[105] FISHEEIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 491 



SILUBIDJ1. 



Genus NOTURUS Rafinesque. 

 Subgenus Notueus Rafinesque. 



159. No turns flaTUS Rafinesque. Stone-cat; Yellow Stone- 



cat. 



Saint Lawrence River to Virginia; westward to Ne- 

 braska, and southward to Texas. 

 This species reaches a length of 12 inches. 



1472. Madrid, New York. E. A. Dayton. 



Genus LEPTOPS Rafinesque. 



160. laptops ©livaris (Raf.) Jor. & Gilb. Mud Cat ; Yellow 



Cat ; Bashaw ; Goujon. 

 Ohio and Mississippi Valleys, in muddy waters. 

 The mud cat reaches a weight of 75 pounds (Jor. & 

 * Gilb.) ; it is much used as food. 



1524. Cincinnati, Ohio. Prof. S. F. Baird. 



Genus AMIURUS Rafinesque. 



161. Aminrus catus (L.) Gill. Bull-head; Horned Pout; 



Cat-fish; Small Cat-fish ; Schuylkill Cat. 



The Great Lakes ; Ohio Valley ; Eastern United States 

 from Maine to South Carolina; introduced into Cali- 

 fornia, where it has become very abundant. 



This is one of the best known and most esteemed of our 

 cat-fish. It reaches a length of 18 inches ; in the mar- 

 kets of Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington it 

 is extensively sold, sometimes with the skin removed. 



32551. Havre tie Grace, Maryland, June 9, 1882. Dr. T. H. Bean. 



Genus ICTALURUS Rafinesque. 



1651. Ictalurus punctatus (Raf.) Jordan. Channel Cat; 



White Cat ; Blue Cat. 

 Eastern United States from Vermont to Georgia ; Ohio 



and Mississippi Valleys ; westward to Montana ; 



southward to Texas and Mexico. 

 This is a valuable food-fish. It reaches a weight of 20 



to 25 pounds and a length of 3 feet. "It has been 



described under some twenty-three different specific 



names" (Cope). 

 17804. Near Montgomery, Alabama, 1876. Dr. T. H. Bean. 



