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Black bullhead, Ameiurus melas (Raflnesque). 

 Silver-mouthed minnow, EricymJya huccata Cope. 

 Yellow bullhead, Ameiurus natalis (LeSueur). 

 Blue-spotted sunfish, Lepomis cyanellus Rafinesque. 

 Black-sided darter, Hadropetrus aspro (Cope and Jordan). 

 Johnny darter, Boleosoma nigrum (Rafinesque). 

 Rainbow darter, Etheostoma caeruleum Storer. 



Of these only seven may be considered common and per- 

 manent inhabitants of the stream. These are, named in the 

 order of their apparent abundance : stone roller, blunt-nosed 

 minnow, horned dace, blue-spotted sunfish, black head minnow, 

 silver mouthed minnow, and chub sucker. The following have 

 been noticed common at particular times only: silverfin, com- 

 mon shiner, and black bullhead. Species that have been re- 

 corded in a very few instances and which are certainly very 

 scarce in the creek are : straw-colored minnow, blackfin, yellow 

 bullhead, and each of the three kinds of darters that have been 

 seen in the stream. There are some species common in Kicka- 

 poo creek that I have never notd in Campus creek, although 

 some of them, at least, probably come into it at times in the 

 vicinity of its mouth. These are: hog-nosed sucker, Catostomus 

 nigricans LeSueur, white sucker, Catostomus commersonii (La- 

 cepede), red horse, Moxostoma aureolum (Le Sueur), sucker- 

 mouth minnow, Phenucobius mirabilus (Girard), brindled stone 

 cat, Schilbeodes miurriis (Jordan), common top minnow, Fundu- 

 lus notatus Rafinesque, and green sided darter, Diplesion blen- 

 niaides Rafinesque. On the other hand, a few species seem 

 to prefer Campus creek to the larger Kickapoo creek. These 

 are the horned dace, black head minnow, chub sucker, and blue- 

 spotted sunfish. Species found in numbers in both streams are r 

 stone roller, blunt-nosed minnows, silver minnows, and silver- 

 fin. 



The chief problem under consideration, concerning the fish,, 

 in this work on Campus creek and on other steams about 

 Charleston is to determine the local distribution of each species, 

 the tyj>e of habitat that it prefers and the way it is related to 

 its surroundings. When these habitats are discovered, a suc- 

 cessional study of them can be made. The rapidly changing 



