98 Melvin L. Warren, Jr. and Ronald R. Cicerello 



Recent ichthyofaunal surveys conducted under the auspices of the 

 Kentucky Nature Preserves Commission have further contributed to the 

 refinement of distributional patterns and evaluation of the Kentucky 

 Academy of Science conservation status (Branson et al. 1981b) of sev- 

 eral fish species. It is the primary purpose of this report to elucidate and 

 summarize these findings for a better understanding of Kentucky's speci- 

 ose ichthyofauna. 



SPECIES ACCOUNTS 



Several new drainage records, significant distributional informa- 

 tion, and conservation status evaluations for 13 Kentucky fishes are 

 presented in the following species accounts. Each account includes col- 

 lection numbers followed in parentheses by the number of specimens, 

 standard or total length (TL) range in millimeters, stream and major 

 drainage, locality, county, and date of collection. All scientific and 

 common names follow Robins et al. (1980). Collecting materials and 

 methods were the same as those presented by Harker et al. (1980). All 

 collections are housed at the Kentucky Nature Preserves Commission 

 (KNP), pending deposition at Southern Illinois University at Carbon- 

 dale (SIUC). A number of specimens, as noted, are deposited at the 

 Kentucky Department of Fish and WildHfe Resources (KFW), the Ken- 

 tucky Department of Transportation (KDOT), or SIUC. 



Lampetra appendix (DeKay). American brook lamprey. KNP uncat. 

 (1, 182 TL), Cumberland R. (Ohio R. dr.), 30 m below the mouth of 

 Sulphur Cr., Monroe Co., 22 October 1982. 



Burr (1980) considered Lampetra appendix (as L. lamottei) to be 

 occasional in the upper Barren, Green, Kentucky, and Big Sandy rivers 

 of Kentucky. The specimen reported here is the first published record 

 for the Cumberland River of Kentucky, and one of three from the entire 

 drainage (Rohde 1980). Based on development of dentition, eyes, and 

 fins, the specimen was judged a sub-adult in the latter stages of trans- 

 formation; myomeres numbered approximately 69-70. Seagle and Nagel 

 (1982) noted that metamorphosis of this species in streams of eastern 

 Tennessee occurred from mid-August through October; this is sup- 

 ported by capture of a metamorphosing specimen in Kentucky in late 

 October. The specimen was collected from shallow (15 cm), clear water 

 with moderate current over a gravel riffle near the shore. When col- 

 lected the specimen was sluggish, relatively easy to capture, and hemor- 

 rhaging at the base of the dorsal fins. It should be noted that the Cum- 

 berland River was at unusually low flow and high water temperatures 

 due to temporary curtailment of hypolimnetic discharge from upstream 

 Wolf Creek Dam. Extensive seining in the area produced only a few 

 specimens of Coitus carolinae (Gill) and a single juvenile Etheostoma 



