TABLE 5. NUMBERS AND SIZES OF LONG-NOSED GAR CAPTURED BY SHOCKER AND GILL NETS AT THE MIDDLE AND LOWER NEOSHO STATIONS IN 1957, 1958 AND 1959. Average total Location Date Number length (inches) Range Middle Neosho 1957 19 22.2 14-32 Middle Neosho 1958 57 22.2 14-40 Middle Neosho 1959 64 21.6 13-43 Lower Neosho 1957 14 29.4 9-45 Lower Neosho 1958 7 25.3 23-28 Lower Neosho 1959 107 26.2 16-43 #Lepisosteus platostomus Rafinesque# Short-nosed Gar Only one short-nosed gar was taken in 1957, at the lower station on the Neosho River. In 1958 this species was taken at the lower station on the Marais des Cygnes and in 1958 and 1959 at the lower and middle stations on the Neosho. More common in the Neosho than the Marais des Cygnes, _L. platostomus_ occurs mainly in large streams and never was taken in the upper portions of either river. Although short-nosed gar were about equally abundant at the middle and lower stations on the Neosho, the average size was greater at the lower station (Table 6). This kind of segregation by size is shared with long-nosed gar, and was considered in the discussion of that species. Short-nosed gar were taken only in quiet water. Both species were collected most efficiently by means of gill nets and shocker. While shocking, I saw many gar only momentarily, as they appeared at the surface, and specific identification was impossible. The total of all gar seen while shocking indicated that gar increased in abundance from 1957 to 1959 (see Tables 5 and 6). Judging from the gar that were identified, the increase was more pronounced in short-nosed gar than in long-nosed gar. At the lower Neosho station in 1959, two ripe females and one spent female were taken in gill nets (16, 23 and 17 June, respectively) and were moving downstream when caught. No males were taken in the nets. Subsequently, by means of the shocker (26 June-8 July), two spent and two ripe males were captured in quiet water of the mainstream that closely resembled areas in which the gill nets were set. No females were taken by means of the shocker. TABLE 6. NUMBERS AND SIZES OF SHORT-NOSED GAR CAPTURED BY SHOCKER AND GILL NETS AT THE MIDDLE AND LOWER NEOSHO STATIONS IN 1958 AND 1959. Average total Location Date Number length (inches) Range Middle Neosho 1958 6 14.9 13.9-15.5 Middle Neosho 1959 9 13.6 11.0-16.0 Lower Neosho 1958 3 21.0 20.3-21.6 Lower Neosho 1959 5 21.3 18.0-24.5 #Dorosoma cepedianum# (LeSueur) Gizzard Shad