Jordan and Everiiniiiii. — Fishes of North America. 141 



AmimiiBcaliiK, Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 104,1883. 



Pimeludmfelis, Agassiz, Lake Superior, 281, 1850, Lake Superior. 



Pimtloiluxvnljteculiis, GiRAUU, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., ISoy, IGO, Charleston. (Type, No. 1530.) 



Pimelndun hoiji, Girard, /. c, 159,1859, Racine, Wisconsin. (Tyiic, No. 1.539.) 



Anieiunis mispilliensif, Cope, Proc. Am. Phil. Soc, 1870, 486, Mispillion Creek, Delaware. 



Of the variations of this species, the following seem worthy of recog- 

 nition as subspecies : 



217a. AMEIL'UrS NEBl'LOSl'S CATULUS, (Girard). 



Color nearly black; profile very steep. Abundant in the streanie of 

 Texas. (Diminutive of cattis, cat.) 



PiiiiehHlus mlithif:, Girard, Pac. li. R. Survuy, 208, 1858, Fort Smith, Arkansas. 



217b. AMEIL'RUS KEBULOSLS MARMORATUS, (Holbrook). 



Body sharply mottled with brown, greenish, and whitish ; jaws equal, 

 or nearly so ; depth about 4 in length ; slope of profile very steep. Dorsal 

 fin high; the spine more than i length of head; dorsal sj^ine nearer 

 adipose fin than snout. Barbels long. Head 3J in length. Anal 21. 

 Lowland streams and swamps from soathwestern Indiana (Switz City) 

 southward and eastward to Florida ; the color strongly marked, but this 

 iutergrades with mottled specimens of A. nebulosus. (marmoratus, mar- 

 bled.) 



PimeJodiis marnwralm, HoLBROOK, Jour. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1855, 54, South Carolina. (Tyjie, 



No. 9U31.) 

 Ameiurus marmoratus, Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 104,1883. 



218. AMEIURUS MELAS, (Eafinesque). 



(Black Bullhead; Small Catfish.) 



Color almost black, varying to yellowish and brown. Body stout, 

 short and deep, the depth 3i to 4^ in length. Head broad behind, rather 

 contracted forward, the front steeply elevated. Pectoral spines short, 2i 

 to 3 in head. Anal fin short and deep, of 17 to 19 rays, its base nearly 5 

 in length, the color of the rays forming a sharp contrast with that of 

 the dusky membranes. Jaws nearly equal. Barbels longer than head. 

 Humeral process rather long, rugose. Size small. Northern New York 

 (Genesee River) to Kansas and Texas. Common, especially west of the 

 Mississipjii. Variable. Much resembles A. nebi(lo8u.i, but smaller, with 

 shorter, deeper anal, and especially shorter pectoral spines. {/it'Aui-, black.) 



Sili(ni:< iiiclax, IIafinesque, Quart. Jour. Sci. Lit. Arts Lond., 1820, 51, Ohio River. 



Pimeliiiliis miifinis, GiKARD, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1859, 159, Racine, Wis. (Type, No. 1514.) 



Amiunix obesiis, GiLL, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., 1862, 45, Nebraska. (Type, No. 8968.) 



Jordan, I. c, 89, 1877. 

 Pimelodtia imlUts,DB Kay, N. Y. Fauna: Fishes, 184, 1842, Lake Pleasant, Lake Janet, N. Y. 

 AmiurKs pnUiis, Jordan, I. c, 93,1883. 

 Amiunts crayini, Gilhert, Bull. Washh. Lab. Nat. Hist., 1884, i, 10, Garden City, Kansas. 



(Type, No. 36814.) 

 Amiunis brachycicanthus, Coi'E, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., .\x, 35, 1880, Medina River, Texas. 

 Ameinrm tirachyacanthiis, Jordan «S; Gilbert, Synop.'»is, 881,1883. 

 /Siliinis xanOwcepliabis, Kafinesque, Quart. Jour. Sci. Lit. Arts Lond., 1820, 51, Ohio River; 



Jordan, 1. c, 42, 1877. 

 Ameturus xanOwcephahts, Jordan i^ Gilbert, Synopsis, 104, 1883. 



