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trofishing gear and rotenone provided advantages of capture which Ad- 

 dair did not enjoy. Chubs were no doubt present throughout the drainage 

 at the time of his survey, but they are difficult to collect by seine due to 

 their habitat preference for rapid runs with large rubble and boulder sub- 

 strate. Other records are UNC 6083, CU 28867; UMMZ 95281, 108168, 

 165699, 165706, 165755. 



Notemigonus crysoleucas. — Collection of the Golden shiner from Gauley 

 River at Carnifex Ferry (Station 6) represents the first record of this 

 species from the Gauley drainage. It is widely used by fishermen, and its 

 occurrence is attributed to bait bucket introduction. 



Notropis albeolus. — Previous efforts by Addair (1944) and others did not 

 yield representatives of the Notropis subgenus Luxilus from Gauley River. 

 Hocutt et al. (1978) noted that Gilbert (1964) and R.D. Ross (VPISU 

 2429) took N. albeolus from Greenbrier River, and Hocutt (1974) and 

 Stauffer (1975) found it in New River, Virginia. We collected the White 

 shiner from nine localities where its presence was rare to abundant. The 

 reason for its absence in previous collections is speculative. 



Notropis chrysocephalus. — The Striped shiner is also a member of the sub- 

 genus Luxilus (Gilbert 1964). Gilbert (1964) considered N. chrysocephalus to 

 be introduced to the upper Kanawha drainage, but common in other 

 Ohio River drainages. We collected it at five localities, but it was abun- 

 dant only at the mouth of Cherry River (Station 5). It was apparently 

 collected by Schwartz from Gauley River east of Bolair (UNC 685) and 

 Williams River (UNC 6087), but these records are not confirmed. 



Notropis photogems. — Addair (1944) reported the Silver shiner from one 

 Peter's Creek locality and two Meadow River stations. We found it at ten 

 stations, distributed from the headwaters to our most downstream station 

 on Gauley River. The only other record of the Silver shiner from the 

 Gauley system is UMMZ 95283. 



Notropis rubellus. — The Rosyface shiner was one of the most abundant 

 and widely distributed minnows collected in this survey, taken from 25 

 stations. Addair (1944) collected it from ten of 19 stations on Gauley 

 River. Other records are UNC 6086, UMMZ 95285, 108170, 165700, 

 165707, 165756. 



Notropis scabnceps. — The New River shiner is endemic to the upper 

 Kanawha River drainage. We collected a single specimen from Williams 

 River (Station 12; AEL 164). Although never abundant, Addair (1944) 

 found it more widely distributed, collecting it from seven localities: Peters 

 Creek (1 station), Muddlety Creek (1), Cherry River (2) and Williams 

 River (3). This species deserves recognition by the W.Va. Department of 

 Natural Resources as a threatened or endangered species. Its ecological 

 requirements are not known, but its distribution appears to coincide with 



