CATFISH GENUS NOTURUS RAFINESQUE 111 



The name Noturus (Greek) is from notos (the back) and oura (the 

 tail), referring to the connected caudal and adipose fins. 



Noturus flavus Rafinesque 



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Plates 2 (fig. 3), 3 (fig. 10), 9 (pig. 2); Map 8 



Noturus flavus Rafinesque, 1818a, p. 41 (original description; the Ohio); 1820b, 

 p. 68; 1820c, p. 362 [and reprinted in Jordan, 1877c, p. 41, and in Call, 1899, 

 pp. 128-129] ^description; "common near the falls"). — Kirtland, 1838, pp. 

 169, 195 (Mahoning R., Ohio; known as young catfish). — Storer, 1846, 

 p. 406 [and in reprint, 1846, p. 154] (description copied; synonymy; Ohio; 

 Mahoning R.; L. Erie) .—Kirtland, 1847, pp. 336-343, pi. 26, fig. 2 (?descrip- 

 tion; synonymy; L. Erie; Mahoning R.; occasionally taken near Cleveland 

 [The figure represents this form, but the counts given were either copied or 

 the records are complex.]). — Gill, 1861a, p. 45 (synonymy); 1861b, p. 50; 

 and Bleeker, 1862, p. 12, and 1863, p. 103 (type-species of Noturus). — 

 Hayden, 1863, p. 178; and Girard, in Warren, 1875, p. 104 (Yellowstone 

 R.*).— Giinther, 1864, p. 104 (compiled).— Cope, 1865, p. 277 (description 

 [complex]; Swartz Cr., Genesee Co.,* Mich.; Youghiogheny R.* [Pa.]). — 

 J. G. Cooper, 1869, p. 297 ("The river at Fort Benton").— Cope, 1869, 

 p. 237 (Miami R., Ind.;* Michigan;* Kiskiminitas R., W. Pa.); 1872, p. 442 

 ("From the waters of the Platte; identical with those from the Ohio"). — 

 Jordan, 1875, p. 225; 1878c, p. 368.— Jordan and Copeland, 1876, p. 160. — 

 Gill, 1876, p. 423; and Jordan, 1876a, p. 96; and Jordan and Gilbert, 1877b, 

 p. 85 (synonymy). — ?Jordan, 1876b, p. 303 (description; synonymy; range 

 [all complex]).— ?E. W. Nelson, 1876, p. 50 (Illinois [complex]).— [Klippart], 

 1877, pp. 149, 153 (Ohio; Indiana).— Jordan and Gilbert, 1877a, p. 2 (Indiana; 

 Ohio Valley).— ? Jordan, 1877a, p. 46 (White R., Ind. [complex]).— Jordan, 

 1877b, pp. 352, 372, 377 (comparison; synonymy; White R. and tribs., 

 Indianapolis, Ind. [complex]); 1877c, pp. 9-41 (synonymy; nominal species 

 of Rafinesque reviewed); 1877d, pp. 71-119, pi. 36, figs. 54-55 (synonymy; 

 range; general localities [complex]). — Jordan and Brayton, 1878, p. 87. — 

 Jordan, 1878a, p. 118 (synonymy; distribution [complex]). — ? Jordan, 1878b, 

 p. 67 (Illinois distribution). — Jordan, 1878d [and 1884], p. 335 (description; 

 range); 1878e, p. 414. — Forbes, 1880a, pp. 42-43 (in food of Micropterus 

 salmoides). — Cope, 1881, p. 77 (range; description; tribs. of the Ohio, Pa.). — 

 Jordan, 1882, pp. 739-800 (description; synonymy; range; Ohio; Ohio R. ; 

 White R., Indianapolis).— Jordan and GUbert, 1883, pp. 100-101 (descrip- 

 tion; synonymy; range [complex]). — Swain and Kalb, 1883, pp. 638-644 

 (synonymy; distribution [in error]; description). — Bean, 1884, p. 491 (range 

 [in error]; Madrid,* N. Y.). — Gilbert, 1884, p. 199 (Indiana records including 

 [Bloomington*], Monroe Co.). — Graham, 1885a, no. 30; and Cragin, 1885, 

 p. 107 (Rock Cr., Kans.). — Graham, 1885b, p. 71 (Kansas). — Jordan and 

 Meek, 1885, pp. 2-16 (Des Moines R., Ottumwa,* Iowa; Hundred and 

 Two R., near Bedford, Iowa* and Maryville,* Mo.; Blackwater Cr., Browns- 

 ville and Flat Cr., near Sedalia,* Mo.; Grand R., Clinton* and Tabo Cr., 

 Calhoun,* Mo.).— Jordan, 1885, p. 802.— Forbes, 1885a, p. 84 [and 1900, 

 p. 76]; 1885b, p. 108.— Jordan and Gilbert, 1886, p. 6 (comparison only).— 

 Evermann and Bollman, 1886, p. 335 (Pigeon Cr., near Monongahela City,* 

 Pa.). — Evermann, 1886, p. 3 (Indiana record). — Eigenmann and Fordice, 



*The material indicated by an asterisk has been re-examined. 



