248 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 
LIST OF FISHES COLLECTED IN THE CLEAR FORK OF THE CUM- 
BERLAND, WHITLEY COUNTY, KENTUCKY, WITH DESCRIPTIONS 
OF THREE NEW SPECIES. 
By DAVID S.. JORDAN and JOSEPH SWAIN. 
In May, 1883, the writers, aided by a party of students from Indiana 
University, made a small collection of fishes in the Clear Fork of the 
Cumberland River, and in its tributaries, Wolf Creek and Brier Creek, 
near Pleasant View, Whitley County, Kentucky. The following isa 
list of the species obtained, three of which appear to be new to science. 
Typical examples of these have been presented to the National Museum. 
1. Amiurus natalis (Le Sueur) Jordan. 
2. Catostomus teres (Mitchill) Le Sueur. 
The use of the name commersoni for this species is probably unfortu- 
nate. La Cépéde’s Cyprinus commersoni may have been this species, but 
that it was so cannot be proven. It is therefore best to use the oldest 
name of certain application. 
3. Catostomus nigricans Le Sueur. 
4. Moxostoma velatum (Cope) Jordan. 
One fine large specimen. 
5. Moxostoma macrolepidotum duquesnei (Le Sueur) Jordan. 
Very common in the Clear Fork. 
6. Campostoma anomalum (Raf.) Agassiz. 
7. Chrosomus erythrogaster Raf. 
Very abundant in the smaller streams. The males were in very high 
coloration, having the dorsal and the lower fins bright golden yellow, 
the snout and caudal reddish. In some specimens the black lateral 
bands were coalescent on the caudal peduncle and partially so on the 
trunk. These specimens apparently correspond to the description of 
Chrosomus eos Cope. In this case, however, it is evidently a color vari- 
ation of C. erythrogaster. 
8. Hyborhynchus notatus (Raf.) Ag. 
Very common. The males with tuberculate muzzles have the skin at 
the angle of the mouth swollen a little in the form of a small flap or 
barbel. This structure is apparently not homologous with the barbel 
in Rhinichthys and related genera, but is rather a thickening of the skin 
accompanying the nuptial exerescences of the males. On this character 
the nominal species, Hyborhynchus superciliosus Cope was founded. 
9. Ericymba buccata Cope. 
Very abundant in small streams. 
