232 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Genus 74. CATHOROPS Jordan & Gilbert. 



Caihoropti Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish. Com. 1882, 54 {hyjwphthalmus). 



212. Cathorops hypophthalmus (Steindaehner). 



Panama. 



Arius hypophthalmus Steindaehner, Ichth. Beitr., iv, .31, pi. 10, 1875, Panama. 



213. Cathorops gulosus (Eigenraann & Eigenmann). 



Panama. 



Tachisurus gulosus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, Proe. Cal. Ac. Sci. 1888, 146, 

 Panama. 



Genus 75. ICTALURUS Rafinesque. Channel Cats. 



Ictalurus Ralinesqne, Ichth. Ohiensis, Gl, 1820 {maviilatus=punctatiis). 



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



Oliio to Iowa and Texas. 



Pimelodus furcatus LeSuenr, in Cnvier A:, Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poi8S.,lx, 

 136, 1840, New Orleans. 



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



Rivers of Great I.,ake8 region and Mississippi Valley and streams tributary to 



the Gulf of Mexico. 

 Silurus j^unctatus Rafinesque, Amer. Month. Mag. 1818, 359, Ohio River. 



216. Ictalurus meridionalis (Giinther). 



Rio Usumacinta, Guateuiiila. 



Annunts meridionalis GLinther, Cat., v, 102, 1864, Rio Usumacinta. 



Genus 76. VILLARIUS Rutter. 



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



217. Villarius pricei Rutter. 



Northwestern Mexico. 



Villarius pricei Rutter, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 1896, 257, Rio Yaqui, Sonera. 



218. Villarius dugesi (Bean). 



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



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



Genus 77. AMEIURUS Rafinesque. 

 Ameiurus Rafinesque, Ichth. Ohiensis, 65, 1820 {cupreus = nataHs). 



Subgenus HAUSTOH .lordiin & ETermann. 



Ilaustor Jordan & Evermann, 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-viouth 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. 



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



221. Ameiurus catus (Linnjcus). White Cat: Channel Cat of the Potomac. 



Delaware River to Texas; introduced into Sacramento and San .Joaquin 



rivers. 

 Silurus catus Linnajus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 305, 1758, northern part of America. 



222. Ameiurus okeecliobeeusis (Heilprin). Okeechobee Catfish. 



Florida. 



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

 129, pi. 18, Kissimeo River, Florida. 



