Jordan and Ever man n. Fishes of North America. \ 1 1 



Amiimis catnt, JORDAN it GILBERT, Synopsis, 104, 1883. 



Pimelixliixfeli*, AtiASSiz, Lake Superior, 281, 1850, Lake Superior. 



Pimeloilux rnl]><-<;ilns, GiRARD, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1869, 160, Charleston. (Type, No. 1530.) 



Pitimhidn* h<>i/i, GIRAKD, /. c., 159,1859, Racine, Wisconsin. (Typo, No. 1539.) 



Ameiurus iiiispiUtentis, COPE, Proc. Am. Phil. Soc., 1870, 480, Mispillion Creek, Delaware. 



Of the variations of this species, the following seem worthy of recog- 

 nition as subspecies : 



21 7a. AMEIURUS NEBULOSUS CATULUS, (Girard). 



Color nearly black; profile very steep. Abundant in the streams of 

 Texas. (Diminutive of catus, cat.) 



1'iiin'lixln* i-afiiluK, GIRABD, Pac. R. R. Survey, 208, 1858, Fort Smith, Arkansas. 

 21 7b. AMEIURUS NEBULOSUS MARMORATUS, (Holbrook). 



Body sharply mottled with brown, greenish, and whitish ; jaws equal, 

 or nearly so ; depth about 4 in length ; slope of profile very steep. Dorsal 

 fin high; the spine more than | length of head; dorsal spine nearer 

 adipose fin than snout. Barbels long. Head 3J in length. Anal 21. 

 Lowland streams and swamps from southwestern Indiana (Switz City) 

 southward and eastward to Florida; the color strongly marked, but this 

 iutergrades with mottled specimens of A. nebulosus. (marmoratus, mar- 

 bled.) 



Pimelodus marmoratus, HOLBROOK, Jour. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1855, 54, South Carolina. (Type, 



No. 9031.) 

 Ameiurtis marmoratus, JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 104, 1883. 



218. AMEIURUS MELAS, (Rafinesque). 

 (BLACK BULLHEAD; SMALL CATFISH.) 



Color almost black, varying to yellowish and brown. Body stout, 

 short and deep, the depth 3 to 4 in length. Head broad behind, rather 

 contracted forward, the front steeply elevated. Pectoral spines short, 2i 

 to 3 in head. Anal fin short and deep, of 17 to 19 rays, its base nearly 5 

 in length, the color of the rays forming a sharp contrast with that of 

 the dusky membranes. Jaws nearly equal. Barbels longer than head. 

 Humeral process rather long, rugose. Size small. Northern New York 

 (Genesee River) to Kansas and Texas. Common, especially west of the 

 Mississippi. Variable. Much resembles A. nebulosua, but smaller, with 

 shorter, deeper anal, and especially shorter pectoral spines. (/ut-Aaf, black. ) 



Kiliirux tiielas, RAFINESQUE, Quart. Jour. Sci. Lit. Arts Load., 1820, 51, Ohio River. 



Pinielmlus confinis, GIRARD, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1859, 159, Racine, Wis. (Type, No. 1514.) 



Amwnu obesus, GILL, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., 1862, 45, Nebraska. (Type, No. 8968.) 



JORDAN, if. c., 89,1877. 



Pimelodus pullus,T>E KAY, N. Y. Fauna : Fishes, 184, 1842, Lake Pleasant, Lake Janet, N. Y. 

 Amiurus pullus, JORDAN, I. c., 93,1883. 

 AtHiunts cragini, GILBERT, Bull. Washb. Lab. Nat. Hist., 1884, i, 10, Garden City, Kansas. 



(Typo, No. 36814.) 



Amiunis br achy acanthus, COPE, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., xx, 35, 1880, Medina River, Texas. 

 Ameiimis brachy acanthus, JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 881, 1883. 

 Silunis xanthocephalus, RAFINESQUE, Quart. Jour. Sci. Lit. Arts Lond., 1820, 51, Ohio River; 



JORDAN, 7. c., 42, 1877. 

 Ameiurua xanthocephalus, JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 104,1883. 



