56 A PRELIMINARY LIST OF THE 



Catfishes (Family Siluridae). 



419. JWoturus gyrinus, Mitchili. 



Green River, Mayfield Creek, Bayou de Chien 

 (Woolman). 



420. JVbturus eleuthurus, Jordan. 



Green River (Woolman). 



421. JVbturus miurus, Jordan. 



Common in many streams. Ohio River, Big 

 Sandy River, Kentucky River, Green River. 



422. Stone Cat (JSFoturus flavus, Raf.). 



Licking River (Woolman). 



423. Mud Cat, Yellow Cat (Leptops olivaris, Raf.). 



Common in the larger streams. Ohio River, 

 Kentucky River, Green River. 



424. Bullhead (Ameiurus melas, Raf.). 



Ohio River, common (Henshall). 



425. Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus, LeS.). 



Common throughout the State. Kentucky 

 River, Green River, Cumberland River. Bayou 

 de Chien (Woolman). 



426. Yellow Cat (Ameiurus natalis , LeS.). 



Green River, Mayfield Creek (Woolman) . Small 

 tributaries of the Cumberland in Whitley County 

 (Jordan). 



427. Mississippi Cat (Ameiurus nigricans, LeS.). 



Common in the Ohio River. A specimen ob- 

 served at East Cairo some years ago weighed one 

 hundred and twenty pounds. Dr. Jordan states 

 that he has seen the adult of the Channel Cat (Icta- 

 lurus punctatus) used on hooks as live bait to catch 

 this species at Cumberland Falls. Beaver and 

 Otter Creeks, Wayne County, common (Kirsch). 



428. Channel Cat, Blue Cat (letal urus punctatus, Raf.). 



