ML053260572

a Biological Survey of the Upper Mississippi River System

ML053260572
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Site:	Monticello
Issue date:	06/01/1940
From:	Moyle J State of MN, Dept of Conservation
To:	US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
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'I-LI, A BIOLOGICAL SI YRVEY OF ThE UPPER MISSISSIPPI I P~... .- RIVER SYSTEM . . .**

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cci' __________ o.nd __-imno_ _ied V aters BottcM samIPles MMcro taken in impounded wvater of *theo ?ississippV2..'

ivcr at Sauk P.apids, Little.Falls- and Brainerd; at Anola, Pambridge j

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ndnilaca on the Rum Rliver and Lake Orono on the Elk River. AS'shown:o ,

'n t~ho table below, bottom fauna weeights we re found to avora-e about-4tinesdhigher in non-impounded .than in impounded .taters. .<:

a . umbor of Mean number qf Mean dry Vit.

Friver Collections gean d 2 t.

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• on-impounded', .18 3510 ......  : ., 9*27*

Elk Impounded .... 2 .

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V'iis54 sippi system;..,,* ............ .,.".'.X L i msy.ste'd 25 882

• .on-impoundcd - 98. - ' 2495. .. 8.1099 L5J~~~

. *. . * .. 4.l L.fIect o f.'Weod Bed5sand W.'ater Depth : ' ... . . ,.-.'.; .. ..

At most of the 'tissis3ippi River stations bottom sample were '

tken in three different types of habitats; in weed.beds.with a .

.depth.of less than 4.5 foot, in areas bare of weeds with a ivater deptb.<

K of less than 4.5 fsot and in the river channel which was bare. of.weeds '

.nd had'a water depth of 4.5 to11 eoot. As is shbo'n in the follovwing c.,

table., the densest bottom fauna population was found in th6 weed beas ri-".. in shalloyi wrater, the sparsost population on the bare gravel bottps O t.:the channel and an in"crmediate numbor on tho bare bottomninnbhallow:.*..*'^;<

dry vwcightn would probably run in T:hter..,.Tho tho same order if thei;....

..fect o'.the woights of clixns an dfingernail clams wore eliminated fro.

avora GO f or' the doep water samples.  :,aj..,l:. ... .

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. . Astudy of the lar-er invertebrate bottom fauna oS tte h* upper c-y..tem was incl-ded as par- of the General bio-

. 'is s'. i.iR1 ;iver logical survey.

,lannlto-. of -most por As is sho'znn in. P 't !V c-.s of te upper I,'is

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. direct importance as food for fishe.*'

r he-ebottoom fauna-is then the =in sourcov of food Supp Y for fish...

• • .6ny .stockin policy rst take into accountu the nature and the - **;.

amount of thihi supply. It should bG reicmbered that during. the

@ mcrvhs t of July,,. August and early "September, when all the samples

• 'ere taken, the bottom fauna -is lzrSt plenti.ful because of the `-.

L .embrgence.of many of the aquatic insects. aSsmples so tXenbore i n the field to obtain data upon.the follotwing probles:..

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The relative 'Grtility of different upper hississippi River system.

Ote relative fertility of impounded and non-impounded portions of the river

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3. 'IThe off et of aquatic plant griowth upon bo-tom pppu-  :,

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4. The effect of water depth upon bottom populations. '.

5. The relation of predatory to non-predator species in the bottom. fauna. . . -  ;..  ;.;.

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• e ic probably the resu2. of t^e bar'r~o: to mig'ticn alrx' Lish Fa.

L2,tht z: c- b,? t9he S? . thinn aI S 4ce P C *- '

3._S. .hlat so-e of th~e;e l+/-ow;xj . M-_p.ii :Lae.; .iRor do Ci~ occasionallyy est s-o ish thms e ves above St. Anthony Falls is shovmr by the occurence Of a valve of T-r3tagonia ve~rrucoz- in the Sa-uc RTivpr in 1939. The  ; .

chances of the survival of such occasional introductior.s are .slight! be Zi

.se of the necossity of both: a suitable habitat and a suitable fish nhbst being present. .

