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nections with the Susquehanna stream system. Found in moderate to strong 

 current, mud to rubble bottom. 



31-b. Hargariscus margarita nachtriebi (Cox). — Nachtriebs minnow. 

 Rather rare. Inhabits a few streams of the northern part of the watershed. 

 Warm or cold waters in much the same type of current and bottom as the 

 preceding. 



32. Clinostomus elongatus (Kirtland),. — .Red-sided dace. Rare. Small 

 warm or cold streams. Specimens were taken in Catherine creek and in 

 several streams in the northern part of the drainage. In several Oneida lake 

 tributaries it was found in brook trout waters. 



33. Notropis procne (Cope). — Swallow-tailed minnow. Rare. Two specimens 

 were obtained in Catherine creek near Montour falls. This fish is not known 

 elsewhere from Lake Ontario drainage. It has doubtless entered Catherine 

 creek by means of a former canal connection with the Susquehanna system. 



34. Notropis heterodon (Cope). — Rare. Reed and Wright (1909) record 

 this species from Cayuga lake and from Beaver brook, a tributary of Fall 

 creek near McLean. In Cayuga lake it is usually taken near weed beds. 



35. Notropis ano genus Forbes. — Black-chinned minnow. Recorded from the 

 old canal near Montezuma by S. E. Meek (1889) and from the mouth of 

 Fall creek and lower course of Sixmile creek at Ithaca (Reed and Wright 

 1909). No specimens are now on record. 



36. Notropis bifrenatus Cope. — Bridled minnow, Cayuga minnow. Common. 

 Lakes, ponds and warm streams. Usually taken where the bottom is mud or 

 muck among aquatic plants. 



37. Notropis heterolepis Eigenmann and Eigenmann. — Black-nosed minnow 

 Fairly common. Northern part of the drainage and Cayuga lake. Lakes, 

 warm or cool streams, usually in sluggish current and over mud or muck 

 bottom. 



38. Notropis volucellus volucellus (Cope). — Fairly common. Rivers, quite 

 often in weedy situations. Taken sometimes in deep sluggish water over 

 mud bottom. 



39. Notropis dor salts (Agassiz), (gilberti, Jordan and Meek). — Gilbert's 

 minnow. Rare. Professor T. L. Hankinson informed me that he and Mr. 

 Dence seined some small minnows identified as this species, from Oneida 

 lake (1927). 



40. Notropis hudsonius (Clinton). — Spot-tailed minnow. Common. Lakes, 

 rivers and large, warm streams. Stagnant, sluggish or moderate current, 

 usually over a mud bottom. 



41. Notropis wJiipplii whipplii (Girard). — Satin-finned minnow. Moderately 

 common. Lakes, rivers and larger, warm streams of the region. Strong to 

 stagnant current, over various types of bottom. 



42. Notropis atherinoides Rafmesque. — Emerald minnow, slender minnow. 

 Uncommon except in Oneida lake where it is abundant. Rivers or lakes, 

 stagnant or sluggish current. 



43. Notropis rubrifrons (Cope). — Rosy-faced minnow. Common but re- 

 stricted to the northern part of the drainage. Warm shallow creeks especially 

 in strong to rapid current where the bottom is rubble. 



44-a. Notropis cornutus crysocephalus ( Rafinesque ) . — Common shiner, red- 

 fin shiner. Very common. Found in lowland creeks and rivers of the 

 northern part of the drainage. In strong to sluggish current and over bot- 

 toms ranging from mud to rubble, often taken among weeds. Specimens 

 intermediate between the two subspecies (this and frontalis) were often 

 found. 



44-b. Notropis cornutus frontalis (Agassiz). — Common shiner, red-fin shiner. 

 Abundant. Shallow streams, warm or cold, often found in trout streams. 

 This form of Notropis cornutus, characterized by small scales in the dorsal 

 region, is the commonest shiner of the upland creeks. It occurs in various 

 situations, usually in moderate to sluggish current. 



45. Notropis umbratilis (Girard). — Blood-tailed minnow. Meek records 

 a specimen (as Notropis lythrurus) "from a small stream near Montezuma 

 Dry Dock," (Meek 1889). The specimen is apparently lost. 



