Fishes of Buck Creek, Kentucky 139 



Clupeidae — herrings 



Dorosoma cepedianum (Lesueur). Gizzard shad. The gizzard shad 

 was reported by Carter and Jones (1969) from two mainstem sites and 

 was generally distributed and abundant in the lower mainstem. Sites: 

 32(1), 35(-), 36(3), 38(3), 39(-). 



Dorosoma petenense (Giinther). Threadfin shad. This species is 

 generally distributed in downstream parts of Buck Creek influenced by 

 Cumberland Reservoir, where it was originally introduced in 1957 as 

 forage for game fish (Henley 1967). Sites: 38(2), 39(-). 



Cyprinidae — carps and minnows 



Campostoma oligolepis Hubbs and Greene. Largescale stoneroller. 

 This species was reported from Buck Creek as Campostoma anomalum 

 (Rafinesque), the central stoneroller, by Carter and Jones (1969) and 

 Harker et al. (1979, 1980). However, Burr (1980) and Stauffer et al. 

 (1982) indicated that the species found in the Cumberland River drain- 

 age is C. oligolepis. This was the most common and generally distrib- 

 uted species in the drainage. Sites: 1(13), 2(1), 3(5), 4(3), 5(2), 6(1), 7(4), 

 8(3), 9(1), 10(4), 11(2), 12(34), 13(12), 14(2), 15(1), 18(2), 19(2), 20(2), 

 21(5), 22(1), 23(16), 24(49), 25(3), 27(27), 28(3), 29(5), 30(1), 31(1), 

 32(26), 33(1), 38(1). 



Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus. Common carp. Several large specimens 

 were collected from the lower mainstem, where the species was generally 

 distributed. Sites: 35(2), 38(1), 39(-). 



Ericymba buccata Cope. Silverjaw minnow. This minnow was spo- 

 radic in the upper half of the drainage where it was also collected by 

 Harker et al. (1979). Sites: 7(4), 11(2), 14(3), 20(3), 23(1). 



Hybopsis amblops (Rafinesque). Bigeye chub. Harker et al. (1979) 

 reported this species from the mainstem. The bigeye chub was generally 

 distributed in the mainstem in or just downstream of riffles flowing over 

 a variety of substrates. Sites: 22(1), 23(4), 24(-), 25(1), 27(33), 31(7), 

 32(5), 33(5). 



Hybopsis dissimilis (Kirtland). Streamline chub. This chub was 

 sporadically distributed in 0.3-0.6 m deep mainstem riffles with moder- 

 ate current and cobble or boulder substrate. Sites: 27(1), 32(4), 33(2). 



Notropis ardens (Cope). Rosefin shiner. This shiner was reported 

 from Buck Creek by Harker et al. (1979, 1980) and was generally dis- 

 tributed throughout the upper half of the drainage. Sites: 1(16), 2(18), 

 3(13), 4(7), 5(17), 6(13), 7(7), 8(8), 9(21), 10(24), 11(9), 12(43), 14(8), 

 15(6), 17(8), 18(27), 21(40), 23(47), 24(14), 25(24), 27(38), 29(4), 30(4). 



Notropis ariommus (Cope). Popeye shiner. This silt intolerant spe- 

 cies (Trautman 1981) was sporadically distributed in the drainage. Site: 

 21(1), 32(1), 33(3). 



