FISHES OF THE SAVANNAH BASIN. 29 



Genus NOTURUS Uafinesque. 

 38. NoTURUS iNSiGNis {Rtchardson) Gill & Jar. 



Noiurus mavQinatHS Baikd. 



Tbiw species is abmidiint in tlie rock-[)Oo]s of lieedy River. It ]>rol)- 

 ably oceiirs iu ail Ibe Atlantic streams as far nortb as Pennsylvania. 



ANGUILLID^. 

 Genus ANGUILLA Tlmnlerg. 



39. Anguilla vulgaeis Fleming. 



The common Eel is abundant in all the streams of the Southern States 

 thus far explored. 



LEPID0STEIDJ5. 



Genus LEPIDOSTEUS Lacepede. 



40. LEriDOSTEUS ossEUS (L.) Ag. 



This fish is said to occur iu the Salud;i, but we oblained no s^jecimens. 



II. — WATER-BASIN OF THE SAVANNAH EIVER. 



Fifteen species are ascertained to occur in the water-basin of the 

 Savannah. Of these, two species are recorded from specimens in the 

 United States National Museum; one on the authority of Professor 

 Agassiz, the others from our collections in the Tugaloo Eiver and in Toc- 

 coa CreeU. None of these species are peculiar to the Savannah Basin. 

 The common Cyprmidcc are all of Tennessee Kiver types; the others arc 

 either 'species of general distribution, or else are shared with other 

 Southern streams. 



In seining the Tugaloo liiver, two rather unexpected features were 

 made maniiest : first, the very small number of small fishes, both Ci/pri- 

 itidcv -ciud Etheostomatidce inhabiting the river. There seem to be very 

 few species i)resent. and these few are represented by very few individ- 

 uals. Although the islands below the mouth of Panther Creek frrnish 

 a most excellent seining-ground, yet our fishing was a seiies of "water- 

 hauls". A single draw of the seine in the Saluda or the Etowah v.ould 

 often yield more species and more individuals tliau were secured iu 

 the Tugaloo in a whole day. 



