232 KEPOKT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Geuuo 74. CATHOEOPS Jordan & Gilbert. 



Cathorops Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish. Com. 1882, 54 (hypophthalmus). 



212. Cathorops hypophthalmus (Steiudachner). 



Panama. 



Ariua hypophllialmus Steindachner, Ichth. Beitr., iv, .31, pi. 10, 1875, Panama. 



213. Cathorops gulosus (Eigenmaun & Eigenmann). 



Panama. 



Tachisiirus gulosus Eigenmaun & Eigenmaun, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 1888, 146, 

 Panama. 



Genus 75. ICTALT7KUS Rafinesque. Channel Cats. 



Ictalurus Raiinesque, Ichth. Ohiensis, 61, 1820 (maculattis^^punctatus) . 



214. Ictalurus furcatus (LeSueur). Chuckle-head Cat. 



Ohio to Iowa and Texas. 



Pimelodus furcatus LeSueur, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., IX, 

 136, 1840, New Orleans. 



215. Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque). Channel Cat; White Cat; Blue Cat. 



Rivers of Great Lakes region and Mississippi Valley and streams tributary to 



the Gulf of Mexico. 

 Silurns punctatus Rafinesque, Amer. Month. Mag. 1818, 359, Ohio River. 



216. Ictalurus meridionalis (Giinther). 



Rio Usumacinta, Guatemala. 



Amiurus meridionalis Giinther, Cat., v, 102, 1864, Rio T^sumacinta. 



Genus 76. VILLARIUS Rutter. 



Villarius Rutter, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 1896, 2.56 {pricei). 



217. Villarius pricei Rutter. 



Northwestern Mexico. 



Villarius jjricei Rutter, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 1896, 2.57, Rio Yaqui, Sonora. 



218. Villarius dugesi (Bean). 



Rio Turbio, Guanajuato, Mexico, west of the Sierra Madre. 



Amiurus dugesi Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1879, 304, Rio Turbio, Mexico. 



Genus 77. AMEIURTJS Rafinesque. 



Anieiurus Rafinesque, Ichth. Ohiensis, 65, 1820 (cupy-eus =: natal is). 



Subgenus HAUSTOR .Jordan & Erermann. 



Haustor Jordan & Evermanu, Fishes North and Middle America, 137, 1896 

 (lacustris). 



219. Ameiurus lacustris (Walbaum). Catfish of the Lakes; Great Fork-tailed Cat; 



Mississippi Cat; Florida Cat; Flannel-mouth Cat; Mathemeg, or Ugly 



Fish. 

 Saskatchewan River and Great Lakes to Florida and Texas. 

 Gradus lacustris Walbaum, Artedi Piscium, 144, 1792, Arctic America. 



220. Ameiurus lupus (Girard). 



Rio Nueces and Rio Pecos, Texas. 



Fimelodus lupus Girard, Pac. R. R. Surv., x, 211, 1858, Rio Pecos, Texas. 



221. Anieiurus catus (Linnaius). White Cat; Channel Cat of the Potomac. 



Delaware River to Texas; introduced into Sacramento and San Joaquin 



rivers. 

 SiluriLS catus Linmuus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 305, 1758, northern part of America. 



222. .A.meiurus okeechobeeusis (Heilprin). Okeechobee Catfish. 



Florida. 



Ictalurus okeechobeeusis Heilprin, Trans. Wagner Inst. Sci. Phila., i, 1887, 

 129, pi. 18, Kissimee River, Florida. 



