March, 1963 



Larimore & Smith: Fishes of Champaign County 



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is by Thompson & Hunt. TH 1 (Sanga- 

 mon), LS 4 (Middle Fork, Salt Fork, 

 Sangamon). The flathead is probably 

 much more common than the available 

 records indicate. 



Anguillidae 



xinguilla rostrata ( Le Sueur). Ameri- 

 can eel. — Reported as Anguilla chrysypa 

 by Thompson tSc Hunt on the basis of a 

 specimen caught by a fisherman in the Em- 

 barrass River near Villa Grove just south 

 of the Champaign County line. Dr. Mar- 

 cus S. Goldman informs us that a specimen 

 was taken on baited hook in the lower 

 Sangamon River about 1940. In the 

 spring of 1961, two eels were taken by 

 hook-and-line fishermen from a small 

 land-locked lake near Mahomet. We sub- 

 sequently learned that these fish, origi- 

 nally from the AVabash River, escaped 

 from the creel of a local fisherman. TH 1 

 (Embarrass), LS 1 (Sangamon). 



Gyprinodontidae 



Fufidulus notatus (Rafinesque). Black- 

 stripe topminnow. — PR 14 (Kaskaskia, 

 Embarrass. Salt Fork, Sangamon), TH 

 41 (not 43 as stated: all drainages), LS 

 54 (all drainages). 



Poeciliidae 



Gambusia affiiiis affniis ( Baird ic Gi- 

 rard). Western mosquitofish. — A recent 

 arrival in the county. LS 2 (Salt Fork). 



Atherinidae 

 Labidesthes sicculus (Cope). Brook 

 silverside. — FR 6 (Salt Fork, Sangamon), 

 TH 5 (not 3 as stated: Salt Fork), LS 3 

 (Salt Fork). 



Aphredoderidae 



J phr-edoderus sayauiis (Gilliams). Pi- 

 rateperch. — FR 1 (Sangamon), TH 12 

 (Kaskaskia, Embarrass, Sangamon), LS 

 13 (Kaskaskia, Embarrass, Sangamon). 



Serranidae 

 Roccus mississippietisis (Jordan 5: 

 Eigenmann). Yellow bass. — Now known 

 in this county only in Kaufman's Clear 

 Lake and Lake-of-the-Woods, where it 

 has been introduced. The evidence indi- 

 cates that the yellow bass held a brief 

 tenure in the Sangamon River of Cham- 



paign County from 1955 to 1958. Dr. 

 Marcus S. Goldman has numerous mellow 

 bass records for the Sangamon for 1955, 

 and we took specimens there in November 

 of 1957. The Sangamon River fish pre- 

 sumably came from the Lake Decatur pop- 

 ulation. LS 3 (Kaskaskis, Sangamon). 



Centrarchidae 



AmblopUtes rupestris rupestris (Rafi- 

 nesque). Northern rock bass. — TH 1 

 (Salt Fork), LS 16 (Salt Fork, Middle 

 Fork, Sangamon). 



Chaenobryttus gulosus (Cuvier). War- 

 mouth. — A specimen taken by us on the 

 Sangamon near Mahomet in November, 

 1957. Dr. Marcus S. Goldman reports 

 that he has taken the species on hook and 

 line in the same area. FR 3 (Kaskaskia), 

 TH 1 (Salt Fork), LS 1 (Sangamon). 



Lepomis cyanellus Rafinesque. Green 

 sunfish. — FR IZ (all drainages except Lit- 

 tle Vermilion), TH 38 (all drainages), 

 LS 75 (all drainages except Little Ver- 

 milion). 



Lepomis humilis (Girard). Orange- 

 spotted sunfish. — FR 16 (Kaskaskia, Salt 

 Fork, Middle Fork, Sangamon), TH 13 

 (Salt Fork, Middle Fork, Sangamon), LS 

 9 (Salt Fork, Middle Fork. Sangamon). 



Lepomis macrochirus macrochirus Ra- 

 finesque. Northern bluegill. — Reported as 

 Lepomis pallidas by Forbes ^ Richardson, 

 Thompson &: Hunt, and other early au- 

 thors. FR 2 (Salt Fork, Sangamon), TH 

 1 (Salt Fork), LS 16 (Kaskaskia, Salt 

 Fork, Sangamon). 



Lepomis megaloiis megalotis (Rafi- 

 nesque). Central longear sunfish. — FR 16 

 (Kaskaskia. Salt Fork, Middle Fork), 

 TH 37 (not 39 as stated: all drainages), 

 LS 44 (all drainages). 



Lepomis rnicrolophiis (Gunther). Red- 

 ear sunfish. — Formerly known as Eupo- 

 motis heros. The widely transplanted red- 

 ear is a recent arrival in Champaign 

 County. Dr. Marcus S. Goldman recalls 

 catching the species in the Sangamon near 

 the Champaign-Piatt county line in the 

 summer of 1958. LS 1 (Kaskaskia). 



Lepomis punctatus miniatus Jordan. 

 Spotted sunfish. — A specimen taken from 

 the outlet of Crystal Lake by Thompson 

 .S: Hunt and reported as Lepomis miniatus 

 (Garman's sunfish). Their specimen is no 

 longer extant. TH 1 (Salt Fork). 



