No. 481] 



PENNSYLVANIA FISHES 



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Alosa sapidissima (Wilson). Shad.— Delaware River at Tini- 

 cum, Delaware Co., League Island, Frankford, Tacony, Holmes- 

 burg, and Torresdale, Philadelphia Co., Cornwells, Eddington, 

 Croydon, Bristol, Tullytown, and Morrisville, Bucks Co., and 

 Dingmans Ferry, Pike Co. (H. T. Wolff). Some seasons - more 

 abundant than others. In the Susquehanna they are taken about 

 Peach Bottom and McCall's Ferry, Lancaster Co. 



DOROSOMATID^ 



Dorosoma cepedianum (Le Sueur). Mjjd Shad. — Delaware 

 River at Torresdale, Philadelphia Co. (Dr. H. D. Senior), and 

 Cornwells, Bristol, and Tullytown, Bucks Co. Apparently less 

 abundant than formerly, though even in midwinter a few have 

 been hauled out of the mud. 



Engraulidid.e 



Anchovia mitchilli (Valenciennes). Anchovy.— ]\Iany exam- 

 ples were obtained many years ago below Philadelphia, some 

 most likely within our limits, by Dr. Colin Arrott. They occur 

 in the lower Delaware and are more a feature of the marine fauna. 



Salmoxid.e 



Salvelinus fontinalis (MitchiU). Brook Trout.— Brandywine 

 tributaries in Chester Co., and those of the Schuylkill near Port 

 Kennedy, Montgomery Co. (D. McCadden), all in the Delaware 

 basin; the Susquehanna basin in the Loyalsock near Lopez, 

 Sullivan Co., and near Galeton, Potter Co.; the Allegheny basin 

 above Port Allegheny in McKean Co., and Seven Bridges in 

 Potter Co.; the Genesee basin about Gold in Potter Co. 



Argextinid.e 



Osmerus mordax (^Nlitchill). Smelt. — I have seen a number 

 of examples taken from the Schuylkill and Delaware near Phila- 

 delphia. 



