Fishes of Upper Georgia, 307 



XXIX. — A Partial Synopsis of the Fishes of Upper 



Georgia. 



BY DAVID STAHR JORDAN, M.D. 



Read December 4, 1876. 



The material on which the present paper is based was ob- 

 tained by the writer and his assistant, Mr. Charles H. Gilbert, 

 during the past summer (1876), in a month's residence and 

 constant field-work at Rome, Georgia ; a week's seining in 

 the South Fork of the Ocmulgee River at Flat Rock, 

 Dekalb Co., Georgia; and a day's work in tributaries of the 

 Chattahoochee River near Atlanta. As the fish-faunae of 

 these streams differ materially, I have deemed it best to take 

 them up separately. 



Part I. AVater Basin of the Etowah, Oostanaula, 



and Coosa. 



Rome, Floyd Co., Georgia, is located in the hill country 

 at the junction of the Etowah and Oostanaula Rivers, which 

 unite to form the Coosa. Farther south-Avest, the Coosa in 

 turn unites with the Cahawba and Tallapoosa to form the 

 Alabama River. As the Etowah is the longest of all these 

 branches, it may, perhaps, be considered as the head stream 

 of the Alabama River. 



These rivers are all too wide and deep, and their bottoms 

 too rocky, for much successful seining; hence we gave our 

 attention chiefly to their smaller tributaries. Of these, 

 Silver and Rocky Creeks yielded the largest results, both in 

 number and variety. The principal streams examined were 

 Silver, Mobley's, and Dykes' Creeks, tributary to the Etowah ; 

 Rocky, John's, Big Armucha, Lovejoy, Waters', Big Dry, 

 Little Diy, and Lavender Creeks, tributary to the Oostanaula ; 

 and Horse-leg and Beech Creeks, tributary to the Coosa. 

 Most of these are clear streams, formed from "spring runs." 

 June, 1877. 24 Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist., Vol. xi. 



