FISHES OF THE MISSOURI RIVER BASIN. 



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1879. E. D. Cope. A contribution to the zoology of Montana. <American Natur- 

 alist, xiir, July, 1879, 432-441. 

 In the summer and autumn of 1876 Professor Cope made an expedi- 

 tion into Montana and South Dakota, the special object of which was 

 the investigation of the beds of the Judith Eiver lignite formation and 

 the extraction of their fossils. Some attention was given to the pres- 

 ent fauna of the region, and this paper contains his notes on the fishes 

 and other animals observed. The fishes mentioned were seen chiefly 

 in the vicinity of Fort Benton, on the Missouri River, in longitude 110° 

 40' west, latitude 47° 50' north, and near the mouth of Battle Creek, 

 which empties into the Missouri a short distance north of the mouth 

 of the Moreau River, South Dakota, longitude 100° 30' west, latitude 

 45° 25' north. The streams from which fishes are recorded in this 

 paper are : Missouri River at Fort Benton and near mouth of Battle 

 Creek; lower portion of Battle Creek, South Dakota; Judith River, 

 Montana, and headwaters of the Upper Missouri. 



1881. Samuel Garman. New and little-known reptiles and fishes in the Museum 

 collections. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vm, No. 3, 85-93, February, 1881. 



This paper contains a single reference to the Missouri Basin. On 

 page 88 Fundulus lineatus is described as new (as Zygonectes Mneatus), 

 and "northeastern Wyoming" is given as the type locality. 



1881a. Samuel Garman. North American fresh-water fishes (1). Science Observer, 

 vol. in, No. 8, 1881, 57-63. 



In this paper is given a synopsis of the species of Rhinichthys. The 

 western dace {Rhinichthys cataractce dulcis) is recorded from Missouri 

 Basin localities as follows: Northeast Wyoming and Montana (as B. 

 ocella sp. nov.); Cheyenne, AVyo. (as B. dulcis); and from Kansas (as 

 B. maxillosus). 



