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Title: Annual report of the Forest, Fish and Game Commission of the State of New York
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: New York (State). Forest, Fish and Game Commission
Subjects: Forests and forestry Fisheries Game and game-birds
Publisher: (Albany, N.Y. : The Commission)
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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of the ease with whichthey may be obtained and their tenacity of life. They live well in confinement,whether in the aquarium, live-box, minnow-pail or on the hook, and are active, ener-getic little fellows, making up in activity and movement what they lack in attractive 348 REPORT OF THE coloration. On account of their habit of swimming at or near the surface, they area particularly desirable lure for both species of Black Bass at times when they arefeeding at the surface. As a matter of fact, there are seasons or days, as everyobservant angler well knows, in the life of every species of fresh-water game-fishwhen it comes to the surface to feed, and then is when the Grayback shows up togreat advantage, whether used in casting, trolling, or still-fishing. Head 4 ; depth 4^ to 5 ; eye large, il/2; D. 13 ; A. 11 ; scales 45,-15. Body rather slender, not elevated, compressed posteriorly ; head moderate, quiteflat above ; teeth pointed, the outer row not much enlarged ; fins not large, the
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GRAYBACK; FEMALE. dorsal and anal rather low; ventrals scarcely reaching vent in females, somewhatlonger in males. General color, olivaceous, sides silvery; female with about 15 or 20dark vertical bars, shorter than the silvery bars of the male, the interspaces pale ;back sometimes spotted ; young always with black bars ; fins nearly plain. In the western part of its range (Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin) speci-mens differ somewhat from those further east and are recognized as a distinctsubspecies,— Fundulus diaphanits menona (Jordan & Copeland). wKipj&CKj—Labidesthes sicculus (Cope). The Skipjack belongs to the AtJicrinidce or Silverside family,— a large familywith many species, all of which except the Skipjack are inhabitants of salt water. The Skipjack is a beautiful and curious little fish, found from Lake Ontariosouthward to Florida and west to Minnesota and Missouri. It is essentially aninhabitant of sluggish streams, ponds and lakes, and is locally very abu

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