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1150. Ictalurus furcatus (Cuvier and Valenciennes). Blue cat; Great fork- 



tailed cat; Mississippi cat; Poisson bleu. 

 Pimelodus furcatus LeSueur, in Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. 



Poiss., IX, 1840, 136, New Orleans. 

 Pimelodus affi7iis Baird and Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., VII, 



1854, 26, Rio Grande. 

 Ameiurus ponderosus Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., II, 1879, 286, St. 



Louis. 

 Ictalurus robustus Jordan, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., X, 1877, 76, Cairo, 111. 



1151. Ictalurus anguilla Evermann and Kendall. Eel cat; Willow cat; 



Fulton cat. 



Mississippi River, occasionally as far north as Louisville, Ky., Mus- 

 catine and Fairport, Iowa, where it is known as the "Fulton cat." 



Ictalurtts anguilla Evermann and Kendall, Bull. II. S. Fish Com., 

 XVII, 1897 (Feb. 9, 1898), 125, pi. 6, fig. 1, Atchafalaya River, La. 



1152. Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque). Channel cat; White cat; Fiddler. 



Rivers of the Great Lakes region, the Mississippi Vallej', and streams 



tributary to the Gulf of Mexico. 

 Silurus punctatus Rafinesque, Amer. Month. Mag., 1818, 359, Ohio 



River. 

 Pimelodus caudafurcatus LeSueur, Mem. Mus., V, 1819, 152, Wabash 



River; Mississippi River. 

 Pimelodus maculatus, pallidus, argentinus, argyrus, with varieties 



erythroptera, marginatus, lateralis, leucoptera Rafinesque, Quarterly 



Jour. Sci., London, 1820, and Ichth. Ohiensis, 1820, 62, etc., Ohio 



River. 

 Pimelodus furcifer Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., XV, 



1840, 139, Surinam, by error. 

 Pimelodus gracilis Hough, Ann. Rept. Regent's, Albany, 1852, 26, 



Somerville, N. Y. 

 Pimelodus vulpes Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., X, 1858, 170, 



rivers of Texas. 

 Synechoglanis beadlei Gill, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., VII, 1859, 40, 



St. Catherines, Ont. 

 Pimelodus houglii Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XI, 1859, 159, 



Somerville; Ogdensburg; Foxburg, Pa. 

 Pimelodus megalops Girarcl, loc. cit., 161, Black Warrior River, Bigsby 



River, Ala. 

 Pimelodus graciosus Girard, loc. cit., 161, Prairie Mer Rouge, La. 

 Pimelodus hammondi and notaius Abbott, loc. cit., XII, 1860, 568, 569, 



Fort Riley, Kans. 

 Ictalurus simpsoni Gill, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., VIII, 1862, 43, 



Platte River. 



1153. Ictalurus meridionalis (Gunther). 



Rio Usumacinta, Guatemala. 



Amiurus meridionalis Gunther, Cat., V, 1864, 102, and in Trans. Zool. 

 Soc. Lond., 1868, 473, Rio Usumacinta, Guatemala. 



Genus 374. HAUSTOR Jordan and Evermann. 



Ilautilor Jordan and Evermann, Fishes North and Mid. Amer., 1896, 



137 {(j'adus lacustris \\'a,\hiiuin = Pimelodus nigricans LeSueur). 

 Villarius Rutter, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., VI, Ser. 2, June 23, 1896, 258 



{V. pricei Rutter). 



1154. Haustor lacustris (Walbaum). 



Saskatchewan River and the Great Lakes. 



Gadus lacustris Walbaum, Artedi Pi.sc, 1792, 144, Arctic America; 



ba.sed on the mathemcg or land cod of Pennant. 

 Pimelodus nigricans LeSueur, Mem. Mus., V, 1819, 153, Lake Erie, 



Lake Ontario. 

 Pimelodus borealis Richardson, Fauna Bor.-Amer., Ill, 1836, 135, Pine 



Lsland Lake. 



1155. Haustor okeechobeensis (Heilprin). 



Florida. 



Ictalurus okeechobeensis Heilprin, Trans. Wagner Inst. Sci. Phila., I, 



1887, pi. 18, Kissimee River, Fla. 

 Ameiurus lacustris okeechobeensis Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 



LI, 1899, 480; same type. 



