long were seen. 



