Fishes of Buck Creek, Kentucky 145 



they surveyed. This species was common and generally distributed in the 

 drainage. Sites: 15(1), 19(1), 21(1), 22(1), 23(4), 24(5), 27(3), 31(2), 32(2), 

 36(7), 37(3), 38(1). 



Micropterus salmoides (Lacepede). Largemouth bass. Although 

 reported by Carter and Jones (1969) from a mainstem site and by 

 Harker et al. (1980) from Brushy Creek, the largemouth bass was spo- 

 radic in Buck Creek and was collected only from the lower mainstem 

 during our survey. Sites: 32(-), 38(1). 



Pomoxis annularis Rafinesque. White crappie. This species was 

 generally distributed and abundant in the lower mainstem influenced by 

 Cumberland Reservoir. Sites: 32(-), 35(2), 38(2), 39(-). 



Percidae — perches 



Etheostoma blennioides Rafinesque. Greenside darter. Harker et al. 

 (1979, 1980) reported this species from Buck and Brushy creeks. This 

 darter was generally distributed but seldom abundant within the drain- 

 age, and was absent from the part influenced by Cumberland Reservoir. 

 Adults were usually collected from substrates that ranged from coarse 

 gravel to boulder riffles with moderate current. Sites: 2(1), 3(2), 5(1), 

 6(1), 7(3), 8(1), 10(1), 13(1), 15(1), 17(1), 18(1), 19(1), 21(1), 23(3), 24(1), 

 25(2), 27(45), 31(1), 32(15), 33(1). 



Etheostoma caeruleum Storer. Rainbow darter. The rainbow darter 

 was reported by Harker et al. (1979, 1980) from Buck and Brushy 

 creeks. It was the most common and widely distributed darter in the 

 drainage. Collections were made over substrates ranging in size from 

 medium gravel to cobble in slow to moderate current. Sites: 1(26), 2(6), 

 3(3), 4(2), 5(9), 6(5), 7(3), 8(3), 9(1), 10(5), 11(2), 12(14), 13(2), 14(2), 

 15(1), 17(4), 18(5), 19(1), 20(2), 21(1), 22(2), 23(36), 24(26), 25(5), 27(14), 

 31(1), 32(17), 33(2). 



Etheostoma camurum (Cope). Bluebreast darter. Harker et al. 

 (1979) reported the bluebreast darter from Buck Creek. It was generally 

 distributed in the swiftest areas of mainstem riffles where substrates var- 

 ied from coarse gravel to boulders, and was often collected with Etheo- 

 stoma maculatum Kirtland, another species of the subgenus Nothonotus. 

 Sites: 12(1), 19(7), 23(3), 24(4), 25(8), 27(1), 31(2), 32(24), 33(3). 



Etheostoma cinereum Storer. Ashy darter. This darter is known 

 from Buck Creek as a result of one specimen collected in 1954 (UL 

 5392) and seven specimens collected in 1955 (UMMZ 171557, 171590) 

 (B. M. Burr, pers. comm.; C. R. Gilbert, pers. comm.). Sites: 22(2), 

 27(6). 



Etheostoma flabellare Rafinesque. Fantail darter. This darter was 

 reported by Harker et al. (1979, 1980) from Buck and Brushy creeks. It 

 was generally distributed in moderate to swift riffles and flowing pools 



