CATFISH GENUS NOTURUS RAFESTESQUE 35 



culomandibular pores nearly always 11; anal rays 15 to 21, usually 17 to 

 19; v'ertebrae 37 to 42, usually 38 to 40; body relatively slender; head 



depressed Noturus insignis 



Pectoral spine rarely with distinct serrae, its posterior edge usually only 

 roughened; vertical fins usually uniformly dusky, but sometimes light edged 

 and frequently with a submarginal dark brown band; preoperculomandib- 

 ular pores either 10 or 11; anal rays 15 to 20, typically 16 to 18; vertebrae 

 35 to 38; body heavier; head rounded above .... Noturus nocturnu.<: 



Noturus gyrinus (Mitchill) 

 TADPOLE MADTOM 



Plates 2 (fig. 1), 3 (fig. 1), 5 (fig. 1); M.\p 1 



Silurus gyrinus Mitchill, 1817, p. 289; reprinted in Jordan and Evermann, 1896a, 

 p. 281 (original description; Wallkill [R.]).— Mitchill, 1818, pp. 241, 322-323 

 (description; Wallkill R.) .— Rafinesque, 1819, p. 422; 1820b, p. 68; 1820c, 

 p. 362; reprinted in Jordan, 1877c, p. 41, and in Call, 1899, p. 128 (believed 

 to belong to . . . Noturus). — De Kay, 1842, pp. 185-186 (description; 

 New York).- — Bleeker, 1858, pp. 249, 258 (relationship; description; type- 

 species of Schilbeodes) .—Gunther, 1864, p. 104 (New York).— Gill, 1876, 

 pp. 422, 423 (correctly referred to Noturus by Rafinesque; Bleeker's 1858 

 description reprinted). — Jordan, 1919, p. 279 (orthotype of Schilbeodes). 



Schilbeodes gyrinus (Mitchill). — Bleeker, 1858, p. 258 (North America). — Eigen- 

 mann and Beeson, 1894a, pp. 81-82; 1894b, p. 45 [and 1905, p. 121] (Indiana 

 records: Kankakee R., Riverside;* Trail Cr., near Michigan City;* others 

 compiled). — Cox, 1896, pp. 608, 612 (Minnesota records). — Evermann and 

 Cox, 1896, pp. 375-426 (distribution; description; Missouri basin records, 

 including Norfolk Cr.,* Norfolk Junction, Nebr.). — Eigenmann, 1896, p. 

 253 (Indiana records: String L.* [outlet]; Turkey L.,* channel,* and Turkey 

 Cr.* [SjTacuse]). — Jordan and Evermann, 1896a, pp. 144-146; 1896b, p. 

 234. — E. Smith, 1897, pp. 11-21 (Greenwood and Wawajanda Lakes, and 

 Ramapo and Hackensack* Rivers, near New York City). — Cox, 1897, pp. 

 19-20, 78 (compiled).— Jordan and Evermann, 1898, p. 2790 (anal fin 

 length). — Osburn and Williamson, 1898, pp. 11, 19 (Big Darbj' Cr. and 

 Masons Run,* Franklin Co., Ohio). — Evermann, 1899, p. 306 (Black Bayou, 

 Miss.; L. Lapourde, La.).— Reed, 1900, pp. 232-233 (poison glands). — Ever- 

 mann and Kendall, 1900, p. 51 (Florida records). — Blatchley and Ashley, 

 1901, p. 176 (compiled).— Ramsey, 1901, p. 211 (Winona L.,* Ind.).— Blatch- 

 ley, 1901, p. 252 (L. Maxinkuckee*).— Evermann and Kendall, 1901, p. 480 

 [and 1902, p. 210] (New York records) .—Evermann, 1901, p. 338 (Wallkill 

 R., N.Y.; economics). — Osburn, 1901, pp. 27-28 (ecology; Ohio records 

 including [E. end] Sandusky Bay*). — Blatchley, 1902, p. 184 (compiled). — 

 Evermann, 1902, p. 95.— Bean, 1903, pp. 93-94, 739 (Passaic R., N.Y.).— 

 Large, 1903, pp. 9-10 [and 1905, pp. 56-57] (ecology; Illinois distribution). — 

 Fowler, 1906a, pp. 171-173 (associations; Crosswicks Cr. and tribs. of 

 Delaware R., "in or above tidewater," New Jersey); 1906b, p. 596 (Mill 

 Cr., near Bristol,* Pa.).— Michael, 1906, p. 9.— Fowler, 1907a, p. 14 (Penn- 



*Material designated by an asterisk has been re-examined. 



