NOTES ON A COLLECTION OF FISHES FROM THE ESCAMBIA 

 RIVER, WITH DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF ZYGO- 

 . NECTES (ZYGONECTES ESCAMBIiE). 



By CIIART.ES B. BOr,E.iVIAiV. 



In the montli of March, 1886, a small collection of fishes was made 

 in the E«cambia River by Prof. David S. Jordan and a company of stu- 

 dents from the Indiana University, the present writer being one of the 

 number. 



About half of the species mentioned, comprising the smaller ones, 

 were obtained at Flomaton, Ala. ; either in the river at that point 

 or in a small sluggish stream or gutter, which flows through the street 

 of Flomaton, and enters the river about half a mile below the village. 

 The rest of the collection, comprising the larger species, was obtained 

 from fishermen, who caught them near the mouth of the river. The 

 specimens studied are in the museum of the Indiana University, and 

 duplicates of most of them have been sent to the United States Na- 

 tional Museum. 



1. Erimyzon sucetta Lac6pMe. 

 Two specimens. 



2. Minytrema nielanops Eatiuesqne. 



One male obtained from a fisherman at Flomaton. 



3. Notropis venustus stigmaturus Jordan. 

 Common in the river at Flomaton. 



4. Notropis xaenocephalus Jordan. 



. Common in the river. This and the above species were called "roaches" 

 by a fisherman. 



5. Ericymba buccata Cope. 



Two sjiecimens obtained in the river. 



6. Notemigonus chrysoleucus bosci Cnv. & Val. 



Specimens obtained from smacks that fished near the mouth of the 

 river. 



7. Clupea chrysochloris Eatinesque. 



A few specimens obtained. 



8. Clupea sapidissima Wilson. 



Two large specimens obtained. I find no material difference between 

 these and northern specimens of the shad. 



9. Dorosoma cepedianum Le Suenr. 



Several specimens obtained. 

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