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and has been stocked in numerous locations within the United States 

 (Lee and Shute 1980). Although Kinney (1963) reported that "California 

 and Pacific salmon" (species unknown) were stocked in the late 1800s in 

 West Virginia waters (along with Alosa sapidissima), no salmon species 

 have ever been included on past state ichthyofaunal checklists. Schwartz 

 (in Jenkins et al. 1972), however, ambiguously indicated O. nerka in the 

 Monongahela River drainage; this information is probably based on his 

 Cheat River, West Virginia, record reported in Core (1959). During the 

 1950s the landlocked form of this species, the kokanee, was stocked by 

 the WVWR in the Potomac (Stoney River Reservoir, Grant County; 

 Cacapon Lake, Morgan County; Trout Pond, Hardy County), Monon- 

 gahela (Spruce Knob Lake, Tucker County), and New (Watoga Lake, 

 Pocahontas County) river drainages (Van Meter 1953). These records 

 have probably been omitted from the state lists due to literature over- 

 sight or failure of the introductions. 

 Ctenopharyngodon idella Valenciennes, grass carp 



This species, a native of China, has been introduced throughout the 

 United States for aquatic vegetation control (Guillory 1980). Guillory 

 gave two unconfirmed Kanawha River drainage records. WVWR Di- 

 vision personnel have verified the occurrence of this species in a Nicholas 

 County pond, Gauley River drainage (B. F. Dowler, pers. comm.). 

 Furthermore, some of the specimens from this introduction have sup- 

 posedly been transferred to a pond in Wirt County, Little Kanawha 

 River drainage. To date, there are no records of this species from lotic 

 environments in the state. 

 Notropis emiliae emiliae (Hay), pugnose minnow 



Gilbert and Bailey (1972) transferred this species from the mono- 

 typic genus Oposopoeodus to Notropis and recognized the subspecies 

 N. e. emiliae and N. e. peninsularis. The latter form is endemic to the 

 Florida peninsula, while the former is found in Lake Erie, Mississippi, 

 and southern Atlantic slope and Gulf coast drainages. Trautman (1981) 

 noted three lower Muskingum River records collected between 1901 and 

 1938 a few kilometers from the Ohio River, West Virginia (i.e., main 

 channel). He further indicated that, since the species had not been 

 recently collected from this area, it had been extirpated. Apparently, 

 two records for this species have been overlooked in past reviews of the 

 state fauna, as it is not included in previous publications. It was col- 

 lected from Big Run, Wood County, in 1949 (Gilbert and Bailey 1972; 

 CU 21054), and from Oldtown Creek, Mason County, in 1958 (UL 

 10523, unpubl. data of Krumholz et al. 1962; W. D. Pearson, pers. 

 comm.). These data indicate the presence of this species in the upper 

 Ohio River subsequent to the period discussed by Trautman (1981), and 

 support his contention that it once was more widespread and common. 



