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(1908), and Addair (1944). Raney (1947) and Raney and Seaman (1950, 

 cited in Denoncourt et al. 1975) consolidated West Virginia fishery data 

 by discussing the known and expected fauna based on the literature, 

 numerous collections by the West Virginia Conservation Commission, 

 personal sampling, unpublished information, and museum specimens 

 (particularly the re-examination of Goldsborough and Clark's mate- 

 rials). These two checklists, which were designed as the basis for a Con- 

 servation Commission sponsorsed book dedicated to the state ichthy- 

 ofauna (E. A. Seaman, pers. comm.; Anon. 1947), remained internal 

 documents and were not widely disseminated. Unfortunately, the pro- 

 posed publication was not completed. 



Subsequent to E. C. Raney and E. A. Seaman's efforts and prior to 

 1970, numerous surveys were conducted in the state. The majority were 

 performed by the Conservation Comission (e.g., W.Va. Wildl. Resour. 

 Div. unpubl. records, Van Meter 1952, Menendez and Robinson 1964, 

 Ross and Lewis 1969) and by F. J. Schwartz (e.g., in Core 1959; 

 Schwartz 1958a, 1959, 1962, 1967). However, most of these data were 

 unverifiable or unpublished. Following this period, several species were 

 added to state faunal and drainage checklists (Miles 1971; Jenkins et al. 

 1972; Denoncourt et al. 1975; Stauffer et al. 1978, 1982), but were usu- 

 ally reported in an ambiguous manner. Although the works of Ham- 

 brick et al. (1973), Hocutt et al. (1978, 1979; in review), Stauffer et al. 

 (1975, 1980; in press), Hardman et al. (1981), and Cincotta and Hoeft 

 (in press) and certain systematic species reviews (e.g., Denoncourt 1969, 

 Gilbert 1969, Jenkins 1970) clarify much data, distributional informa- 

 tion is lacking for several species and drainages. 



The purpose of this paper is to add fourteen species to the state 

 faunal list and to clarify several ambiguous fish records. These data 

 were compiled primarily during the preparation of Cincotta and Miles 

 (1982, i.e., revision of Miles 1971), thus reference to this document is 

 omitted. 



MATERIALS AND METHODS 



The following species accounts are based on verifiable or reliable 

 data. Confirmation of ambiguous data for discussed species was made 

 via literature review, personal communications with regional investiga- 

 tors, inspection of museum specimens, and examination of unpublished 

 records of the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife 

 Resources Division (WVWR; formerly the Conservation Commission, 

 Fisheries Management Division). Materials from Cornell University 

 (CU), Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources (KFW), 

 University of Louisville (UL), University of Michigan Museum of Zool- 

 ogy (UMMZ), Ohio State University (OSU), and National Museum of 



