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Notropis atherinoides Rafinesque. Emerald shiner. Although this 

 species was present in only three collections, further sampling of deep- 

 water, riverine habitat along the mainstem would undoubtedly yield 

 more specimens. Sites: 32(1), 33(1), 36(29). 



Notropis boops Gilbert. Bigeye shiner. This shiner was sporadic in 

 the mainstem and tributaries in the upper half of the drainage, where 

 the species was collected from flowing pools and riffles over a generally 

 bedrock bottom. Sites: 3(1), 8(5), 17(2), 18(6), 23(7), 24(3). 



Notropis buchanani Meek. Ghost shiner. This large-river species 

 (Smith 1979) was occasional in the lower main channel. Sites: 36(86), 

 37(6). 



Notropis chrysocephalus (Cope). Striped shiner. Carter and Jones 

 (1969) and Harker et al. (1979) reported the striped shiner from Buck 

 Creek, and Harker et al. (1980) collected it in Brushy Creek. The species 

 was generally distributed in clear pools throughout all but the lower 

 part of Buck Creek influenced by Cumberland Reservoir. Site: 1(7), 

 2(5), 3(2), 4(5), 5(8), 6(2), 7(2), 8(14), 9(2), 10(10), 11(5), 12(35), 14(4), 

 15(6), 18(1), 21(8), 23(59), 27(4), 32(4). 



Notropis galacturus (Cope). Whitetail shiner. Harker et al. (1980) 

 reported specimens of this fish from mainstem Buck Creek. The white- 

 tail shiner was generally distributed in the lower half of the drainage 

 and was often collected with, but was more common than, two other 

 species of the subgenus Cyprinella — Notropis spilopterus (Cope) and 

 Notropis whipplei (Girard). Notropis galacturus was commonly col- 

 lected from riffles flowing over gravel, cobble, or bedrock substrate and 

 from adjacent eddy habitat. Sites: 14(7), 18(2), 19(3), 21(14), 22(5), 

 23(13), 24(25), 25(3), 27(44), 31(1), 32(12), 33(6). 



Notropis phot ogenis (Cope). Silver shiner. This inhabitant of mod- 

 erate to large streams (Trautman 1981) was apparently restricted to and 

 sporadically distributed in the lower mainstem of Buck Creek upstream 

 from the influence of Cumberland Reservoir. Sites: 27(1), 31(3), 32(19). 



Notropis rubellus (Agassiz). Rosyface shiner. This shiner is gener- 

 ally distributed in the mainstem, where it was also collected by Harker 

 et al. (1979). Sites: 10(2), 14(6), 23(18), 25(1), 27(19), 32(6), 33(12). 



Notropis spilopterus (Cope). Spotfin shiner. The spotfin shiner was 

 reported from the Buck Creek mainstem by Harker et al. (1979). We 

 found it generally distributed in the lower half of the drainage exclusive 

 of the area influenced by Cumberland Reservoir. Sites: 21(11), 23(8), 

 24(12), 27(1), 31(1), 32(-), 33(8). 



Notropis telescopus (Cope). Telescope shiner. Harker et al. (1979, 

 1980) reported the telescope shiner from Buck and Brushy creeks. We 

 found it generally distributed and readily collected from flowing pools 

 and riffles over bedrock or gravel and cobble substrates. Sites: 2(36), 



