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46. Notemigonus chrysoleucus (Mitcliill). Golden Shiner. Taken in ^Yarm water ou grassy bottom 
at the following x^oints: Ft., MCI., MG., MW., T.,.IH., BE., CC., MM., MR., MDe., TW., AO., 
AD., SL., LC..BF., MC. 
47. Hiodon tergisus Le Sneur. Moon-eye; Silrer Bass. Taken only below the dams in the Maumee 
EiYer at Defiance and Grand Raxdds, Ohio. At both x>laces they were very abundant. 
48. Dorosoma cepedianum (Le Sneur). Mickorii Shad. Ft., MD., MG., MM., MR., MDe., TBr., AC., 
AO., AD., HC., GC. Generally found on muddy bottom. All the sxieciiuens taken by us are 
small, none over 4 inches long. 
49. Coregoiius clupeiformis (Mitchill). Whitejish. Si)ecimens taken in the west end of Lake 
Erie are frequently seen in the Columbia City, Ind., fish-markets. 
50. Coregonus artedi Le Sueur. Lake Herring ; Cisco. From the west end of Lake Erie and observed 
in the Columbia City fish markets. 
51. Fundulus diaplianus (Le Sueur). Caught by us only in the Maumee River at Toledo, Ohio, and 
in Devils Lake, Manitou Beach, Mich. Abundant at both these x>laces. 
52. Zygonectes iiotatus (Eafluesque). Top Minnow. DIG., FL., MM., MR., MDe., TW., TBr., AW., 
AC., AO., AD., BO., HC. Seemingly scarce at all these points. 
53. Umbra limi (Kirtland). Mnd Minnow. FH., FE., CC., TB., TIL, MC., LCr., GC. Ahry common 
on soft, muddy bottom. Several sxiecimens were found in the stomachs of black bass. 
54. Lucius vermiculatus (Le Sueur). “Grass Bike”; Liitle Bickerel. Common throughout the 
Maumee Basin. Sxiecimcus were taken from all the waters examined, excex^t Indian Lake and 
Hoaglin Creek. Most abundant in grassy and sluggish waters. 
55. Lucius lucius (Liumeus). Common Tike; “ While Bike.” .IH., .JE., CL., TW., TBr., AC. Scarce 
at all these xioints. The specimen caught in the St. Josex>h River, at Hudson, Mich., weighed 
3]- x>ounds. The stomach of this fish was filled to its utmost capacity with a sucker 
{Moxostoma macrolepidotum duqnesnei), which was not less than 5 inches long. The stomachs 
of others were examined and were found to contain minnows, crawfish, or beetles. The white 
X>ike seems to be gradually diminishing in numbers in our streams and lakes. 
56. Lucius masquinongy (Mitchill). Maskalonge, T., E. Fishermen on the lower course of the 
Maumee River say that formerly the maskalonge was very abundant in that stream, but 
that now one is seldom taken there. They are also decreasing in Lake Erie. The Toledo 
fishermen say that only a small number are taken by them each .year. 
57. Anguilla chrysypa Rafiuesque. Common Eel. None were taken b.y us, but the skin of one wms 
seen that was taken in the Maumee River at Dellauce, Ohio. They are said to inhabit all 
the w'aters of the Maumee Basin. 
58. Labidesthes sicculus Coxm. Skipjack; Brook Silverside. Generally distril)uted in the waters of 
the Maumee Basin. Great numbers of these small fish inhabit the Indiana lakes, where they 
constitute a large portion of the food sux^ply of the bass and other food-llshes. 
59. Aphredoderus sayanus (Gilliams). Birate Berch. Only twm small specimens were taken; one 
by Prof. Meek in Gordon Creek, near Cecil, Ohio, and one by us in warm sluggish w'ater in 
St. Marys Ei\'er, at Rockford, Ohio. 
60. Pomoxis sparoides ('Lacex>ede). Calico Bass. Ft., MD., MG., JE., FL., FH., FE., CC., MM., 
DIR., MDe., TW., TBr.,HC. Taken in none of the lakes excex>t Fish Lake, where we found 
it very common. None was caught in the Auglaize and the Blanchard rivers, or in any of 
their tributaries. It is improxierly called “rock bass” by the rural fishermen in northeastern 
Indiana, 
61. Ambloplites rupestris (Rafiuesque). Bock Bass; Goggle-eye; Bed-eye. Twm sx^ecimens w'ere 
caught by us in Devils Lake, none from any of the other lakes. A common fish at nearly all 
the pioints where investigations were made in the streaius excex')t Fish Creek, Big Run, Lost 
Creek, near Lima, Ohio, and Lost and Gordon creeks near Cicily, Ohio. They wmre taken in 
the largest numbers and of the largest size in the St. Marys River at Decatur, Ind. 
62. Chaenobryttus gulo.sus (Cuv. & Val.). Warmonih. FL., FH., FE., IL., CC., TB. Not common 
anywhere, 
63. LepomiS’Cyanellus Rafiuesque. Green. Snnfish. None was caught in the lakes, but specimens 
were taken at nearly eveiyy X)oint in all the streams that were examined. 
64. Lepomi.s pallidus (Mitchill). “Blue-gill; ” Blue Sunftsh. One of ■ the commonest of fishes in 
all the lakes. Sx^ecimeus were taken in all the streams and at nearly every xmint examined. 
