CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE EARLY LIFE HISTORIES OF SIXTY- 
TWO SPECIES OF FISHES FROM LAKE ERIE AND ITS 
TRIBUTARY WATERS 1 
By Marie Poland Fish 
CONTENTS 
Page 
Introduction 294 
Collection of material 295 
Laboratory technique 295 
Very small specimens with cartilagi- 
nous skeletons 296 
Large specimens with bony skeletons. 296 
Additional methods of study 297 
Explanations 298 
Acknowledgments 298 
Numerical synopsis of specimens exam- 
ined 305 
Development of species 305 
Family Lepisosteidae, gar-pikes 305 
1. Lepisosteus osseus 305 
Family Hiodontidse, mooneyes 306 
2. Hiodon tergisus 306 
Family Coregonidae, whitefishes 308 
3. Leucichthys artedi 308 
4. Coregonus clupeaformis 310 
Family Salmonidae, trouts 315 
5. Cristivomer namaycush na- 
maycush 315 
6. Carpiodes cyprinus 316 
Family Catostomidae, suckers 317 
7. Catostomus commersonii 317 
8. Hypentelium nigricans 319 
9. Moxostoma aureolum 320 
10. Moxostoma anisurum 321 
Family Cyprinidae, minnows 322 
11. Cyprinus carpio 322 
12. Nocomis micropogon 323 
13. Erinemus storerianus 324 
14. Rhinichthys atronasus luna- 
tus 327 
15. Rhinichthys cataract® 328 
16. Semotilus atromaculatus 
atromaculatus 329 
17. Clinostomus elongatus 330 
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Development of species — Continued. Page 
Family Cyprinidae, minnows — Con. 
18. Notropis heterolepis 331 
19. Notropis deliciosus strami- 
neus 332 
20. Notropis hudsonius 334 
21. Notropis atherinoides 335 
22. Notropis rubrifrons 338 
23. Notropis cornutus chryso- 
cephalus 339 
24. Notemigonus crysoleucas 
crysoleucas 342 
25. Hyborhynchus notatus 343 
26. Pimephales promelas pro- 
melas 347 
27. Campostoma anomalum 348 
Family Ameiuridse, catfishes 349 
28. Ictalurus punctatus 349 
29. Ameiurus nebulosus 350 
30. Ameiurus natalis 350 
31. Noturus flavus 351 
Family Umbridae, mud minnows 352 
32. Umbra limi 352 
Family Esocidae, pickerels 352 
33. Esox lucius 352 
34. Esox masquinongy 353 
Family Cyprinodbntidae, killifishes__ 356 
35. Fundulus diaphanus menona 356 
Family Percopsidae, trout-perches 357 
36. Percopsis omiscomaycus 357 
Family Serranidae, sea basses 359 
37. Lepibema chrysops 359 
Family Percidse, perches 362 
38. Perea flavescens 362 
39. Stizostedion canadense gri- 
seum 365 
40. Stizostedion vitreum 368 
41. Hadropterus maculatus 371 
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