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usually discrete, chromatophores that are uniformly distributed over 

 the lower surface of the head and abdomen at all sizes, except large 

 old adults. These freckles may become diffuse or lost near the midline 

 of these surfaces in older specimens. 



Noturus funebris Gilbert and Swain 



BLACK MADTOM 

 Plates 3 (fig. 7), 7 (fig. 1); Map 6 



Noturus funebris Gilbert and Swain. — Jordan, 1885, p. 802 (nomen nudum; 

 "Northern Alabama")- — Gilbert and Swain, in Gilbert, 1891, pp. 153, 157 

 (original description; types* from: "in a spring run tributary to North River 

 near Tuscaloosa, Alabama"). — Bohlke, 1953, p. 43 (holotype, USNM 36696* 

 and paratype, SU 3952*).— Bailey, Winn, and Smith, 1954, pp. 131-155 

 (distribution; Escambia R. basin records*). — Eddy, 1957, p. 153, fig. 385 

 (key; range) .—Taylor, 1957, p. 192.— Briggs, 1958, p. 260 (Florida distribu- 

 tion). — Cook, 1959, pp. 34, 135, 142, fig. 25F (description; Mississippi 

 records). — ?Suttkus, 1961, p. 63, fig. 5 (comparison; skull illustrated). — 

 Suttkus and Taylor, 1965, p. 177 (associations). — Thomerson, 1966, p. 397 

 (length frequency distribution; sex ratio; egg counts; associations, Metts 

 Cr., Fla.). 



Schilbeodes funebris (Gilbert and Swain). — Jordan and Evermann, 1896a, pp. 

 145, 147 (description; Tuscaloosa,* Ala.); 1896b, p. 234.— Reed, 1907, 

 p. 555 (not examined for poison glands). — Schrenkeisen, 1938, p. 167 (com- 

 piled). — Carr and Goin, 1955, pp. 21, 64 (description; Florida distribution). — • 

 G. A. Moore, 1957, pp. 143-144 (description). 



Rabida funebris (Gilbert and Swain). — Jordan, Evermann, and Clark, 1930, p. 156. 



Type-specimens.— USNM 36696 (lectotype), USNM 161732 (2 

 paralectotypes) , and SU 3952 (1 paralectotype) , from a spring run, 

 tributary to North River, near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, summer of 

 1884, C. H. Gilbert and Joseph Swain. 



Other material studied 



UNITED STATES: Alabama: Escambia R. system: TU 3146, 14180, 

 16520; CU 11826; Tulsa U 8. Perdido R. system: TU 14184. Fish R. system: 

 TU 3156, 14389. Tallapoosa R. system: USNM 201246; CU 14045; UMMZ 

 111195-6, 168676. Cahaba R. system: TU 14198. Black Warrior R. system: 

 TU 14141; CU 19271. Tombigbee R. system: TU 24549; CU 16162. Other tribs. 

 Mobile Bay: TU 3091; CU 12636; UMMZ 15.5463. Florida: Econfina Cr. 

 drainage: USNM 201242 (Cr., about 1000 yards W. U.S. Hwy. 231 on Jackson- 

 Bay Co. line); DBUF (Cr., 0.5 mi. W. Econfina Cr. bridge, W. Bennett, Bay 

 Co.). Choctawhatchee R. system: TU 1084, 1102, 20574, 21330. Alaqua Cr. 

 drainage: DBUF (at Portland, Walton Co.). Yellow R. system: TU 23830, 

 24010, 24089, 24107, 24456, 24661, 24774. Blackwater R. sytsem: TU 20528; 

 CU 16702; UMMZ 155498, 163521, 166192, 166215; DBUF 1457. Escambia 

 R. system: UMMZ 165131. Escambia Co., unknown drainage: CU 13712. Perdido 

 R. system: TU 1778; USNM 143049. Louisiana: Pearl R. system: TU 95, 

 739, 1666, 3598, 5756, 6238, 7352, 7590, 7826, 8245, 11477, 14266, 14394, 14548, 

 15549, 23093, 23383; USNM 152985. Mississippi: Pascagoula Bay drainage: 



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



