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125. Ameiurus lacustris \\'all):uuii. 

 Lake Catfish. 



Lacustrine and fluviatile. 



St. Lawrence river and tributaries, and Great Lakes region westward to tlie Prairie Prov- 

 inces: Hudson Bay (Pennant, 1788, as the mathemeg; and Walbaum, 1792, as Gadus 

 lacuslris) : in the United States, ranging from the Great Lakes possibly to the Mississippi 

 valley, but the limits of its southern habitat uncertain.* 



126. Ameiurus natalis Le Sueur. 

 Yellow Catfish. 

 Lacustrine and fluviatile. 



Great Lakes region: recoi'ded from Sugarbush, Bevin, and liark Lakes, Province of (Quebec 

 (D'Urban, 1859, as Fimelodii.'i arnostis): extends southward to the southern Ifnited 

 States. 



127. Ameiurus vulgaris Thompson. 

 Long-jawed Catfish. 

 Lacustrine and fluviatile. 



Lake Champlain and Provinces of Ontario and Manitul)a: ranges in the United States from 

 Vermont westward to Illinois and Minnesota: "most alnindant from Lake Ei'ie." 

 (Nash). 



128. Ameiurus nebulosus Le Sueur. (Plate VIII, figures 68 and 69). 

 Common Catfish: Horned Pout. 



Lacustrine and fluviatile. 



Ranges in Canada from the Maritime Provinces to Manitoba, including the St. Lawrence 

 River and Great Lakes region: recorded from the Saskatchewan River region (Richard- 

 son, 1823, as Silurus felis): in the United States extending from Maine westward to 

 North Dakota, and southward to the southern States: has been introduced into rivers 

 of California, and into lakes of southern Oregon. 



129. Ameiurus melas Rafines(iue. 

 Black Bullhead. 

 Lacustrine and fluviatile. 



Extends from upper St. Lawrence River and State of New York, westward to Nebraska 

 (Gill, 1862, as Amiurus obesus) and Kansas (Gilbert, 1884, as Amiunis cragini): re- 

 corded from Medina River, Texas (Cope, 1880. as Amiurus brachi/acanthus): pre- 

 sumably Ontario. t 



130. Noturus flavus Rafines([ue. 

 Stone Catfish. 

 Lacustrine and fluviatile. 



Ottawa River:J Lake Champlain: Great Lakes region, extending westward to Montana 

 and Wyoming and southward to Texas. 



*"lt is not certain just what its range really is. It is probably chiefly or even entirely confined to the Great 

 Lakes and northward, including possible the upper Mis.sissippi." Jordan and Evermann. 



"{■"I believe tliat many years ago I took it in the county of Lincoln, Ontario." Nash. 



JA very small specimen some 1} inches long passed from the Ottawa River through the water taps of the Ottawa 

 fish hatchery in February, 1909. 



