6 THE FISHES OF OHIO. 
species as occurring in the streams of the state, Muskingum, 
Hocking and Miami Rivers and the Ohio River “‘as far as Pitts- 
burgh.’’ Rafinesque makes mention of one hundred and eleven 
species as occurring in the Ohio and its tributaries, but of this 
number, as Dr. Jordan says, ‘‘ upwards of forty-three are either 
spurious or redundant.’’ Of the one hundred and thirty-four 
native species now recorded for Ohio, Rafinesque described thirty- 
four. Further comment on Rafinesque’s work is unnecessary, as 
it has been reviewed by various later writers, especially by Dr. 
Jordan. Dr. R. E. Call has recently published an edition of 
the Ichthyologia Ohiensis in the original text, accompanied by a 
biographical sketch. 
The first paper to appear, dealing entmely with the fishes of 
the state, was that by Dr. Jared P. Kirtland, published in the 
Second Annual Report of the Geological Survey of Ohio, and 
bearing date of November 1, 1838, at Cincinnati. In this paper 
Dr. Kirtland gave a list of seventy-two species belonging to Ohio. 
Of this number, at least twelve are redundant. In the ‘‘ Family 
Visitor,’ of 1850, however, Kirtland gave a corrected list, in 
which seven doubtful species of his former list were omitted, and 
two other species added, thus reducing his list to sixty-seven 
species, of which number at least sixty-one are good. Kirtland 
published other papers on Ohio fishes, his most important work 
being ‘‘ Descriptions of the Fishes of Lake Erie, the Ohio River 
and their Tributaries,’’ which appeared in the ‘‘ Boston Journal 
of Natural History,’’ asa serial, in 1840-46. Eight species of 
our present list were described by Dr. Kirtland, and his careful 
work resulted in many valuable contributions to ichthyological 
knowledge. 
The next work of importance on Ohio fishes was that of Mr. 
John H. Klippart, of the State Fish Commission, published in 
the first and second annual reports of the commission, The first 
report, for the years 1875-76, contains descriptions of twenty-five 
species ‘‘ copied and arranged from the manuscript of Prof. D. S. 
Jordan, by his assistant, Chas. H. Gilbert,’’ with comments and 
notes by Klippart, and with plates of nineteen species drawn by 
Miss Josephine Klippart. The same report also contains a list of 
one hundred and eighty-five species of fishes ‘‘ supposed to occur 
