C ONT E N T S 



Acknowledgments 299 



Methods and Equipment 300 



Forbes & Richardson Procedure 300 



Thompson 5c Hunt Procedure 300 



1959 Survey Procedure 301 



Selection of Site 302 



Sampling Technique 302 



Preservation and Sorting of Collections 304 



Habitat Data Recorded at Site 304 



Tabulations 304 



Supplemental Distribution Records 304 



Sources of Additional Information 306 



Description of County 306 



Soils 306 



Weather 307 



Agricultural Practices 307 



Population, Urban, and Industrial Developments 308 



Stream Drainages and Courses 308 



Water Discharge 308 



Draining and Dredging 310 



Stream Habitats 311 



General Ecological Characteristics 311 



Habitat Types 313 



Rivulets and Small Creeks ^14 



Large Creeks > 1 -"> 



Small Rivers 315 



Other Aquatic Habitats 317 



Changes in Stream Habitats 317 



Annotated List of Fishes 320 



Amiidae 3-1 



Lepisosteidae 3-1 



Hiodontidae 3-1 



Clupeidae 3-1 



Esocidae 321 



Catostomidae 321 



Cyprinidae 322 



Ictaluridae 324 



Anguillidae 325 



Cyprinodontidae 325 



Poeciliidae 325 



Atherinidae 325 



Aphredoderidae 325 



Serranidae 325 



Centrarchidae 32:) 



Percidae 326 



Sciaenidae 327 



Analysis of Distribution Patterns , 327 



Changes in Distribution 328 



Forbes & Richardson Records 328 



Thompson <Sc Hunt Records 329 



Investigations Between 1929 and 1959 330 



Recent Survey Records 330 



Summary of Changes Over 60- Year Period 331 