• In t he past, cc :r;ia.2 clam.ming has been carried or. in th; iss .pi-i2 CroV,. Crov: ,Linri; and RIum Rivern. The MiSissipp. River has..P.

not bccn very heavily clasn_-Gd because cof the small eize "-and t.hinoss of the shels of the crwinercial species. The lrigcst and heav'Iest sholl"s; of trhe urper :Lsziss-ip.i River systeri are t-hose of the Crovi, lower'Cro ...;

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T'Ung and lo..er Rum Riv rz.. Se-e Table (P )* n the couror of the l939 Curve,-: twro clazmi'ng outl-its wero se-n, one- on t"he UIssi-sippi River*. at Friclcy and the other on the CI:ow IWing River at Pillager.  ;

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L,~th mu -nd lovwcr Crow.. Wains CA-,., cL'j an ~*h c~~nz b-!ti peCi.C, an comaong thbut~ r~c nc.Lirerct systazs m z: C2sZ-1C LIO 1 eO m C~1.' Clv.1r..drice oP tporshcll, is___am a r

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______________ ,On arJ ncu-n 4-*tib.r,. rVe,,. was collected-: fro:-; t'e n ur lk Saic and-

-P. r JLtC T112V a 't ela S 'c1-I.:eI~ are mal3 andl tLhin and 'hcave no.....

LI 3. !.-nodonta grndic n (Lrea). "Floater. The corrnon I; L:;:-

'n.. thori2cs flclz ~ r but11 i--: -sa- lly I-lacing from. the

.Liv e.C *L-tocins -aa:C tlakmn f-rof.r; the Sau-_-, .T1-un,=Elk Crot,/

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i-or qa c of *-this E ciic: c inoroascs tcward the Ineady;ate rs Of ...

t~zaa its~ often tho ornly species pt'escnt in the alecres Th1-e sh~ell iAS to o thin to have any cormmne rc L value.  :~

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.s~ciii _-Thiz thSin shelled1/2 1 s-eciczeY.v'ns takean o~nliy frcm the Rurn RIver at Anokca, vihere it is cormon par-*,i frran the Miss esippi Rive~r at. Fridley., where iLt. i S rare. -it is of j -- ommercial, Value. .*.

5.Lipiarr.S recta (L~awpraoe). Long Johin. Thaic JarGe, pu rpli sh C. s ecrarnncn TTtwater of 'the Micsiscsippi River at a depth. of thre e to six: feot. Th-e nu mbors`take n he ro wiath al ar b ar hau 1 z;e em to agree ..

wiith the estinz.tes of ca:ntmcrcial clsw:rer-r ~ACx1Ct r.i- siecites makes uo0

)a1Cbout ton per cc-nt of the total clani populatlon of the ;'ississipp P !i vea' J _hi Cseaciles wvas alzo takcn near the r.:-out;- olf the C.-ow-River., in the .. I mthof the L1IIC oie ne. from the Grozi 1Ci"n1 ?Rivar .t Pilllagazn. Lonc.

OhP r ae not az avidl~~povght i'or by conraercia)l colsors a8 some of the

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LIPth e1W-occiaz bocause. the p-arple col or of the na'crco maIc C;S thenr ofiless .;~

value for buttons.

J)The writer wizhss to thank 1ii~ss Cbarlotte Bacvi cy of thec State Juni or College HitEibbing-.., MinnczetaI.L who did most of the taxonomic' WoXr on ~this

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Co0lctcions of LishA ore talcan th-,ouIhout t'he upper !"ssissippi .-

[ jiv. r syster dur'..g the suirter o- 139, w! t,, thc viewi of dete-nminin;

.I-e nat' vc species of' f',ih Prsnt :a:1d.the- zuccoS` CO;' P-st plantings L- c:-c oreic. h gea rnoner gear usodi includck& hooo nets, sgill r

BfcelC3s, nets and trot li.cs. +/-'oy7-f'ou;. SpEcieS of .fish.were collected.-An:. .'

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%ranctow those SJOC.t 5,6S. it ot'rOhor B cios that

[Ihave beer prev'ous'%-r reortod or co'lctcd fr'-c this draV.-'.- -7.r-ea is Inc lu '. 'X'..ss-az In this lio4 iS the infCznatior ga4ned on.  :

. Ji.tribution Snd r-z2.ative abundanco ofi'thoG. species. Each o' the fieldi..

