44 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NOKTU AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY III. 



Genus AMIURUS Bajinesque. 



18. Amiurus brunneus Jordan. 



This is tlie most abuudaut edible fish in the Chattahoochee. We 

 secured upwards of loity large specimens in two hours' seining at the 

 Shallow Ford. It grows to the length of about IS inches, and is ninch 

 valued as food. It is usually known as the Mud Cat. 



Genus NOTURUS Bqfinesquc. 

 19, NoTURUS LEPTACANTHUS Jordan. 



Xuturu8 leptacanthus Jordan (1877), Anu. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y. oo2. 



This species was originally described from a single specimen taken in 

 Silver Creek, a tributary of the Etowah. A second specimen, similar 

 to tlie first, was taken by us at the Shallow Ford during the ])ast sum- 

 mer, and since then a third, at the same locality as the first. In color, 

 this species is of a rich pale transparent brown, ver^' slightly niottU'd 

 with darker. 



LEPIDOSTEID^. 

 Genus LEPIDOSTEUS Lacepede. 



20. LEPIDOSTEUS OSSEUS (L.) Ag. 

 Taken at the Shallow Ford. 



ANGUILLIDJ]]. 

 Genus ANGUILLA Thiinberg. 



21. AnGtUILLA vulgaris Fleming. 

 Eels, of course, abound in the Chattahoochee. 



V. — WATER BASIN OF THE ALABAMA RIVER. 



The fish-fauna of the Alabama River is now better known than that 

 of any other tif the Southern streams. Fifty -five species are now known 

 as inhabitants of that river and of its great tributaries, the Etowah, 

 Oostanaula, and Coosa. A slight examination of any suitable tributary 

 of the Alabama is suflBcient to show that it is much richer in species 

 than are any of the rivers lying to the eastward of it. 



Of these fifty-six species, thirteen are as yet only known from the 



