March, 1963 



Larimore & Smith: Fishes of Champaign County 



321 



The fishes have an unusually complex 

 s.vnonymy. Accordingly, in the following 

 list, the name applied to a Champaign 

 County species by earlier authors is given 

 in every case where the current name dif- 

 fers from that in the literature. In several 

 cases, the "species" of earlier investigators 

 were composites of two or more species 

 as now recognized. Because of these com- 

 posite species, most of the existing speci- 

 mens in the Thompson & Hunt collec- 

 tions and a few in the Forbes & Richard- 

 son collections have been re-examined and 

 reidentified. 



A summary of collections for all three 

 surveys is given. FR refers to Forbes & 

 Richardson, TH to Thompson & Hunt, 

 and LS to Larimore & Smith. The num- 

 ber following the initials designates the 

 number of localities represented ; the term 

 "all drainages" following a number indi- 

 cates that all drainage systems of Cham- 

 paign County were represented. A " ?" 

 following FR or TH indicates some doubt 

 as to whether the species involved was in- 

 cluded in the nominal species of Forbes & 

 Richardson (1908) or Thompson & Hunt 

 (1930). Names of drainages from which 

 species were collected are given in paren- 

 theses, 



Aniiidae 



Amia calva Linnaeus. Bowfin. — Several 

 large adults taken by rowboat shocker 

 from Kaufman's Clear Lake, where they 

 had been introduced for sport fishing. LS 

 1 (Kaskaskia). 



Leplsosteidae 



Lepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus). Long- 

 nose gar. — A large adult taken by row- 

 boat shocker in the Middle Fork where 

 it leaves the county. The species was prob- 

 ably missed by earlier investigators be- 

 cause of its raritv in the county. LS 1 

 (Middle Fork). ' 



Hiodontidae 



Hiodoii alosoides (Rafinesque) . Gold- 

 eye. — One specimen known from Cham- 

 paign County. This specimen, taken on 

 the Kaskaskia River at the lowermost 

 station in the county and reported as Hio- 

 don tergisus by Thompson & Hunt, is still 

 extant and is reidentified as H. alosoides. 

 TH 1 (Kaskaskia). 



Glupeidae 



Dorosoma cepediofiuni (Le Sueur). 

 Gizzard shad. — FR 3 (Kaskaskia), TH 

 2 (Sangamon), LS 12 (Embarrass, Salt 

 Fork, Sangamon). 



Esocidae 



Esox americanus vermiculatus Le Sueur. 

 Grass pickerel. — Reported as Esox ver- 

 miculatus by Forbes & Richardson, 

 Thompson & Hunt, and other early au- 

 thors. FR 10 (Kaskaskia, Salt Fork, Mid- 

 dle Fork, Sangamon), TH 26 (Kaskaskia, 

 Embarrass, Little Vermilion, Salt Fork, 

 Sangamon), LS 17 (all drainages). 



Gatostomidae 



Carpiodes cyprinus Jiinei Trautman. 

 Central quillback carpsucker. — Reported 

 as Carpiodes velifer by Forbes & Richard- 

 son, Thompson & Hunt, and other early 

 authors. FR 10 (Salt Fork, Middle Fork, 

 Sangamon), TH 9 (Middle Fork, San- 

 gamon), LS 27 (Salt Fork, Middle Fork, 

 Sangamon). 



Carpiodes velifer (Rafinesque). High- 

 fin carpsucker. — Reported as Carpiodes 

 diff oralis by Forbes & Richardson, 

 Thompson & Hunt, and other early au- 

 thors. FR 8 (Kaskaskia, Salt Fork, Mid- 

 dle Fork, Sangamon), TH 4 (Middle 

 Fork, Sangamon), LS 9 (Salt Fork, Mid- 

 dle Fork, Sangamon). 



Catostomus commersoni commersoni 

 (Lacepede). White sucker. — FR 14 (Salt 

 Fork, Middle Fork, Sangamon), TH 63 

 (not 65 as stated: all drainages), LS 76 

 (all drainages except Little Vermilion). 



Erimyzofi oblotigus claviformis (Gi- 

 rard). Western creek chubsucker. — Re- 

 ported as Eriniyzon sucetta ohlongus, a 

 composite of E. sucetta and E. oblongus, 

 by Forbes & Richardson, Thompson & 

 Hunt, and other early authors. There is 

 no evidence that E. sucetta ever occurred 

 within the county, although it is known 

 from deep quarries in adjacent Vermilion 

 County. FR 22 (all drainages except Lit- 

 tle Vermilion), TH 43 (all drainages), 

 LS 79 (all drainages). 



Hypentelium nigricans (Le Sueur). 

 Northern hog sucker. — Reported as Ca- 

 tostomus nigricans by Forbes & Richard- 

 son, Thompson & Hunt, and other early 

 authors. FR 7 (Salt Fork, Middle Fork, 

 Sangamon), TH 27 (all drainages ex- 