E coll0ctions V-a2 accommpanied. by field notes and in most cases cbeir.tcal,.

physical, plankcton and bottom fauna data. Because o- the acute natur; the Minnesota bait problem special ste s .;as placed upoon the -,

col'cc'ing G- mirnnowvs. A pennanent collection of the minnows and other species di'fficut to det=rmine in the field has been estnbllshedat ' ha

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It has not been possible to get rclable est.mates as to. actua) .

[gound e of fish L-or acre for dlf'Eeranlt areas of the upper 1.-sissi-pi River system. The dif-'fic-ltics of seoining in fast tvater that has larger.

Lnumbers of dead-heads prelude this t ype of' 'oric. For the general . ..

!ra tiv4 abundance of the diffeorent species see the annoted list.

The 1-c Sh- Faun= *

• L Of the f'fty-tuo Species of fish k;no:;n f'rom the upper M'Aississippi If r ivor rll a5rStem are nctive excent the `r1o1o

-... inbov: Trout, and.-M Trou (Surber. 1920).,

any of the 5 Germann ler cL:n Trcu., o ' : .

i; re:have bceon stocc:c.d ct tir.: ::;; O or more specics of t-rou'.

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,-TC. G.a,n Car 'haom ben accident.a'ly ntroducod witlhin the last Cw.e-ty L.ii6

• vcuirn, -. u io.on2 n 1..LCr1' Ls bait. Seining  ;.'

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-'1w~ lQ.°ss _v;C5._ v i;: "':tj'in the 2%iio~sissipp;i Ri vc i; 04 Pridley,"

rnop'. County. Ca:^% ;erc also t'.c;Cn r,;.T. the :-south o- tLhe. Crow. River ati >ton, er.rnepl C3untyj, avd about a ramle bclov the fLississippi Rive;

[ cdan at ct. Coud.

.-. eFo-ot intte-stin, fedAL.tr3 o' thr £sh f.un- of the upper.-

- - iver z:,ryZtor-z it the absenc3 cL cuc.n river epecieo. as tbe Chzannel Cat, the Sstripead Eass, theeQuillback, the G-izzard-shad; -the

• .0'turgeoron vd the Paddle-fish. T-hse spacces are or have been co-mmo in t1;ke lo;-?3.'snr tiho ;ra ca-_ the lourar w

s ipp, St. Croix Rive s

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(thlIntinr. of dostr'bution has probably been 16rought about by thee,.

£t. Ant~hony Falls vwhich 'has preeent;ed a br~rz iir to flsh ;:.iration since':..

t;-.e r e t rar of the 7ast Ploi.wtocene ",.c zheet. It sceOmsprobable -hat t *hofish Epecies riesent in the upper Yississippi drainage- have.'entered..-

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It uring *pozt-Pleictoccenc tin:es from the headwsaters .ofthe 'Lake. Agassizv..

(the prznent Rod Ri ver of the. Iorth drainage area)' and the StC Croix drainage. arcas; It v;i.'I be noted that all the species prers.nt .i-the'.,:

upper Ilississip~i syste-,m either sp.end ll C- part of their live1.tin in s~naml'

, .rea.-ms or occur in, Ic.- 'aice- and stre=:ms . At Un rs of aood:watr.

.' such species could easi-y migrate over the sw.aimpy places on the d`'vides -,

sepama tink-Z. the upper YMissisaippi and St. Croix and Red River systexn .;...

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There are 10 Species of gaza fish in the upper M~ississippi River Y system. They are W.DII-6yed Pike, Pickerel., ?,'uslcallunge, Perch, Rock Bass, L Small-mouth Slaclc Bass, Large-mouthiBlack Bass, .Dluegill and Sunfish.::.' .

p.- tThe species T;;ozt soaluht "or by anrLzor,, are the E all-n;outh Black Bass, Y Wallo-cyod PLUiG, 1=skcllunr.Ce adc. Lar-o-rout' DhBlack Bass. ThG' nost: aundanl ar-.szhf ;is the F.on- E&ss. Rivo- fs:'n., at present, is carried on..

• mostIly by the local residents. Touris' fishir.n in central !Ninrosota si (.

