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L. platystoimis Ralinesque. Short-nosed Gar, Duck-billed Gar, etc. Kansas river. 

 Not so common as the preceding. (Lepisosteus platostorrms llatinesque, Ich. Oli.) 



Order Halecomorphi. 



Family Amiidce. 

 ( renus Aniia, Linna;us. 

 A. ealva, Linn. Mud Fish, Dog Fish, Bowfin, Grindle, John A. (irindle, Lawyer. 

 Branches of Missouri river, Osage river, etc. (Linn. Syst. Nat. Amia OctidentcUis 

 De Kay. New York Fauna Fish.) 



Order Nematogna thi. 

 Family Siluridce. 

 Genus Noturus, Rannesque. 

 N. miurus, Jordan. A Stone Cat. Branches Missouri river. ( Nat. Hist. New York, 

 1877.) 



X. flavus, Rannesque. Common Stone Cat. (Raf., Am. Month. Mag., 1818.) 

 N. gyrinus, Mitchell. Yellow Cat, Stone Cat. (Silurus gyrinus Mitchell, Amer. 

 Month. Mag., 1818.) 



N. exilis, Nelson. Stone Cat. Common in Neosho, Osage, etc. (Nelson, Bull, 111. 



Mus. Nat. Hist., 1876.) 



Genus Leptops, Rannesque. 



L. olivaris, Raf. Mud Cat, Yellow Cat, Bashaw, Goujon. Kansas river. (Hopladeus 

 olivaris, Gill. Ichth. Capt. Simpson's Expl. 1776. Pelodichthys olivaris Jordan.) 



Genus Amiurus, Ralinesque. 



A. vulgaris, Thompson. A Bull-head. ( Pimelodus vulgaris Thompson, Hist, of Ver- 

 mont, 1842. P. ailurus Girard, U. S. Pac. R. R. Expl. Fish, 1858.) 



A. melas ( Raf.), Jordan and Copeland. Black Bull-head, Small Black Cat, Bull-head. 

 Appears to be common over the State. Reported in the Washburn Bulletin of Natural 

 History as A. cragini, Gilbert, a new species. ( Silurus melas Raf., Quart. Jour. Sci.i 

 Lit., Arts., Lond., 1820. Pimelodus catulus, Girard, Pac. R. R. Surv., 1858. Amiurus 

 obesus Gill., Bost. Nat. Hist. Soc, 1862.) 



A. natalis, LeSueur, var. Cupreus. Yellow] Cat. Kansas and Neosho rivers. [Pime- 

 lodus natalis LeS., Mem. Mus., 1819. P.feliniis et antoniensis Girard, Pac. R. R. Expl.) 



A. nigricans (LeS.), Jordan. Great Fork-tailed Cat, Mississippi Cat, Flannel-mouth 

 Cat, Florida Cat. One of the largest of the catfishes, reaching a weight of 100 pounds 

 or more. (Gadus acustris Walbaum, Artedi Pise. 1792. Amiurus borealis Giinther. 

 Pimelodus nigricarsLeS., Mem. Mus. 1819.) 



A. nebulosus, LeSueur. Bull-Head, Horned Pout, Small Catfish, Schuylkill Cat, 



Sacramento Cat. Plentiful. This is the A. catus Linn, of the synopsis of the Fishes of 



N. A. by Jordan and Gilbert. (Silurus catus Linn., Syst. Nat. 1758. Pimelodus nebulosus 



LeS., Mem. Mus. 1819.) 



Genus Ictalurus, Rannesque. 



I. punctatus ( Rannesque ) Jordan. Silver Cat, Blue Cat, Channel Cat, White Cat. 

 Quite common, and much prized as a food fish. (Silurus punctatus Raf., Amer. Month. 

 Mag., 1818. Ictalurus beadlie and Simpsoni Gill. Ichthcelurus robustus Jordan.) 



I. furcatus (Cuv. A: Yal.) Gill. Spotted Channel Cat. Not so common as preceding. 

 Larger streams. (Pimelodus furcatus Cuv. & Val., 1840. Amiurus furcatus Giinther & 



Jordan.) 



Order Plectospondyli. 



Family Calostomidw. 



Genus [ctiobus, Rafinesque. 



I. carpio ( Rannesque ), Jordan. Carp Sucker. Kansas river. Plentiful. (Catos- 



tomus carpio Raf., Ich. Oh., 1820. C'arpiodes nummifer Cope, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. Phila., 



1870.) 



