On the Food of Young Fishes. 
85 
Table of Food of Young Fishes — C ontinued. 
Hypentelium. | 
Erimyzon. j 
Myxostoma. 
Ichthyobus. 
Carpiodes. 
Amiurus. 
Noturus. 
Amia. 
Lepidosteus 
Total. 
Number of specimens 
10 
4 
10 
2 
4 
13 
6 
1 
2 
126 
Size in inches 
1 H 
@3 
u @ 
<X 
i@ 
2 U 
x 
7 A @ 
2 
i 5 A 
iX 
1 X 
Kinds of Food. 
Ratios in which each element of food 
was found. 
I. Fishes 
50 
II. Insects 
90 
II 
04 
t 
22 
58 
25 
Eggs 
i. Diptera (larvae) 
90 
90 
t 
t 
18 
16 
41 
41 
10 
10 
10 
/ 
Chironomus 
2. Coleoptera (larvae) . . 
3. Hemiptera 
t 
t 
t 
15 
15 
Corixa 
4. Neuroptera (larvae) 
Ephemeridae 
t 
t 
t 
09 
07 
04 
03 
5 t 
50 
49 
02 
47 
01 
T 
07 
07 
III. HyDRACHNIDjE. , . 
IV. Crustacea 
t 
t 
10 
48 
78 
04 
74 
22 
11 
10 
12 
40 
40 
20 
15 
°6 
06 
75 
05 
70 
35 
35 
5 o 
Amphipoda (young) 
Entomostraca 
09 
07 
01 
06 
01 
01 
t 
t 
10 
05 
48 
23 
23 
50 
50 
5 ° 
Cladocera 
Daphniidae . 
Lynceidae 
t 
t 
t 
t 
t 
t 
Ostracoda 
05 
27 
63 
15 
10 
t 
t 
52 
Copepoda 
09 
35 
V. Rotifera 
VI. Protozoa 
t 
01 
15 
20 
VII. Alga; 
02 
