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Mkrnptcrtii clolo?/iie/// Lacepede — smallmouth bass. 

 Generally distributed throughout the northern half of Illi- 

 nois; sporadic in the extreme southern part. 



Alicro/>/ci//.t p/nict/iLitiii punctnlatiis ( Rafinesque; • — 

 northern .spotted bass. Generally distributed in the upper 

 Wabash drainage system, the lower Wabash and Ohio 

 rivers, and across the southern tip of the state. 



Micro plena salmuides stilmoidcs ( Lacepede) — northern 

 largemouth ba.ss. Generally distributed throughout the 

 state. 



Ponioxis annidaris Rafinesque — white crappie. Gener- 

 ally distributed in lakes and rivers throughout the state. 



Pomoxis nigwmacidatus (Lesueur) — black crappie. 

 Generally distributed in lakes and rivers throughout the 

 state. 



Percidae — perches and darters 



Ammocrypta clara Jordan & Meek — western sand darter. 

 Sporadic in the upper and middle Mississippi and middle 

 Kaskaskia rivers. 



Annnocryplii pelbicidti ( Baird ) — eastern sand darter. 

 Sporadic in the upper Wabash drainage system and in the 

 Ohio River. 



Fjhenstoma asprigene (Forbes) — mud darter. Spo- 

 radic in large and medium-sized streams throughout the 

 state, except in northeastern Illinois. 



Ethensloma blennioides Rafinesque — greenside darter. 

 Generally distributed in gravelly riffles of the upper Wabash 

 drainage system; a recent record from the Lake Michigan 

 drainage system, based on one specimen, needing substan- 

 tiation. 



Etheostoma caeruleiim Storer — rainbow darter. Gener- 

 ally distributed in gravelly riffles of the extreme northern, 

 eastern, and southern parts of Illinois; absent from western 

 and most of central Illinois. 



Etheostoma camurum (Cope) — bluebreast darter. 

 Known only from the lower Middle Fork in Vermilion 

 County. 



Etheosto?na chlorosomum ( Hay ) — bluntnose darter. 

 Generally distributed in swamps and sluggish creeks of 

 the southern third of the state; occasional in the middle 

 Illinois River; sporadic in the upper Mississippi River. 



E.theosloiiia exile (Girard) — Iowa darter. Sporadic in 

 the northern fourth of the state; known also from deep 

 quarries in southern Vermilion County. 



Etheostoma flabellare Rafinesque subspecies — fantail 

 darter. Generally distributed in the northern fourth of 

 Illinois; occasional throughout the northern half of the 

 state and in east-central and extreme southwestern counties. 



Ethe(/\t(>))i,t griicilc (Girard) — slough darter. Generally 

 distributed throughout the southern third of the state, 

 except the western counties. 



Etheostoma histrio Jordan & Gilbert — harlequin darter. 

 Known only from the middle limbarras River in Cumber- 

 land and Jasper counties. 



Etheostoma kennicotti ( Putnam ) — s t r i pe t a i 1 darter. 

 Cienerally distributed in clear gravelly streams in the ex- 

 treme southeastern part of tlie stare. 



Etheostoma microperca Jordan & Gilbert — least daner. 

 Occasional throughout the northeastern part of the state. 



Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque subspecies — johnny 

 darter. Generally distributed throughout the state. 



Etheostoma proeliare (Hay) — cypress darter. Sf>oradic 

 in the extreme southern part of the state. 



Etheostoyna spectahile spectahile (Agassiz.) — orange- 

 throat darter. Generally distributed in the southern, east- 

 ern, and western parts of lllincjis; apparently absent from 

 the extreme northern counties and from much of the cen- 

 tral part of the state. 



Etheostoma sqtiayniceps Jordan — spottail darter. Gen- 

 erally distributed in clear streams of the extreme south- 

 eastern part of the state; occasional in small streams of 

 Union County. 



Etheostoma zonale (Cope; — banded darter. Occasional 

 throughout the northern half of Illinois, except the western 

 part. 



Perca flarescetis (Mitchill) — yellow perch. Generally 

 distributed in Lake Michigan; occasional in the northern 

 fourth of the state, the middle Illinois River, and the upper 

 and middle Mississippi River; elsewhere present only where 

 introduced. 



Perciiia caprodes (Rafinesque) subspecies — logperch. 

 Occasional throughout the state and in Lake Michigan. 



Percina maculata ( Girard ) — blackside darter. Gener- 

 ally distributed in the eastern two-thirds of Illinois; spo- 

 radic in western counties of the state. 



Percina phoxocephala ( Nelson ) — slenderhead darter. 

 Occasional throughout Illinois, except the extreme north- 

 eastern part and the southern tip of the state. 



Percina sciera sciera (Swain) — northern dusky darter. 

 Generally distributed in the Middle Fork and Embarras 

 rivers; sporadic elsewhere in the Wabash and Ohio drainage 

 systems. 



Percina shiimardi (Girard) — river darter. Generally 

 distributed in riffles of the Mississippi River and lower 

 reaches of its major tributaries; sporadic in the Illinois, 

 Ohio, and Wabash rivers. 



Stizostedion caiuidense (Smith) — sauger. Occasional 

 in the Mississippi, Ohio, and Wabash rivers and lower 

 reaches of their major tributaries. 



Stizostedion vitreiim litreum (Mitchill) — yellow wall- 

 eye. Occasional in the upper and middle Mississippi River 

 and lower reaches of its major tributaries; spor.idic in the 

 southern half of the state. 



Sciaenidae — drums 

 Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque- 



Generally distributed in large rivers 

 medium-sized rivers throughout the state. 



-freshwater drum, 

 and occasional in 



Cottidae — sculpins 



Cottiis bairdi Girard — mottled sculpin. Sporadic in 

 spring-fed streams in the northeastern part of the state. 



Cotiiis caroliiiac (Gill) — banded sculpin. Sporadic in 

 spring-fed streams in the extreme western and southern 

 parts of the state. 



