372 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES 

 The following species were found in the Missouri Basin: 



1891. Seth Eugene Meek. Report of explorations made in Missouri and Arkan- 

 sas during 1889, with an account of the fishes observed in each of the 

 river basins examined. <Bull. U. S. Fish Comni., ix, 1889 (1891), 

 113-141. 



The collections reported upon in this paper were made between July 

 17 and August 21, 1889, for the United States Fish Commission, by- 

 Professor Meek, assisted by Messrs. Frank M.Drew and Louis J. Bett- 

 ger. Collections were made in Missouri in the Missouri Basin at the 

 following places: Gasconade Biver at Arlington, Phelps County, and 

 at a point 5 miles above Arlington; Little Piney Biver, an eastern 

 tributary of the Gasconade at Arlington, and also at Newburg, Phelps 

 County; Osage Fork of Gasconade Biver, G miles southeast of Marsh, 

 field, Webster County; Lock Fork of Gasconade Biver, Mansfield- 

 Wright County ; Big Piney Biver, a southern tributary of the Gascon- 

 ade, near Cabool, Texas County; Jones Creek, a small western tribu- 

 tary of the Gasconade, near Dixon, Pulaski County; Marais Biver, 

 near Dixon; Niangua Biver, near Marshfield; and Sac Biver, near 

 Springfield, Greene County. The last three streams mentioned are 

 tributaries of Osage Biver, the most important southern tributary of 

 the Missouri in Missouri. 



The following 16 species were obtained from the Gasconade Biver at 

 or near Arlington: 



Leptops olivaris. 

 Ictalurus punctatus. 

 Catostomus nigricans. 

 Moxostoma aureolum (as 



M. duquesnei). 

 Notropis shumardi (as N. 



hoops). 

 Notropis zonatus. 



Hybopsis kentnckiensis. 

 Hybopsis dissimilis. 

 Semotilus atromaculatus. 

 Fuudulus catenatus. 

 Apomotis cyanellus (asLe- 



pomis cyanellus). 

 Lepouiis pallidus. 



Micropterus dolomieu. 

 Diplesion blennioides (as 



Etheostoma blennioides). 

 Cottogaster uranidea (as 



Etheostoma uranidea). 

 Etheostoma coeruleum 



spectabile. 



