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Natural History (USNM) were used. Data regarding WVWR records 

 and their deposition in the Department of Natural Resources fish 

 museum at Elkins, are summarized in Table 1. Common and scientific 

 names are from Robins et al. (1980). 



ADDITIONS TO WEST VIRGINIA CHECKLIST 



The following accounts discuss the addition of fourteen species to 

 the West Virginia ichthyofauna, based on the checklist of Denoncourt et 

 al. (1975). These additions are the result of recent collecting (Noturus 

 eleutherus, Noturus stigmosus, Lepomis microlophus, Percina peltata, 

 Percina schumardi), recent introduction (Ctenopharyngodon idella), 

 data oversights (Alosa sapidissima, Oncorhynchus nerka, Notropis emi- 

 liae, Cycleptus elongatus, Cottus cognatus), description {Percina gym- 

 nocephala), and resurrection (Rhinichthys bowersi, Cottus girardi). 

 Each species discussion is arranged in the order of listing in Robins et 

 al. (1980), with emphasis given to those species collected by WVWR 

 personnel (Table 1). 



The data presented herein, combined with the addition of Ammo- 

 crypta asprella (Cincotta and Hoeft, in press) and the deletion of Per- 

 cina phoxocephala (Hendricks et al. 1979; Thompson 1980; Stauffer et 

 al., in press) and Notorus gyrinus (discussed in next section), increase 

 the total number of West Virginia species to 164. It should be noted, 

 however, that first West Virginia occurrence records reported by Pear- 

 son and Krumholz (1984) for Lepisosteus platostomus, Notropis boops, 

 N. heterolepis, Erimyzon sucetta, Fundulus notatus, and Etheostoma 

 spectabile were not treated here. These unverified data (W. D. Pearson, 

 pers. comm.) are suspect, based on the information of Trautman (1981), 

 Cooper (1983), and WVWR (unpubl. records). Attempts to verify much 

 of this information by one of the authors (DAC) resulted in either rede- 

 terminations of incorrectly identified fishes or the inability to acquire 

 voucher specimens. 

 Alosa sapidissima (Wilson), American shad 



This anadromous clupeid is indigenous to Atlantic slope drainages 

 of Canada and the United States (Burgess 1980). It was not reported as 

 part of West Virginia's fauna by Goldsborough and Clark (1908), Raney 

 (1947), Miles (1971), or Denoncourt et al. (1975). Although this shad is 

 native to the lower Potomac River, it was introduced to the upper part 

 (West Virginia and Maryland) of the drainage by the U.S. Fish Com- 

 mission around the turn of the century (Kinney 1963). Omission of this 

 species in past state checklists is attributed to either literature oversight 

 or unsuccessful transplantation. 

 Oncorhynchus nerka (Walbaum), sockeye salmon 



In North America, this species is native to Pacific slope drainages 



