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1156. &austor catus (Linnseus). White cat; Channel cat of the Potomac. 



Silurus catus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. X, 1758, 305; based on the catfish 

 of Catesby {Bagre secundse speciei marcgravei affinis), which is a rude 

 figure of the adult or "lophius" form of this species; northern part 

 of America. 



Pimelodus albidus LeSueur, Mem. Mus., V, 1819, 148, Delaware River. 



Pimelodus lynx Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XI, 1859, 160, 

 Potomac River. 



Amiurus niveiventris Cope, Proc. Amer. Phil. See., XI, 1870, 486, Neuse 

 River. 



Ictalurus niacaskeyi and /. kevi7isku StauflFer, Hist. Lancaster County, 

 Pa., 1869, 578, Lancaster County, Pa. 



1157. Haustor lophius (Cope). Big-mouthed cat. 



Potomac River. 



Amiurus lophius Cope, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc, XI, 1870, 486, Potomac 



River; not observed elsewliere. Known by its very wide flat head; 



apparently not the adult of Ameiurus catus, as has been suppo.sed. 



1158. Haustor lupus (Girard). 



Rio Neuees and Rio Pecos, Tex. 



Pimtlodus lupus Girard, Pac. R. R. Surv., X, 1858, Pt. 4, Fislies, 211, 

 Rio Pecos, Te.\. 



1159. Haustor pricei (Rutter). 



Southern .Arizona. 



Villarius pricei Rutter, Proc, Calif. .\cad. Sci., 2d sor., VI, 1896, 257, 



San Bernardino Creek, a tributary of the Vacpii River, soutliern 



Arizona. 



1160. Haustor dugesi (Hean). 



Rio Turl}iu, Guanajuato, Mexico, west of the Sierra Madre. 

 Ameiurus dugesi liean, Proc. V. S. Nat. Mus., II, 1879, 304, Rio Turbio, 

 Guanajuato, Mexico. 



Genus 376. AMEIURUS Rafinesque. Horned pout. 



Ameiurus Rafiiiescjue, Ichth. Ohiensis, 1820, 65 (Silurus cupreus Rafi- 

 nesque =fi/«c/o(/«s nutalis LeSueur). 

 Amiurus, corrected spelling. 



1161. Ameiurus erebennus .Jordan. 



Coast swamps and black water streams from New .Jersey to Florida. 

 Ameiurus erebennus Jordan, Bull. I'. S. Nat. Mus., X, 1877, 85, St. 

 John's River, Fla. 



1162. Ameiurus natalis (LeSueur). Yellow cat. 



Great Lakes region to Virginia and southward. 



Pimelodus natalis LeSueur, Mem. Mus., 1819, 154, North .\merica. 



miurus lividus and var. J'uscus Rafinesque, Quarterlv Jour. Sci. Loud., 



1820, 48, Ohio River. 

 Silurus cupreus Rafinesque, loc. cit., 1820, 51, Ohio River. 

 Pimelodus cupreus Rafinesque, Ichth. Ohiensis, 1820, 65, Ohio River. 

 Pimelodus ccenosns Richardson, Fauna Bor.-Amer., Ill, 1836, 132, 



Lake Huron. 

 Pimelodus Jclinus et antoniensis Girard, Pac. R. R. Surv., X, 1858, 209, 



Canadian and San Antonio Rivers, Tex. 

 Pimelodus cupresoides Girard, Proc. .\cad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XI, 1859, 



159, Aux Plaines, 111. 

 Ameiurus nala'is analis Jordan, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., X, 1877, 81, 



Arkansas River. 

 Ameiurui holli Cope, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., XX, 1880, 35, Little Wichita 



River, Te.x. 



1163. Ameiurus vulgaris (Thompson). 



Vermont to .Minnesota and Illinois, chiefly northward. A doubtful 



species. • 



Pimelodus vulgaris Thompson, Hist. Vermont, 1842, 138, Lake (Jham- 



plain. 

 P\imelodus] dekayi Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XI, 1859, 160, 



Oswego, N. Y. 

 Pimelodus ailurus Girard, Pac. R. R. Surv., X, 1858, 210, Lake Amelia. 



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