A. CATALOG-ITE OF THE FISHES 

 OF ILLINOIS. 



By Prof. DAVID S. JORDAN. 



This catalogue is based primarily on the collections in the Illinois 

 State Laboratory of Natural History, at Normal. These collections con- 

 sist (a) of the material on which Mr. Nelson's* list was based, and (b) of 

 a large collection made by Professor Forbes during the past summer (1877), 

 chiefly in the streams of southern Illinois. The writer's own collections in 

 Illinois and adjacent states have also been drawn upon, as well as those 

 contained in the United States National Museum. The various scattered 

 notices of Illinois fishes have also been brought together as far as possible, 

 thus giving all that is at present known of the distribution of the species 

 within the limits of the state. 



Reference has been made throughout this paper to the second edition 

 of the author's Manualf of Vertebrates, (quoted as "M. V.,"j in which 

 nearly all the species here mentioned are described. No synonomy is given 

 except that of Mr. Nelson's list, above mentioned, of which paper the pres- 

 ent may be considered as, in a sense, a revised edition, 



A few species either new to science or new to our fauna and therefore 

 not noticed in the Manual, are here described in full. 



In all cases where I have found exact record of localities of species, 

 these have been inserted. Species not yet taken in Illinois, but included in 

 the catalogue on the strength of our general knowledge of their range, are 

 indicated by a star (*). 



*A Partial Catalogue of the Fishes of Illinois, by E. W. Nelson, Bulletin No. 

 1, Illinois Museum of Natural History, October. 1876. 



fA Manual of the Vertebrate Animals of the Northern United States, including 

 the district east of the Mississippi River and north of North Carolina and Ten- 

 nessee—exclusive of Marine Species, by David Stan- .Tordan, M. D., Ph. D., pro- 

 fessor of Natural History in Butler University. Second edition, revised and en- 

 larged. Chicago — Jansen, McClurg & Co. 1878. 



