. The American angler. Fishing. Plate S—THE red-bellied minnow. their use to fish and fishermen may not be uninteresting, and as this essay is limited to their uses to fish and fisher- men, only those minnows well known to the angler, and widely distributed throughout the United States, will be particularly noticed. head small: snout rounded; mouth small; lower jaw shorter ; some brown spots on the back, and several brown with transverse lines across the lateral line, which is straight but rising at the base. D, xv, 13 ; P. i, 6 ; B. 2-9 ; C. 13. Length, two to three inches. For slill fishing
. The American angler. Fishing. Plate S—THE red-bellied minnow. their use to fish and fishermen may not be uninteresting, and as this essay is limited to their uses to fish and fisher- men, only those minnows well known to the angler, and widely distributed throughout the United States, will be particularly noticed. head small: snout rounded; mouth small; lower jaw shorter ; some brown spots on the back, and several brown with transverse lines across the lateral line, which is straight but rising at the base. D, xv, 13 ; P. i, 6 ; B. 2-9 ; C. 13. Length, two to three inches. For slill fishing this minnow is at- THK GOLD SHINER. The minnows (such as are usually preferred by anglers for bait), are classed under the following heads : No. I. Hadropterus aspro—{Co-pQ8z]). —Black-sided Darter.—Body sub-cylindric ; back gibbous; abdomen rectilinear; scales rough, apparently hectagonal body banded behind the pectorals with seven or eight white zones, spotted with orange, the intervening spaces green; an orange stripe beneath the pectoral fins on the side of the body. Length, two to three inches. It is preferred for bait to common minnows. No. 4. Eucalia znconstans (Kirtland) — SiTCKLh —Olivc or black upon the back ; faintly maculated with olive upon its sides ; throat and abdomen yellowish or white ; five or six movable spines in front of the dorsal fin; body smooth. D. 5; 5, 9-12; V. i; A. 1,9. Length, two and one-half inches. No. 5. Leuciscus elo7igatns (Kirtland).— Red sides ; color of the back sky-blue ; edged below with a gilt band—below this an inter- rupted black band extending from the point of the upper jaw to the tail, passing through the iris of the eye, but broken by a carmine stripe above the end of the ventrals ; sides and belly silver}'; bod}' elongated, slim ; dorsal high ;. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appea
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