REPORT 



ON THE 



FISHES OF OHIO. 



BY DAVID L. JORDON, M. D. 



PREVIOUS PUBLICATIONS ON THE PISHES OP OHIO. 



Before proceeding to the discussion of the Pishes of Ohio, a brief sur- 

 vey of the earlier publications treating wholly or chiefly of the local fish 

 fauna may be interesting : 



The earliest of these which has come to my notice is a brief paper by 

 Rafinesque, entitled "Discoveries in Natural History, made during a 

 journey through the Western Region of the United States, by Constan- 

 tine Samuel Rafinesque, Esq. Addressed to Samuel L. Mitchill, Presi- 

 dent, and other members of the Lyceum of Natural History, in a letter 

 dated at Louisville, Falls of the Ohio, 20th July, 1818, " in the American 

 Monthly Magazine and Critical Review, September, 1818. 



In this article the following catalogue of fishes of the Ohio River is 

 given, and nine of the species are described at some length. Many of the 

 names adopted were merely provisional, and were changed when the 

 species were finally described : 



Perca salmonea Salmon. 



Perca chrysops ..... ..» . ....Kockfish. 



Scisena grunniens . White Perch. 



Soisena caprodes ......' — Hog Fish. 



BodiannB calliurus ...Bass. 



Sparns cyanelns San Fish. 



Sparus nigropunctatns . Bachelor Perch. 



Silnras punctatas Mud Cat Pish. 



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