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-;:Rvr ysa viera doter.- ehd '.1n.2xozt coases to geus Sro or.: the' difficult grou~pz such as-tthr. craddla Cl2io-- the aquzatic~ealrthworms and:.

some of the tr.ac f"l detormtinaticna wre ndet up.The leechot vtore deter~ined to cpeoiesM. rykh fo11 Ow inj chock li.st '.hw the OZ~~stkcoA to~athor vith the ~umber of~ jstat;Eons.

r~.hiob. each wa taken. B7 ecnsu2.tinj~ thi.s'list aznd Tabe Ite~ltive

-'~~portanlce oI' an-r .t~x~on ic Sr'oup c~n be detwermained. An aisterix()

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]7e- nae nd~zaezthat this. 3roup or~spec5.es is considered

.In the 11tereiturc as being,prodaceouo, "~A fe%7 of~ tlieso sta~rrd"(*,, groups J. ae omnivorous. The -total'numnber of coallecat i on6 %on Whidh counts were .-A.

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• 5b Kuopterai . .i"

• Corydn2lis ... 1~:.-

• .*rpobdella~ punetaita 23 ~ ..  ;.. .. ~

• G0lonsipihonis complanatn .: -. hezxe rida

!*Olo3siphoni. fusce& 1.5 . . 8OL8&2 Csosiphonic nophclol.dea. .4 ct a0rnop Bact1;.."24..

VII os r 1pn1.Ia tagnaLlis 22~ . B-rachyoorvus- S' 4?Xcrodalle.decraCallibaetis e~epbelops is obzcu.ra *.1..Cerntroptilum.;

Cruztc~con Clocon Asel oalu.nt9ea.. . .i2*C'0Otcorpe Hy~ale3 32 ~hmr1*

4..Arachnidsa,~.*** Ephoron 2*

Eydraclarinids'HOPULnia 2 Tron 1-1 'II-r.

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E'ricarythodep *. .EeptcecriLdae 20 O4oatao . .... i . io13.n lidao~, 27.1 noir, a 1r i on.* *Pzil3otreta ~

1Trip-onodem .

,CoenagR~oa, .4Atob J...icrmiuc 5. Ceratopagonidae 040" Cb12onai~daO .ho 2

~L~bc11~a' cc;hs1*Taibsiddae 3Sir M.Iiidae 6< jK 7 Io~~ Snai1~c

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• T.operlL Grui

.-Poerris 2Plauroceira2:.

Ainai ... Piu*diun 2= ~.

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-Parid au t: 12.I * .~u SU=6ryof he'uppor FZ'om thiis l.ist anh h the bottom f'auna o Msissippi IRivoe' systom given in-Tab3.e i,.t,-it% II be seen tht he':

great bulk~is toade up. of aquoatio carthworme .:..

!a~rvae (Fphnnrrida), buttle lar" _________era padp.fylr I *('ric opte)znc:o 1' (0 -- and c-r~cio ~ ics.blcc

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trot-,S. I ".', Linn. 'Leafisfi, Bew f In. One srpocimpan wjas takirn'.* <~

Rivcr at Li4tt~a PFll-. it probably occurs Dfffsizz+/-rp2i botz above r-n d bc lew thl& station.

.:'.)fC "bLin:no0:u, German' aar, V'c'~t. Thi~s $pece ha~

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~;the P:L~t tWent-y ronra in =any of the zmal2er st.reams or ti Mic~issipu1 !5.vor ~jtr.none 0.ere ~keri during Llu~'~ns'*etu~ot b Rrainba.,, T'rout. Plrunted .n:

O7~r~c7s't:5-ghut'Ueupper 1hisricsippi River system.

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"+/-orntinaliI lXit-chl. rokTrut tensivol7y. . 7...,

lor S ,Lnra~ throushout th~eUpper IMiSt.ssippi em.t. ..

i'ti:1%V at be~.ng pre~eTt In =e~of 'theso str-eams.' None .2 c"kUI1`by g In the summer ot1, 9

-. "  : o  %ŽxYcrincl2r.c (Cuvier arid Valenciennes) pufa C& rr- *;' ) from tha vcielnity of Grilnd Ropida&, and P'riedrc.:i.>I

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'- ~a~ ~. Coud ~o -T~re were taken onte

~~.eYx~te= during tno surmer of 19,39, nor are anyol a~a~ 1 fromthits area..

oI er ANcIssrippi River system but maoe *

~ 1 .butriosthu in the Micaiseippl itcolf~. Spbcimons

'Q~e' ~undant in mos t o, the zmsaleh.r rivars and In.

