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105. Labidesthes sicculus(Cope). Blackwater Creok, Brownsville, Saline County, 



Mo.; Flat Creek, Sedalia, Mo. (Jordan & Mick, 1885); Big Piney River, 

 Cabool, Mo.; Osage Fork, Marshtield, Mo.; Maraia River, Dixon, Mo.; 

 Niangua River, Marshtield, Mo. (Meek, 1891). 



106. Poraoxis annularis Rafinesque. Crappie. Missouri River, St. Joseph, Mo.; 



Blackwater Creek, Brownsville, Saline County, Mo. ; Flat Creek, Sedalia, 

 Mo. (Jordan & Meek, 1885); Kansas River at Lawrence (Graham, L885); 

 Soldier Creek, Kans. (Cragin, 1885a) ; Bear Creek, Boone County, Mo. (Call, 

 1887). Both species of Pomoxia are being extensively introduced into the 

 waters of Kansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota, and it is not easy to deter- 

 mine definitely the natural western limit of either. It will be very close to 

 the truth, however, if we put it in the eastern part of Nebraska and the 

 Dakotas on the border of the alkali region. 



107. Pomoxis sparoides (Lacepede). Calico Bass. Osage River, Kans. (Cragin, 



1885a) ; East Okoboji Lake (Meek, 1894). 



108. Ambloplites rupestris (Raiinesque). Red-eye; Goggle-eye. Kansas River at 



Lawreuce (Cragin, 1885a) ; Big Sioux River at Sioux City and Sioux Falls 

 (Meek, 1892); Floyd River at Sioux City (Meek, 1894). The western limit 

 of this species is apparently about the same as that of the two species of 

 Pomoxis. All three species could doubtless be introduced successfully into 

 many of the small lakes in Nebraska and the Dakotas. 



109. Chaenobryttus gulosus (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Warmouth. Kansas River 



(Graham, 1885). This species ought to be found in the lakes of Iowa and 

 those of the Dakotas, but no specimens have been reported from any point 

 in the Missouri Basin, except those recorded from Kansas River by Pro- 

 fessor Graham. 



110. Apornotis cyanellus (Ratiuesque). Green Sunfish. Kansas River near Fort 



Riley (as Bryttus longulus, Cope, 1865); Hundred and Two River at Bedford, 

 Iowa, and Maryville, Mo.; Tabo Creek at Lexington and Calhoun, Mo.; 

 Blackwater Creek, Brownsville, Saline County, Mo.; Flat Creek, Sedalia, 

 Mo. ; Grand River, Clinton, Mo. ; Missouri River, St. Joseph, Mo. (Jordan & 

 Meek, 1885) ; " common" in Kansas (Graham, 1885) ; Shunganunga and Ward 

 creeks, Kans. (Cragin, 1885a) ; Ward and Shunganunga creeks, Shawnee 

 County, Kans. (Gilbert, 1885) ; Blacksmith Creek, Shawnee County, Kans. 

 (Gilbert, 1886); Solomon River, Beloit, Kans. ; north fork of Solomon River, 

 Lenora, Kans. ; Saliuo River, Wakeeney, Kans. ; Smoky Hill River, Wallace, 

 Kans. (Hay, 1887); Osage River, La Cygne, Kans. (Gilbert, 1889); Marais 

 River, Dixon, Mo.; Niangua River, Marshfield, Mo.; Jones Creek, Dixon, 

 Mo, ; Gasconade River, Arlington, Mo. ; Big Piney River, Cabool, Mo. ; Little 

 Piney River at Newburg and Arlington, Mo. (Meek, 1891); Big Sioux River 

 at Sioux City and Sioux Falls; Soldier River at Charter Oak, and Boyer 

 River at Arion, Iowa (Meek, 1892); Platte River at South Bend and Fremont 

 (Meek, 1894). 



This common sunfish was obtained in the following places: Rock, Enemy, 

 and Firesteel creeks and Dakota River, Mitchell; Emanuel and Choteau 

 creeks, Springfield; Prairie Creek, Scotland; Creighton Creek, Niobrara; 

 ponds at Verdigris, Creighton, Norfolk Junction, Long Pine, and Dunning; 

 Minnechaduza Creek, Valentine; Lake George, Carp Lake, and Iugalls Lake 

 near Long Pine ; Elkhorn River at Norfolk Junction and E wing ; South Loup 

 River at Ravenna; and Bone Creek near Long Pine. 



The collections contain 146 specimens from these localities. The species is 

 most abundant in southeastern South Dakota, as is shown by the numerous 

 specimens from the vicinity of Mitchell. It is also quite abundant in suit- 

 able places in eastern Nebraska, but is not common westward. About 

 Long Pine, in Brown County, we found it to be rather common, and 9 

 specimens were obtained still farther west from Minnechaduza Creek near 



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