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notably Notropis procne, Clinostomus elongatus and Nocomts mi- 

 cropogon to enter Catherine creek. 



In at least one instance a Susquehanna stream has been arti- 

 ficially diverted into the Oswego drainage. A branch of Tiough- 

 nioga creek was made to flow into DeRuyter reservoir by the con- 

 struction of a dam. This causes its waters to flow into Limestone 

 creek of the Oneida lake basin. 



(3) The Barge canal which connects the Oswego watershed di- 

 rectly with the Genesee and Mohawk rivers. 



For the purpose of treating the distribution of the various 

 fishes the Oswego drainage has been subdivided into smaller divis- 

 ions, which are as follows: 



1. Canandaigua lake. 



2. Canandaigua lake inlets. 



3. Kueka lake. 



4. Keuka lake inlets. 



5. Seneca lake. 



- 6. Seneca lake inlets. 



7. Cayuga lake. 



8. Cayuga lake inlets. 



9. Owasco lake. 



10. Owasco lake inlets. 



11. Skaneateles lake. 



12. Skaneateles lake inlets. 



13. Otisco lake. 



14. Otisco lake inlets. 



15. Onondaga lake. 



16. Onondaga lake inlets. 



17. Oneida lake. 



18. Oneida lake inlets. 



19. Oswego river. 



20. Oswego river tributaries (exclusive of Seneca and Oneida 



river), 



21. Oneida river. 



22. Oneida river tributaries. 



23. Seneca river. 



24. Seneca river tributaries. 



25. Clyde river. 



26. Clyde river tributaries. 



This chart of fish distribution (p. 103), shows the known distri 

 bution of the numerous species of fish throughout the watershed. 



Classification of Fish. — In the annotated list (page 95) 100 

 species of fish representing 24 families are listed from the Oswego 

 drainage. From an economic standpoint these may be divided 

 into food and game fish (those commonly taken for sport or for 

 use as food) and non-food, non-game fish (those not taken for these 

 purposes). 



Food and Game Fish. — Tinder this heading 43 species may be 

 listed. For the entire drainage area, it would be impossible to list 



