. The food and game fishes of New York: . eans, and the adultsoccasionally contain fragments of mussel shells. The young fish have been caughtunder the ice in midwinter and are known to pass most of the year in freshwater. 20 SEVKXllI RKIOIM >>]? IIIK KORKST, FISH AM) CAME COMMISSION. A single small example of this sturgeon was brought to the New York Aquariumfrom Gravescnd Bay, May 13, 1896, and was alive and in good condition inNovember, i8g8. Dr. Smith records the occurrence of the species along with the common sturgeonat Woods Hole, Mass., but says it is less numerous. It is captured
. The food and game fishes of New York: . eans, and the adultsoccasionally contain fragments of mussel shells. The young fish have been caughtunder the ice in midwinter and are known to pass most of the year in freshwater. 20 SEVKXllI RKIOIM >>]? IIIK KORKST, FISH AM) CAME COMMISSION. A single small example of this sturgeon was brought to the New York Aquariumfrom Gravescnd Bay, May 13, 1896, and was alive and in good condition inNovember, i8g8. Dr. Smith records the occurrence of the species along with the common sturgeonat Woods Hole, Mass., but says it is less numerous. It is captured in the traps. 10. Channel Cat (Ictalurus piDictatiis Rafinesque). Ictaluruspunctatiis Jordan, Bull. Huffalo Soc. Nat. Hist., 95, 1876 ; Jordan & Gilbert,Bull. 16, U. S. Nat. Mus., 108, 1883 ; Jordan & Evermann, Bull. 47, U. S. , I, 134, 1896, 1)1. XXV, fig. 58, 1900. This species is variously styled the Channel Cat, White Cat, Silver Cat, BlueCat and Spotted Cat. It is found over a vast extent of country, including the. Mississippi and Ohio Valleys and the Great Lakes region. In the Eastern Statesit is absent from streams tributary to the Atlantic, but nccurs from Vermont southto Georgia, westward to Montana, antl southwestward to In Pennsylvaniait is limited to the Ohio and its affluents. The adults of this species are bluish silvery, and the young are spotted witholive. It is one of the handsomest of the family of catfishes and an excellentfood fish. The .Spotted Cat grows to a length of 3 feet and a weight of 25 is extremely variable in color and in number of fin ra\-s, and has consequentlybeen described under more than 20 different names. It is most abundant in largeclear streams. The species is less harih than most of the other catfishes. THE FOOD AND GAME OF NEW YORK. 2J I II. Lake Catfish (Auiciunis /<ni{stns Walbaum). Ictalitnis iiigriians Jordan & fiiLRERT, Bull. i6, U. S. Nat. Mus., io8, nigricans DeKay, N. Y. Fa
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