158 Evermann and Hildehrand — Fishes from Lower Potomac. 



This collection consists of a total of 1,487 specimens, all of 

 which have been deposited in the National Museum. 



1. Notropis hudsonius (De Witt Clinton). 



SPAWN-EATER; SPOT-TAILED MINNOW; SHINER. 

 Four specimens, 1.5 to 2.3 inches long, from ]Mattapony River. 



2. Notropis hudsonius amarus (Girard). 



SHINER: SFAWN-E.^TER; SILVER-FIN. 



Five specimens, 2.75 to 4 inches long, from Jackson City. 



3. Notropis amoenus (Abbott). 

 Two specimens, 1.5 and 2.() inches long, from Mattapony River. 



Hybopsis kentuckiensis (Rafinesque). 



HOKXY-IIEAD; RIVER CHUIJ. 



Five specimens, 2.5 to 5 inches long, from Mattapony River. 

 5. Anguilla rostrata (Le Sneur). 



AMERICAN EEL; FRESHWATER EEL. 



Three specimens, 3 to 11 inches long, from Somerset Beach; two, 11 

 and 12 inches long, from Riverside. 



6. Pomolobus mediocris (Mitchill). 



HICKORY SHAD; FALL HERRING. 



Thirty-two specimens, 1.5 to 2 inches long, from Somerset Beach; 

 three, 2 to 2.5 inches long, from Riverside; one, 3 inches long, from St. 

 Georges Island: twenty-eight, 3.25 to 4 inches long, from the mouth of 

 Hampton Creek. 



7. Pomolobus pseudoharengus (Wilson). 



ALEWIFE; BRANCH HERRING. 



Seven specimens, 1.75 to 2.25 inches long, from Bryans Point. 



8. Pomolobus zestivalis (Mitchill). 

 GLUT HERRING; SUMMER HERRING. 

 Twenty-one specimens, 1.8 to 2.25 inches long, from Riverside; one, 

 1.5 inches long, from Blackistone Island; eighteen, 2 to 2.2 inches long, 

 from St. Georges Island ; fifty-six, 1.4 to 1.0 inches long, from Cockerel 

 Creek; three, 1.5 to 2.4 inches long, from Buckroe Beach; eighty-four, 

 2.4 to 3 inches long, from the month of Ham])ton Creek. 



9. Alosa sapid issima (Wilson). 



COMMON SHAD; AMEUICAX SHAD; POTOMAC SHAD. 



Forty-six specimens, 1 to 1.5 inches long, from Jackson City; forty- 

 eight, 1 to 3 inches long, from Bryans Point; five, of equal size, 2 inches 

 long, from Somerset Beach; one 3.3 inches long, from Gloucester Point; 

 five, 2 to 4 inches long, from the mouth of Hampton Creek. 



10. Brevoortia tyrannus (Latrobe). 



MENHADEN ; " BUGFISH " ; " ALEWIFE." 



Six specimens, of equal size, about 2.75 inches long, from Somerset 



