Annual report of the Forest, Fish and Game Commission of the State of New York

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Identifier: annualreportof6189919newy (find matches)
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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conspicuous white or yellowspots, irregularly scattered; vertical fins dark, with numerous small, round palespots ; dorsal often with a blackish spot on its last ray ; anal and ventrals yellowanteriorly ; under side of head yellow; young males with alternate bars of darkand silvery, the former becoming in time the ground color, and the dorsal ocellusmore distinct; female nearly plain olivaceous, lighter below, without spots or bars,the scales finely punctate; side often with about 15 dark crossbars or shades;young, especially young females, with more or less distinct dark crossbands, thesealways present in the very young, in females narrower than the interspaces, inmales much broader and less numerous. Clfcl^bclCl^,— Fiindiilus diaphamis (Le Sueur). The Grayback or Fresh-water Killifish, is found from Maine to the Carolinas, andwestward to Minnesota and the Dakotas. It is abundant in most all the small lakesof New York, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin, and is a familiar fish to all
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GRAYBACK ; MALE. observing persons who frequent any of those waters. It usually goes in schools ofconsiderable size and is oftenest seen in shallow water near the shore when thebottom is of sand or fine gravel. They swim high in the water, even at the surface,and are, like some of their less abundant relatives, not infrequently called top-minnows. They reach a length of 3 or 4 inches and are a very interesting andattractive little fish. As a bait minnow they are chiefly valuable on account 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

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