Dec., 1901.] 
Fishes Taken Near Salem, Ohio. 
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FISHES TAKEN NEAR SALEM, OHIO. 
E. B. Williamson. 
The present short list is published, not because of any records of 
special interest, but in order that a record may be made of the 
fish known certainly from the headwaters of Beaver Creek. In 
the case of fish the most logical and significant way to indicate 
distribution is certainly by streams, and a very small contribution 
to the ichthyology of the above named stream is here presented. 
About three-fifths of Columbiana County is drained by Beaver 
Creek, one-fifth by the Mahoning River and streams leaving the 
county to the west, while the remainder enters the Big Yellow 
and Little Yellow Creeks. Beaver Creek is practically confined 
to Columbiana County, though it empties into the Ohio River in 
Pennsylvania at Smith’s Ferry, just above the state line. The 
relation of Beaver Creek to the Mahoning River is interesting, 
the two being in general, arcs of concentric circles with the 
Mahoning outside. A person going directly west from Salem 
crosses Middle Fork of Beaver Creek first, then the Mahoning, 
and the same is true if he goes directly north or directly east. 
South-west of Salem the small streams empting into the Mahon- 
ing have not been seined. From one of these Herman McCane has 
taken a specimen of Ichthyomyzon coneolor which is preserved in 
the Salem High School collection with the other species here 
recorded. All the other streams in close proximity to Salem are 
part of the system of the Middle Fork of Beaver Creek, with the 
exception of Cold Run, which flows almost directly south into 
the West Fork of Beaver Creek, the stream thus formed soon 
being augmented by the waters of the North Fork. 
Seining has been done only near Salem in small tributaries and 
where Middle Fork has an average width of not more than ten or 
twelve feet. Mr. Albert Hayes, Mr. J. S. Johnson and Mr. 
F. W. Webster have helped me draw the seine. Mr. Webster 
has also given me many valuable suggestions as to suitable 
localities. 
1. Ameiurus melas (Raf. ) . Rare, only in main stream. 
2. Catostomus eotnmersonii (Lac.). Common, main stream and tributaries. 
3. Catostomus nigricans Le S. Taken only in a small tributary. 
4. Moxostoma aureolum (LeS.). In a small tributary. 
5. Cyprinus carpio L. Only in main stream. 
6. Campostoma anomalum ( Raf. ). Everywhere. 
7. Chrosomus erythrogaster Raf, I11 two small tributaries. 
8. Pimephales promelas Raf. In main stream only. 
9. Pimephales notatus (Raf. ). Everywhere. 
10. Semotilus atromaculatus (Mitch.). Everywhere. 