7.t tura~ol= M (tSour). Red-Flo-se. - Conmron in the J *:Vfrj ~ n crwu Win8 RIAVers. ~oto h olciong

Watsr (Ou~rrnt 'I to 3 ~c L ctpsi'"zzcnd) and ovor Gravel

• :. e rne, c1 secimons were ta3rcn in the srnaller tributary  :.

-nI uru (.RidfiflSque). 'V.12ite-noscd Suckeor.

pI-.  ; %81IEppi River from Mi+/-nneapolis to Croaby and ln-!

Abundant In the alax 1water of' the Crow River., near-!

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tributary of the Cron ~ir neair 'St. Bcrd~ciuc.

Li**ii. ).*; r&riac u s r-a.rLr It a n~c ht A,+/-obwi i.C ox) Vach triCb fSa ce.

Takem vat Govan sta o~ ~e~tnestations on. the, r p~Crow T5.rig Piver systezi and rromt the Ri~var, at Clet~nwater.

This~ dace k.16n.ct abunra~rt- In =a11 rilverZ and brookts. *~ .

r< 2. aerotriixc e-ro-taouhatus atrot-Lculatus (IrAitchill)." Creek Chub.'

r'This is tcM 1 er c~oriz ao hE :ppor 1.11mlezippi River system,.

• ..reachine a&1engh Of clrhto Jnclew.:1.Is,+/- di.atributed throughout the

,role iyatem but is moct- commcn in the -rma2.er altrear. It var -taken ait

.. iotzis to. ccrirlutur (:thl) Coron Shine r. Common .in" th&3.y.

aaip.ano. n3I. £t.ztribUtries. The subspeeies frontall1s Avaselz ~~

a~nd an15cephalus '71af-nesque appea~r to be a~bout equally abundant and x.n%

.. >interE~rdasoccur between. them. *... .

14. Xotroll~ Ahjip~1il s-ilqperus Copo. Northexrn Steel.-colored.

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ezcLapt on'-oI Zhe Comraon Shiner,r this :ic the -moat abund nt

- minno.7 iz the upper M&isiasippi system,. Oollections were mnade at tbirty-one stations i~sprorentin.g all typee of babitatc accept small slugginv.'streruns jf tive 15. Egttppis h stationt, on the-R Iud.ari qs seez q (Cordari). Spot-tall JMinnow. 'Taken i.t

~aefssfipp Rivcr bct eon 141rneapollis cnd St;. Cloud-.*.

and in tho k~k IRivor no~r Its mouth. At none of these stationc was tho srmclies LnbundLmt',-;-rozst of thce 1o1lction w:ore a cinlrle pcm .

16. VTotro:5..s dorzali3 dorralis Agacoiz, lhimnio Zhinci-. -. Collect ed'

-~at eafvon i 75l

? ther nsm~all rivers and creolt. Absenlt from'

• both the 11actissippi River &nn =nll brooks. T7his minnow was quite abundant in the Loart, Recd-aye and Svian. River~s.* *

17. ','otronlz et role'N.aM Ei -ennnfand Eigofn~nnn. Northorn Black-nosed ZhlrieF. - ~I~ae taE n~xro-m'only t~ireo or the sairaller tributaries.,

the Swan and L~ong ?rairic- Mvers &n~d Nosquit~o Creekc noar L~otley....

18.  !?otroois haterod'an Copo. Black-cbhlnnd Shiner.- A BE2le.

o.peciman, to .crlo i~ C1*ow Wiffini Ri1vor at Nimrod. . .~

!. 19. 11ont. binttv~tne (1-irt'. d) n:h hu.-Comr

^?I th.v+/-.i1As 1

*pe*) ~ 1clU117 abuandant in

- 20. e ..  :(:.' Vo-1c-nCeonos.

I Long-nosed

-- n-6 ku.k R vo-s

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.Uqi4rs4yj Mi. Zf~~

E7- e,-,

F~.v',or and ztone froz. t hT C J creclz and'broolx-.

aridin 'rr Only ono h

the Rlum &flQ CF:Ow -AVo0~ 05FAZirxcad Occa."ionn. In rot o t'ie othor

.tr~ibt-ry stroarns et the uppdr-rIN'-lazi- . 1Uve~r. "'aken at sixten etaticns. V.U crpee. as i most abundant In alcy; wattr over muddy-botto=,.;

• 23. E!sbOh-_nchu. -cati,2 (in x o quvs) Blunt-notsd luInno¶'.

