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flowing pool underlain by clean sand. Repeated efforts to secure addi- 

 tional specimens were unsuccessful. The specimen was taken with Etheos- 

 toma nigrum, another psammophilic species. Burr (1980) observed that 

 the once relatively common eastern sand darter is rapidly declining in 

 numbers in Kentucky. The Kentucky Academy of Science lists the species 

 as threatened (Branson et al. 1981). 



Etheostoma cinereum Storer. Ashy darter. KNP C05ROC (2), 

 Rockcastle R. (Cumberland R. dr.), at mouth of Eagle Cr., Rockcastle 

 Co., 23 October 1979; KNP C09MCY (1), Big S. Fk. (Cumberland R. dr.), 

 3.0 km N of Tennessee state line at mouth of Troublesome Cr., McCreary 

 Co., 24 October 1979. 



The ashy darter is confined to the Cumberland River in Kentucky and 

 is known from six substantiated collections, including those shown above 

 (Burr 1980 and pers. comm.). Although Saylor (1980) and Branson (1977) 

 noted the species in the Rockcastle River, no exact localities were given. 

 The above collection is considered the first formal report of the species 

 from this river. Subsequent collections in upstream segments of the Rock- 

 castle River have yielded a number of additional specimens (Brooks M. Burr, 

 pers. comm.). At both sites, E. cinereum was collected in sluggish current 

 adjacent to swift shoals over rubble-gravel substrate mixed with detritus 

 and/ or dead Justicia americana in areas 0.45-0.75 m deep. No fishes were 

 associated with E. cinereum on the substrate; however, Notropis ariom- 

 mus, N. chrysocephalus, and N. rubellus occurred in the water column 

 directly above. 



Etheostoma nigrum susanae (Jordan and Swain). Johnny darter. 

 KNP C05MCY (2), Bridge Fk. Laurel Cr. (Cumberland R. dr.), directly 

 above mouth on KY 478, McCreary Co., 12 September 1979; KNP 

 C02WHI (5), Bunches Cr. (Cumberland R. dr.), 1.5 km above mouth, 

 Whitley Co., 22 August 1979. 



In a recent taxonomic evaluation of this rare subspecies, Starnes and 

 Starnes (1979) reported extant populations above Cumberland Falls 

 within Whitley and McCreary counties. The collections reported above 

 represent new localities from the same general area. Both collections were 

 made in small streams with well-forested watersheds and excellent water 

 quality. Individuals were generally collected over clean-swept sand and 

 bedrock at the base of gentle riffles or in shallow pools. Etheostoma 

 nigrum susanae is the only endemic fish above Cumberland Falls and is 

 currently listed by the Kentucky Academy of Science as threatened (Bran- 

 son et al. 1981). 



Etheostoma tippecanoe Jordan and Evermann. Tippecanoe darter. 

 KNP uncat. (1), Big S. Fk. (Cumberland R. dr.), 3.2 km N of Tennessee 

 state line at mouth of Oilwell Br., McCreary Co., 24 October 1979. 



In Kentucky, the Tippecanoe darter was formerly known from local- 

 ized populations in the Licking, Green, and Kentucky rivers (Burr 1980; 

 Clay 1975; Hocutt 1980). Although known from the Big South Fork of the 



