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Ohio River, common ; Kentucky River, Green 

 River, Cnmberland River, Tennessee River. 



429. Channel Cat, Blue Cat (Iclalurus furcatus, C. and 



V.). 



Common at East Cairo, Paducah, and elsewhere 

 in the Ohio River. 



Dog Fish (Family Amiidae). 



430. Dog Fish (Amia calva, Linn.). 



Probably common in the bayous of western Ken- 

 tucky. Reported thus far only from Bayou de 

 Chien. 



Gars (Family Lepisosteidse). 



431. Alligator Gar (Le/pisosteus tristoechus, Bloch and 



Schneid.) 



Ohio River at East Cairo ; not rare. 



432. Short-nosed Gar (Lepisosteus platystomus, Raf.). 



Ohio River at East Cairo. Tradewater River, 

 Tennessee River, Bayou de Chien (Woolman). 



433. Long-nosed Gar (Lepisosteus osseus, Linn.). 



Ohio River, Little Sandy River, Kentucky River, 

 Green River, Cumberland River, Tennessee River. 



Sturgeons (Family Acipenseridse) . 



434. Common Sturgeon (Actpenser rubicundus, Le S.). 



Common at East Cairo and elsewhere in the 

 Ohio River. Cumberland River at Kuttawa (Wool- 

 man ) . 



435. Shovel-nosed Sturgeon (Scaphirynchus platyrhyn- 



chus, Raf.). 



Common in the Ohio River at East Cairo and 

 elsewhere. 



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