Gco~on tboS~~i intifre upPD r Uve r symtem.

'.- Ta1cor"a JVTc,.t-0i StLt Ion 3; CA on t1qa I SS1C ippi fliv er and nos t of the r a t, onl erokz End. smroll ries lint ccnmor. in. broCU3..

in 10e- Cxo5 InZ~Iu FUM,,RVe7r z~zez=; Oecaional in the tributaries of't `

C-otY iver, cund ir&the tSaulc P:ivrz..

g.,lu Tci.L~ apceia- ~eaem to prefer h rud bottomed etoream arces. ...

25o C;_1 ~tX11 (Rafinescjue). Z2toneroller.- Oocaciona..

LI Cm1rtRtZt8Ev z`t bottomA.. T&el~e at three cstatIons. on .K the Axrm River ant one on the Platte Rivei-. .

r< 26. LP4 o.armlo Lrinnaeus.

• Go ='ar. Carp. -Common River in the vicinity of~Fridly "and-:

i-n the lUb kC~wter a.rea's or thc i ET~

DaT-ton and Ir.the mzouth of the Crow Ri~ver at Dayton. T.h-e on~ly othor ..

~,5peo1.nan talcenr wie lorcr the 14isslssippi Rietw niles bolow St~. Cloud~.

~.Aedrich (I3A3) reporta tbtat carp ares common in the lakes, soutli otr 76=~i~ *cer~.~i to arce'. this speoies Is most a~bu.ndsx.t in the llicsiscMpi River 1r. the srzring. .The fait vwater and gr 4avel.bottozz- of

~the Misfiliir cr seem to be unsu¶ited for the carp. ZNo, appreciableK

'd~an1Ee to rAq1Uatic .%aeUettion t.'az observed in the areas fronvwhich carp.~>

were talken..

arge- strx Mz tov.SFt

.- the Up'.pr VJiss~ipp" 7

.- s6em; abundant in the lover'Cro-a F.-.vr. OCezio-nai.n the stialler Etreans."

22. !AneirtInstalis (Le.-eur'). Yellow Bullboad. - Co~on;-. range

-- ez h e's A. =e1Wxa.

29. LAneir,,iz nebulasus (Le Seur). Cotmnon'Bullhaad. -Coimon in tbe

.. ~tspTRva E-t-L -te Vtlit. -Repor'tcd b,' F~riedrich -(193Z) from 30 c~hilbeodet jUrinus (11itchill). Tadpolo Cat. -Occasional.

-throu~rhout he eftTrc upter ti ver ysytozm. Most co~ofl in-irxss~

.-cast heater of roderate1l ~iz4d at oan.3. F-one ivere taken 1n smal.l brooks. '**

3iVcr 4tc fE 3cr. Ozational~in, t'h. creeks andl b ro ok3.

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I~.LI~k:. . ~c~o1. i'~.Roportod o~ccae

- '.A~th AVX . pau-nd1;~z~C epeciztn vs seen.that L d bccn taken~ fr:-.. bu%!.-Ad tha dan: L,' !ajri..~lla

~.UmbraW3 5m-1 (Xirtlan~d). !Zid VAinnc1. T-alccn ohly from the'mdy-

.d pondod VE~cchogo o' be Cro~v ar~d Ru pivz~r nsystms. iPcported by, rrl.d~rich £rom' theC &ZAu.i !devcx f1$~ . 'r 354. Fur.dulus diahnus menona ~o rean and. Coyo1and. Tp'Yinnow. **

Tit Ircn on1yI oWne.- Z i;Fics a ~ vz ata. C'vul Reparted by Pr'1iodrich 1~ from thc Swu~c River, isLmxe_.n. bam Trout 2erch. Coruuon i the ?:isicsippi HIto btean Aioylzand Crosby. Col~lected a1ro t Iow e tr&t oboec of the Cro'; FU vo rc..

C)~Pumi~

.56. Eucalla incin3'teno (KIrtland). Stickl~eback, Com= on' In rJuddy and ve~jy ara j Rum R'iver systern. Taken also from a.

drirnaze dilch tributt'y to the Grow River near St. flonifacius. -_ .l P-secies is com.monly associated with Cbr'oaous ods and UmbralJimi..

