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Genus ERIMYZOX, Jordan. 



49. Erimyzon sucetta (Lac.) Jordan. (No. 27,448.) 



Catostomus sucetta, DeKay, Fauna N. Y. Fishes, 203. 

 Moxostoma clarifonnis, Girard, Pac. R, R. Surv. vol. x, 219. 

 Erimyzon sucetta, Jordan, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. No. VZ, 144. 



A specimen of this species, a female, Avas obtained at Corinth. An- 

 other female was caught in a shallow branch of Catawba Creek whilst 

 depositing her spawn, in company with the male. Another very young 

 specimen was seined at Macon. 



Genus CATOSTOMUS, Le Sueur. 



50. Catostomus nigricans, Lc Sueur. (No. 27,447.) 



Hypentellum nigricans, Jordan, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 9, 34. 

 Catostomus nigricans, .Jordan, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 10, 162. 



One specimen from Enterprise. 



Family SILURID^. 

 Genus ICTALUEUS, Eafinesque. 



51. Ictalurus punctatus (Raf.) Jordau. (No. 27,448.) 



Ictalurus coerulescens, Cope, Pioc. Auier. Phil. Soc. 1870, 489. 

 Pimolodus oUvaceus, Girard, Pac. R. R. Surv. vol. x, 211. 

 IcMlia-Jur us punctatus, Jordan, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 10, 76. 



I obtained specimens of this Catfish from the Noxubee River at Macon ; 

 others have since been sent me from Enterprise, on the Chickasawha, 

 by Mr. Warner. 



Genus AMIUEUS, Eafi^nesque. 



52. Amiurus vulgaris (Thoinp.) Nelson. (Jto. 27,437.) 



Pimolodus aihirus, Girard, Pac. R. R. Surv. vol x, 210. 



Amiurus vulgaris subsp. a'lurus, Jordan, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 10, 88. 



Two Catfishes were purchased from a young negro, who had caught 

 them in Sand Creek near Artesia. One of these, having a total length 

 of 10 inches, I identify as above. It is, I have no doubt, Girard's F. 

 ailiirus, and if this is, as Professor Jordan in his " Synopsis of the 

 Fresh Water Siluridie of the United States" affirms, identical with 

 Thompson's P. vulgaris, the latter name will be the proper one to employ. 



The discovery of this specimen reveals a much greater range soutk- 

 ward in this species than was previously suspected. Hitherto it has 

 not been known to occur further south than Saint Louis, and has been 

 supposed to be peculiar to our northern lakes and rivers. 



The other Catfish purchased was — 



53. Amiurus melas (Raf.) Jord. & Copelaud. (No. 27,462.) 



Amiurus melas, Jordan, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 10, 89. 

 One specimen from Sand Creek, Artesia, and two from Noxubee River 

 at Macon. 



Proc. Nat. Mus. 80 33 Fel>. 16, 1881. 



