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Dr. William Taylor, Division of Fishes, U.S. National Museum, 

 rapidly examined the fish remains and has identified not only the 

 families to which they belong but also certain skeletal elements. He 

 states : 



The fish material from site 39P07 consists of remains of two families of fishes, 

 Cyprinidae and Ictaluridae. The Cyprinidae remains are all pharyngeal arches, 

 probably of Hyiopsis (PlatygoMo) gracilis (Richardson). This cyprinid in- 

 habits large streams and rivers in the Plains. The Ictaluridae or catfish remains 

 consist chiefly of spines, pectoral girdles, and vertebrae, with relatively few of 

 the heavy skuU elements present, suggesting that the skull parts were often 

 disposed of before reaching the midden. The bullheads, which probably live 

 in the region, are not represented. All material seems referable to the channel 

 catfish, Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque) and the blue catfish /. furcatus (Le- 

 Sueur). Since these two species are superficially very similar, I do not wish 

 to rest heavily on definite identifications of either species for any of the bones. 

 Where identifications are made to species, they should be regarded as probable 

 and not positive, for that species. 



A brief list follows of elements from site 39P07. 



Catalog No. 



2481 Cleithra (3) of Ictalurus punctatus and 2 vertebrae otca.tGsh. 



1248 Pectoral spines (2) and dorsal spine (1) plus parts, 2 cleithra of 



/. punctatus ; also miscellaneous vertebrae and skull elements of catfish. 



1117 Spine and parts of cleithrum of /. punctatus. 



1535 Vertebrae, opercle, cleithrum, and spine of /. punctatus. 



1403 Miscellaneous bones, vertebrae, etc., of at least 2 individuals of /. 



punctatus. 



1427 Vertebrae, spine, cleithrum, etc., of /. punctatus. 



3465 Spine of /. punctatus and 2 catfish vertebrae. 



1668 Several bones of catfish, chiefly /. punctatus. 



252 Spine of catfish, probably /. punctatus. 



234 2 spines of Ictalurus, probably /. punctatus. 



3323 Vertebrae and vertebral complex of catfish. 



1302 Vertebrae, opercle, vertebral complex, etc., of catfish ; cleithrum of /. 



punctatiis. 

 3983 Spinesof 7. pttnciaftts (2). 



421 Spine and cleithrum of J. punctatus. 



1182 Miscellaneous catfish bones, including spine and cleithrum of /. 



punctatus. 



1344 Miscellaneous bone of catfish. 



1469 Spines and cleithra of I. punctatus. 



1864 Miscellaneous bones and spines of I. punctatus. 



1962 Lower jaw of catfish. 



2357 Miscellaneous catfish bones. 



1609 Many vertebrae and miscellaneous bones of catfish. 



4186 Spine and cleithra of /. punctatus ; other catfish bones. 



976 Pectoral spine of I. punctatus. 



1173 4 catfish vertebrae. 



1497 Catfish vertebrae and bones. 



2477 2 catfish bones. 



1483 Miscellaneous catfish bones, some Identifiable as /. punctatus. 