PrA~n. C-adifto

• 37. Iota Yr.culorna le Seur~. Burbot. -Roported b.Friedri6_h '(J93-3).

.-om.t-he Mltfgzasippi F.1r at St. Cl.oud.*

P=n. Athe rindc* ~  :

38. Labideethes zlcculus-Copes Br'ookc Silverside. RnPre; 'one lepecimen takeno te uc ivrand ono from the'Lowzer Crcu Rivers.. --

-Jiporte6.£rot. the Misaiazippi by F'riedrich (19N). s 39uo(Le Str.LarSe.-rcuth BlackBass

/7 7

• 7,C~o~nin 'tie

,in pondd %waterbehind dox-m.

'L~prf River rr~d the lar~er tributa~ries, especially

.T-ken at rittoer. etations. ... . <

40. I.!!crop",e dolornicu Lacopede. Smacl1-mouth B'raol Bans'- a.

.:CO=n~o In faEr ?wi~,eof~E the;2a clippi RiIver and of the levier. Rum:Rv~

Talcen at eight stations on the U11saisippi.

41.6 lortis c~rana2~.uc_ (Rafincsqzjc). Litutlo Green Sunrish ... *

..Oc Crs i0= ~1.n bc!,iawttcrzof%~ the rasi.-ippi. Rivor and the larger:

• tribi.:trrjenaM-, in hoasc =.-d none~cd Dcrtion-9 of zrn~ller streams. No.,~

,er-clmn o'o t_ 1 o.a-a ; Qr#v- ..A6ng flvcr 1 ystcrm. This. species 'and.

!tha POC11 Betcc occur f'ai*trcr -4; the crL.;2cr ctrccanz than any other.

sn~r chb .

• ino:" (Ouvier o.nd Valonciennon). B2.Ueri.1l 2ne~.~~c z:?;; f~ t"'.,: i *~~ M RVer and ocoacional' in ~*~% ~ ~*. r ~

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,3. cu). 2.inoc.-CQ1r. '

Rtan the prbacdinjar Ir tinb i~pcr 7i a~zalirpi S Yiver syptotri. Takean from t

~tt.n nthue i~~si.i tv-O oni 't'hq Ru-m, ad one atatimr on the Cro-O.

. ,5uk, Cr 0o1XI ni-j -nd St. Frrinoic PR.verz A-r,~;sr~cti (otnq). Rcck Bas. Tho r-o.t .

~if~~dn "Z t'ne cruitot f h ci-aippi flvzer'nd I r:z.JtL- 1mrror tributeric a Takeon aitumnly stoations. Occasi~onal .in -small" *

• 45. FaorxoIs __roidoz f.Zco ede). Black Cra~ppla Calioo Bass' ***

-o'on rlyt e -mtoz and oddios oil the Lississippi and in.- the~$

EC',leer strotches of the Rum, Crow, and Crow Win Rivers~.

4.6 Perca £ , & on~ (r toi3. Yc-llov~ Frch. -Co~cn'throuhout at~ entire uppor U~amLnzi&+/-pi FRiver cyzte=.excopt in szll creeks and

'p.ocks. Ta-i(n at twointy-ona stations. * . ..

47. Stizc~r4odionA vitreism (Ilitohill). W211-eaetd Pike.-Firy t5TT `Is visE.p+/-,_ 17kolozer Orcox, lowrer ?.um and IT-1cr Oro +/-n

• nvr-.Ko Erm-crm o~r S'and Pike voior t-pk~en..*.

48. BcluUMcsoma n+/-rnrum nip ~aInesq

"~ .1e). Jormny D~arter. - '. I

-z-.or. ani~ _-=Fo1vT '7aexr o iathe tr'ibutery streDiftnc Occasional.

9. Pez'cina caondes iRafin-esque. Lop Perch. Occasional in' rapid later. Toik'W=afm the aR=, Platte, Jceaf Crow Wi.ng and '1olssissippi

~5rEdrc. F oceilichth~ dt-inils (Giiard).ie lovia Dairter'., .. .- Reported by

. .')

Tam, cottidge

£1 otu Co IntU13 Richardson. Ea z1stern ;iill or' Th-lumb. :One peinint. nvemit1y M. Minnbsota Coll~ctio~n Srorn the St, Francis

,lver (193S). Reported b7 Friedrich (1.933) from the Skunk River flear

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