108 Dan A. Cincotta, et al. 



Notropis e. emiliae is either extirpated or extremely rare in the upper 

 Ohio River, as there are no recent published records from West Virginia 

 or Ohio. 



Rhinichthys bowersi Goldsborough and Clark, Cheat minnow 



This controversial form was originallly described as a species by 

 Goldsborough and Clark (1908), but was subsequently identified as a 

 Nocomis micropogon x Rhinichthys cataractae hybrid by Raney (1940). 

 The distribution of this minnow appears restricted to Lake Erie and 

 Monongahela River drainages (Hendricks et al. 1979; Stauffer et al. 

 1979). Although Stauffer et al. (1979) indicated that this form qualified 

 morphometrically and meristically as a species, they could not conclu- 

 sively decide its validity. Recent electrophoretic data indicate it is a true 

 species (Goodfellow et al. 1984). In West Virginia, R. bowersi is rare to 

 common in the eastern Monongahela River tributaries (Stauffer et al. 

 1979; Goodfellow et al. 1984). WVWR personnel recently collected two 

 specimens from Whiteday Creek (Marion/ Monongalia County; WVWR 

 350), which represents only the second time this minnow has been taken 

 from western tributaries of the Monongahela River. C. H. Hocutt (pers. 

 comm.) indicated that R. bowersi would be petitioned under provisions 

 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 as a threatened species. 

 Cycleptus elongatus (Lesueur), blue sucker 



This sucker is usually found in the larger rivers of the Mississippi 

 and Gulf slope drainages (Gilbert 1980a). In West Virginia, Trautman 

 (1981) reported it in the main channel Ohio River. However, probably 

 due to an absence of verifiable historical records (J. R. Stauffer, pers. 

 comm.), Denoncourt et al. (1975) did not include the species on their 

 state checklist. The authors, as did Pearson and Krumholz (1984), 

 accepted the data of Trautman and recognize the species as part of the 

 West Virginia ichthyofauna. Although this sucker has not been taken in 

 numerous surveys in recent years on the West Virginia portion of the 

 Ohio River (Trautman 1981, Preston and White 1978, WVWR unpubl. 

 data), Trautman (1981) reported two records in Ohio near West Virgin- 

 ia. Additionally, a specimen may have been captured (unconfirmed) 

 from the Ohio River adjacent to Hancock County, West Virginia, in 

 1981 (Pearson and Krumholz 1984). These records are possibly attribu- 

 table to migrating fish from the lower river where the population is 

 improving (W. L. Davis, pers. comm.; Pearson and Krumholz 1984). 

 Noturus eleutherus Jordan, mountain madtom 



The mountain madtom is found sporadically in southcentral Mis- 

 sissippi River drainages within Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Missouri, and 

 throughout the Ohio River to Pennsylvania (Taylor 1969, Rohde 1980b). 

 In the vicinity of West Virginia, this madtom is known from the Levisa 

 Fork of the Big Sandy River in Kentucky (Jenkins et al. 1972, Rohde 



