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  No. 
  122.] 
  27 
  

  

  of 
  eight 
  soft 
  rays, 
  the 
  third 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  lougest 
  — 
  some- 
  

   what 
  rounded 
  and 
  reaching 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  anal 
  fin. 
  

   Anal 
  fin 
  with 
  twenty- 
  two 
  — 
  twenty-four 
  branched 
  rays 
  — 
  

   long 
  and 
  sub-equal. 
  Caudal 
  fin 
  of 
  twenty-two 
  branch- 
  

   ed 
  rays, 
  furcate. 
  Adipose 
  fin 
  half 
  an 
  inch 
  in 
  length 
  

   and 
  extending 
  up 
  the 
  back 
  in 
  a 
  ridge 
  about 
  one 
  inch. 
  

   Vent, 
  midway 
  between 
  the 
  ventral 
  and 
  anal 
  fins, 
  with 
  

   an 
  urinary 
  meatus 
  behind 
  it, 
  appearing 
  as 
  a 
  small 
  tu- 
  

   bercle. 
  Ease 
  of 
  the 
  fins 
  becoming 
  reddish 
  after 
  death 
  

   from 
  infiltration. 
  Length 
  nine 
  to 
  fifteen 
  inches. 
  Fin 
  

   rays, 
  D. 
  1-6; 
  P. 
  1-9; 
  V. 
  8; 
  A. 
  22-24; 
  C. 
  22. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  occurs 
  in 
  the 
  Oswegatchie, 
  Indian, 
  and 
  

   other 
  rivers 
  tributary 
  to 
  the 
  St. 
  Lawrence, 
  and 
  in 
  seve- 
  

   ral 
  of 
  the 
  smaller 
  lakes 
  of 
  St. 
  Lawrence 
  and 
  Jefferson 
  

   counties. 
  Its 
  neat, 
  slender 
  form, 
  small 
  mouth 
  and 
  fur- 
  

   cate 
  tail 
  distinguish 
  it 
  from 
  other 
  species 
  which 
  occur 
  

   in 
  these 
  waters 
  and 
  from 
  any 
  that 
  are 
  described 
  either 
  

   as 
  proper 
  or 
  extralimital 
  in 
  the 
  Natural 
  History 
  of 
  this 
  

   State. 
  It 
  is 
  said 
  by 
  fishermen 
  that 
  it 
  did 
  not 
  occur 
  in 
  

   the 
  Oswegatchie 
  river 
  previous 
  to 
  1832. 
  It 
  is 
  distin- 
  

   guished 
  by 
  no 
  other 
  local 
  name 
  but 
  simply 
  that 
  of 
  com- 
  

   mon 
  catfish 
  in 
  the 
  localities 
  where 
  it 
  occurs, 
  and 
  is 
  by 
  

   most 
  considered 
  equal 
  to 
  the 
  trout 
  as 
  an 
  article 
  of 
  food. 
  

   Catcstomus 
  aureolus, 
  Mullet 
  Sucker. 
  Oswegatchie 
  river. 
  Com- 
  

   mon 
  in 
  the 
  lake 
  and 
  large 
  streams 
  of 
  St. 
  Lawrence 
  co. 
  

   Leuciscus 
  atronasus. 
  Black-nosed 
  Dace, 
  

  

  From 
  a 
  small 
  stream 
  in 
  Rossie, 
  where 
  it 
  Is 
  common. 
  

   Leuciscus 
  nitidus, 
  Shining 
  Dace. 
  Oswegatchie 
  river, 
  where 
  it 
  

   abounds. 
  It 
  is 
  commonly 
  called 
  by 
  no 
  name 
  except 
  

   Dace. 
  

   Escx 
  keticulatus, 
  The 
  common 
  Pickerel. 
  " 
  Common 
  in 
  Black 
  

   Lake, 
  St. 
  Lawrence 
  river, 
  &c., 
  where 
  it 
  at 
  times 
  attains 
  

   a 
  weight 
  of 
  fifteen 
  or 
  eighteen 
  pounds. 
  

   Hyodon 
  teegisus, 
  River 
  Moon-eye. 
  Black 
  Lake. 
  From 
  the 
  sil- 
  

   very 
  reflection 
  of 
  this 
  fish 
  it 
  has 
  received 
  the 
  lot 
  al 
  and 
  

   improper 
  name 
  of 
  While 
  fis/i. 
  

   Lepidosteus 
  bison, 
  Bulfalo 
  Bony 
  J?ike. 
  Xnown 
  here 
  only 
  by 
  the 
  

   name 
  of 
  Bill 
  fish. 
  It 
  abounds 
  in 
  Black 
  Lake, 
  and 
  at 
  

   certain 
  seasons 
  they 
  appear 
  along 
  the 
  shores 
  and 
  stony 
  

  

  