Fishes of Upper Georgia. 319 



13. HAPLOIDONOTUS GRUNNIENS. 



Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesqne, Journal de Physique, 1819, 418. 



Amblodon grunniens Raf., Icl). Oil. 1^20, 24. Agassiz, Amer. Jour. 



Sc. & Arts, 1854, 307. Girard, Pac. R R. Survey, 1858, 96. 

 Haploidonotus grunniens Gill, Proc. Phil. Ac. Sc., 18G1, 104, and 



in other papers. Jordan, Ind. Geol. Surv., 1874, 21G; Bull. Buff. 



Soc. Nat. Hist , 1S76, 92; Manual Vert., 241, and of late Amer- 

 ican writers generally. 

 Sciccna oscrda LeSueur, Jour. Phil. Ac. Sc, 1822, 254. Kirtland, Rep't 



Zool. Ohio, 1838, 1(!8 and 192. 

 Corvina oscula Cuvier and Val. Poissons, V, 1830, 98. Rich. F. B. A. 



183f>, G8. Kirtland, Bost Journ. Nat. Hist., 1840, III, 350. 



Dekay, Fishes N. Y., 1842, 73. Storer, Synopsis, 184G, 219. 



Giinther, Cat. Fishes, II, 297, 18G0, and of various compilers. 

 Scicena grisea LeSueur, Jour. Phil. Ac. Sc, 1822, 254. 

 Curviua grisea Dekay, Fishes N. Y., 1842, 76. 



b. var. ? lineatus. 



Amblodon lineatus Agassiz, Amer. Jour. Sci. and Arts, 1854, 307. 

 (Usage River.) 

 Haploidonotus lineatus Gill, Proc. Phil. Ac. Sc, 1861, 105. Jordan, 

 Man. Vert., 1876, 242. 



c var. ? concinnus. 



Amblodon concinnus Ag. Am. Journ. Sc. Arts, 1854, 307. (Tenn. R.) 



Eaploidonotus concinnus Gill, Proc. Phil. Ac Sc, 1861, 104. Jor- 

 dan, Man. Vert., 212. 



d. var? regleetus. 



Amblodon ncgleclus Girard. Mex. Bound. Surv. 12, 1S59. (Rio Grande). 

 Haploidonotus negUctus Gill, Proc. Phil. Ac. Sc, 1861, 105. 



The "Drum" is abundant in the river-channels of the 

 Etowah and Oostajiaula, but I was unable to secure speci- 

 mens. Young specimens from the French Broad and Cum- 

 berland Rivers in Tennessee, show the lines of black dots 

 ascribed to lineatus and neglectus, but do not otherwise differ 

 appreciably from grunniens. In view of this fact, and as 

 Prof. Agassiz's comparative diagnoses show no tangible spe- 

 cific characters, I deem it best to refer all our Ilaploldonoti 

 to one species, until real differences are shown. 



