Proceedings of 

 the United States 

 National Museum 



SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION . WASHINGTON, D.C. 



Volume 119 1966 Number 3550 



CATALOG OF TYPE SPECIMENS OF THE DARTERS 

 (PISCES, PERCIDAE, ETHEOSTOMATINI) ^ 



By Bruce B. Collette and Leslie W. Knapp ^ 



Introduction 



The darters are a tribe of small freshwater fishes restricted to North 

 America. Some 212 specific and subspecific names have been pro- 

 posed for the approximately 100 vahd described species. About a 

 dozen species await description. As part of a long-term study of 

 these fishes, we have prepared this catalog of type specimens. We 

 hope that our efforts will be of value in furthering systematic research 

 and stabilizing the nomenclature of this most fascinating group of 

 North American fishes. 



In preparing this catalog we have attempted to examine or at 

 least to verify the location of the type specimens of all nominal forms 

 of the three presently recognized genera of darters: Percina, Ammo- 

 crypta, and Etheostoma. By type specimens we mean holotypes, 

 lectotypes, syntypes, paralectotypes, and paratypes. Each form is 



' Fifth paper in a series on the systematics of the Percidae by the senior author. 



2 Collette: Assistant Laboratory Director, Bureau of Commercial Fisheries 

 Ichthyological Laboratory, Division of Fishes, U.S. National Museum; Knapp: 

 Supervisor in charge of vertebrates, Oceanographic Sorting Center, Smithsonian 

 Institution. 



