The food and game fishes of New York: . deep water and, notwithstanding its small size, has become commerciallyimportant. It was for the first time announced as a member of the New York-fauna in 1897, and the description leaves no doubt of the correctness of the identi- THE FOOn AND GAME FISHES OF NEW YORK. 319 fication. The fish examined, a female with ripe eggs, was taken in CanandaiguaLake, December 19, 1S96, by Mr. Annins men. It was tlie only one caught, andwas captured by becoming gilled in the funnel of the net. Mr. Annin is satisfiedtliat this is the Lake Shiner of the fishermen, which
The food and game fishes of New York: . deep water and, notwithstanding its small size, has become commerciallyimportant. It was for the first time announced as a member of the New York-fauna in 1897, and the description leaves no doubt of the correctness of the identi- THE FOOn AND GAME FISHES OF NEW YORK. 319 fication. The fish examined, a female with ripe eggs, was taken in CanandaiguaLake, December 19, 1S96, by Mr. Annins men. It was tlie only one caught, andwas captured by becoming gilled in the funnel of the net. Mr. Annin is satisfiedtliat this is the Lake Shiner of the fishermen, which the\ sometimes see in immenseschools at the surface, and kill for trolling bait by shooting them. 55. Long Jaw; Bloater {Ai-gy?-osoi!ii/s /rogiiat/ins IL M. Smith). Ctuigoiiiis /roi;iurf/uis HucH M. , Hull. V. C, XIV, 4, jjl. i, fig. 3, 1895, Lake Ontario, at \Vilson, N. proi:^ihitInis & S^nTH, Rept. U. S. F. C, XX, 314, pi. 26, i8g6; & , Bull. 47, U. S. Nat. Mus., 471, K FISH, VIEWED FROM ABOVE. Body oblong, much compressed, back elevated, tapering rather abruptly towardthe narrow caudal peduncle, the adult fish having a slight nuchal hump as inC. clupeiforniis: greatest depth three and one-half to four in body length; headrather short and deep, pointed, four to four and one-third in length; greatestwidth half the length, cranial ridges prominent; snout straight, its tip on level withlower edge of pupil; top of head two in distance from occiput to front of dorsal;mouth large and strong, maxillary reaching to opposite middle of pupil, two andone-half in head, length three times its width, mandible long, projecting beyondupper jaw when mouth is closed, reaching to or beyond posterior edge of eye, oneand three-fourths to one and seven-eighths in head ; eye small, five in head, one and 320 SKVKN 111 KKIORT OF THE KOREST, FISH AND GAME COMMISSION. one-half in snout, one and one-third in interorbital space, one and one-half
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