1 16 Dan A. Cincotta, et al. 



on the Elk River (Kanawha River drainage; WVWR 85). These speci- 

 mens* represent the only verifiable occurrence of this species from West 

 Virginia (J. R. Stauffer, pers. comm.), and this record is depicted in the 

 distributional review of Etnier (1980). 

 Etheostoma tippecanoe Jordan and Everman, Tippecanoe darter 



This species is restricted to the Ohio River basin, where it is 

 broadly but discontinuously distributed (Zorach 1969). It was first col- 

 lected in West Virginia by WVWR personnel (unpubl. data, verified by 

 Schwartz) in 1966 from Little Kanawha River and later in the same year 

 by Schwartz from Elk River. Although these two unpublished records 

 were overlooked by Zorach (1969), Schwartz ambiguously reported 

 both in Jenkins et al. (1972). Hocutt (1980) depicted records for this 

 percid in the state, but did not include detailed data. WVWR data 

 (WVWR 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 278) suggest that the species, which is 

 considered generally rare within its range (Kuehne and Barbour 1983), 

 is common in the Little Kanawha and lower Elk rivers. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.— We particularly wish to express our 

 gratitude to R. M. Bailey, University of Michigan; T. M. Cavender, 

 Ohio State University; R. F. Denoncourt, York College; C. R. Gilbert, 

 Florida State Museum; C. H. Hocutt, University of Maryland; R. E. 

 Jenkins, Roanoke College; W. D. Pearson, University of Louisville; J. 

 Pfeiffer, Geo-Marine, Inc., Piano, Texas; H. R. Preston, U.S. Environ- 

 mental Protection Agency, Wheeling; F. C. Rohde, Chas. T. Main, Inc., 

 Boston; R. Schoknecht, Cornell University; J. R. Stauffer, Jr., Univer- 

 sity of Maryland; R. E. Strauss, University of Michigan; and M. B. 

 Trautman, Ohio State University, for verifying certain species and /or 

 providing data. In addition, Jenkins, Hocutt, and Stauffer reviewed the 

 manuscript and offered critical comments for its improvement. 



Our appreciation is also extended to present and former West Vir- 

 ginia Wildlife Resources Division (WVWR) personnel who assisted in 

 various aspects of data collection and /or manuscript preparation, par- 

 ticularly K. Watson, T. Oldham, B. Dowler, W. Santonas, J. Rawson, 

 D. Phares, J. Reed, F. Jernejcic, B. Pierce, C. Doerfer, D. Courtney, C. 

 Heartwell, R. Menendez, E. A. Seaman, and S. Muth. Members of the 

 Water Resources Division, West Virginia Department of Natural Resour- 

 ces, Charleston; the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Wheeling 

 Field Office; the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington and Pitts- 

 burgh Districts; and the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commis- 

 sion, Cincinnati, provided assistance and/ or partial funding for certain 

 collections. Fishery collections were made primarily under 

 Dingell-Johnson Federal Aid Project F-10-R. 



