. The food and game fishes of New York: . the brood for a certain time, always swimmingaround the swarm of young in order to keep them together. When alarmed theparent dashes off, followed by the whole swarm. 276 SKVKXTII KKPOKT OK THE FOREST, ITSII AND GAME COMMISSION. 16. Marbled Cat {Ainciurus iicbiilosus inarmoratits Holbrook). Amiiinis i/iannoratiis Jordan iV (, Bull. 16, U. S. Nat. , 104, hcIuiIosks maniwratus Jordan cS: Evermann, Bull. 47, U. S. Nat. Mus., I, 141, Body moderately elongate, its deptli about one-fourth total length to caudalbase ; slope of pr
. The food and game fishes of New York: . the brood for a certain time, always swimmingaround the swarm of young in order to keep them together. When alarmed theparent dashes off, followed by the whole swarm. 276 SKVKXTII KKPOKT OK THE FOREST, ITSII AND GAME COMMISSION. 16. Marbled Cat {Ainciurus iicbiilosus inarmoratits Holbrook). Amiiinis i/iannoratiis Jordan iV (, Bull. 16, U. S. Nat. , 104, hcIuiIosks maniwratus Jordan cS: Evermann, Bull. 47, U. S. Nat. Mus., I, 141, Body moderately elongate, its deptli about one-fourth total length to caudalbase ; slope of profile very steep ; jaws equal or subequal; dorsal fin high, its spinemore than one-half as long as head, and nearer to adipose fin than to tip of snout ;head long, three and onc-fourtli times in total length to caudal base; barbels long;anal rays 21; body much mottled with brown, greenish and whitish. Lowlandstreams and swamps from New York to Southern Indiana and Florida. The type ofthe inartnoratHS of Holbrook was from South BLACK nULLHEAD. 17. Black Bullhead ^AiiuiurKs luclas Rafinesque). Pimclodiis piillus DeKav, N. V. Fauna, Fishes, 184, ]il. 37, fig. 117, piillus I!ean, Fishes Ienna., 16, 1893. The l^lack Bullhead reaches the length of I foot. It is found in the Great Lakesregion and in the Mississippi Valley, westward to Kansas and southward to Texas. This species was known to DcKay as the Brown Catfish. His specimens weretaken from Lake Pleasant and Lake Janet, N. Y., and he states that it is also verycommon in many other lakes of Northern New York, where its principal use is toserve as bait for the lake trout. Dr. Jordan had it from the Genesee River. obtained a specimen in Mill Creek, at Sacket Harbor, N. Y., July 2, 1894,and doubtfully referred to this species a young individual collected in Sandy Creek,at North Hamlin, N. Y., August 20, 1894. THE FOOD AND GAME FISHES OF NEW YORK. i8. Stone Cat {Xof/in/s flavns Rafinesque). Noturu
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