Dec, 1901.] Fishes Taken Near Salem, Ohio. 165 



FISHES TAKEN NEAR SALEM, OHIO. 



E. B. WiLIrlAMSON. 



The present short list is published, not because of any records of 

 special interest, but in order that a record may be made of the 

 fish known certainly from the headwaters of Beaver Creek. In 

 the case of fish the most logical and significant way to indicate 

 distribution is certainly by streams, and a very small contribution 

 to the ichthyology of the above named stream is here presented. 



About three-fifths of Columbiana County is drained by Beaver 

 Creek, one-fifth by the iSIahoning River and streams leaving the 

 county to the west, while the remainder enters the Big Yellow 

 and Little Yellow Creeks. Beaver Creek is practically confined 

 to Columbiana County, though it empties into the Ohio River in 

 Pennsylvania at Smith's Ferry, just above the state line. The 

 relation of Beaver Creek to the Mahoning River is interesting, 

 the two being in general, arcs of concentric circks with the 

 Mahoning outside. A person going directly west from vSalem 

 crosses Middle Fork of Beaver Creek first, then the Mahoning, 

 and the same is true if he goes directly north or directly east. 

 South-west of Salem the small streams empting into the Mahon- 

 ing have not been seined. From one of these Herman McCane has 

 taken a specimen of Ichthyomyzon concolor which is preserved in 

 the Salem High School collection with the other species here 

 recorded. All the other streams in close proximity to Salem are 

 part of the system of the Middle Fork of Beaver Creek, with the 

 exception of Cold Run, which flows almost directly south into 

 the West Fork of Beaver Creek, the stream thus formed soon 

 being augmented by the waters of the North Fork. 



Seining has been done only near Salem in small tributaries and 

 where Middle Fork has an average width of not more than ten or 

 twelve feet. Mr. Albert Hayes, Mr. J. S. Johnson and Mr. 

 F. W. Webster have helped me draw the seine. Mr. Webster 

 has also given me many valuable suggestions as to suitable 

 localities. 



1. Ameiuriis melas (Raf. ). Rare, only in main stream. 



2. Catostomus commersonii (Lac. ). Common, main stream and tributaries. 



3. Catostomus nigricans Le S. Taken onl)' in a small tributary. 



4. Moxostoma aureolum (LeS.). In a small tributarj'. 



5. Cyprinus carpio L. Only in main stream. 



6. Campostoma anomalum (Raf. ). Everywhere. 



7. Chrosomus erythrogaster Raf, In two small tributaries. 



8. Pimephales promelas Raf. In main stream only. 



9. Pimephales notatus (Raf. ). Everywhere. 



10. Semotilus atromaculatus (Mitch.). Everywhere. 



