31^ PROCEEDINGS OP^ UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



LIST OF FISHES COLLECTED IN THE VICINITY OF NE"W ORLEANS 

 BY DR. R. W. SHUFELDT, U. S. A. 



By DAVID S. JOKUAIV. 



lu the vriuter of 1882-'S3 a collection of fishes was made in the vi- 

 cinity of New Orleans by Dr. R. W. Sluifeldt for the U. S. National 

 Museum. In the present paper is given a catalogue of the fresh and 

 brackish water species included in this collection. The collection was 

 received at the Museum February 21, 1883. 



1. Scaphirhynchops platyrhynchus, (Raf.). (No. 32475.) 

 Dorsal shields 17; lateral 41. 



2. Amia calva, L. 35243, 35244. 



3. Amiurus natalis, (Le Sueur). 35209 (5). 



Color dark ; form robust ; spines short ; pectoral spine not half head. 

 Head, 3f ; depth, 3f ; A. 26; in specimen 7J inches long. 



4. Ictaluruspunctatus, (Raf.). 25219,2.5291. 



Anal rays, 25-26. Dark spots few in one specimen, obsolete in the 

 other. 



5. Ictalurus furcatus, (C. & V.). 35218, 32477, 33820. 

 Anal rays, 34 in each. 



6 Ictiobus ?cyprinella, (C. «fe V.). 35221, 35230. 

 Young specimens. 



7. Ictiobus ?urus, (Ag.). 3.5222, 35229. 

 Young. 



8. Ictiobus ?cyprinus, (Le Sueur). 35204 (3). 



Largest, G^ inches long. Head, 4 in length ; depth, 2f . Longest 

 dorsal ray, 1^ in base of fin. Anterior rays not thick at base. Snout 

 not very obtuse. Angle of mouth below front of eye. D. ii, 24. Scales, 

 6-37-5.*^ 



9. Erimyzon sucetta, (Lac). 35220, 35290, 35292. 



Specimens less than 6 inches long, but with three large tubercles 

 on each side of snout before eye. Head, 3| in length; depth, 3i. D, 11. 

 Scales, 36-13, 37-13, 39-13. 



These specimens approach the type of E. goodei, to which species they 

 should perhaps be referred. Very likely E. sucetta and E. goodei may 

 be found to intergrade. 



10. Notemigonus chrysoleucus, (Mitchill). 35199(5). 



Anal rays, ii, 13. Scales, 48 to 50. 



