ANNOTATED LIST OF FISHES COLLECTED IN VICINITY OF 
AUGUSTA, GA., WITH DESCRIPTION OF A NEW DARTER. 
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By SAMUEL F. HILDEBRAND, 
Assistant, U. S. Bureau of Fisheries. 
The specimens upon which the following list of species is based were collected 
in the vicinity of Augusta, Ga., during the spring and summer of 1918 and the 
summers of 1921 and 1922, while the author, in cooperation with the United States 
Public Health Service, was engaged in investigations relative to the use of fishes for 
the purpose of mosquito control. The specimens were obtained incidentally, and 
from time to time, during the course of the investigations. The list is far from 
exhaustive, as the collections, with a few exceptions, were made in waters that were 
potential mosquito-breeding areas; that is, in ponds, swamps, ditches, or sluggish 
creeks. No collecting was done in the Savannah River nor in any of its larger 
branches, and only one small lot was collected in a fairly rapidly flowing creek 
(Sweetwater Creek, Mealing plantation, Edgefield County, S. C.). 
It is hoped that the list, although not complete for the locality, will be of value 
to future workers interested in the distribution of fishes. Furthermore, the fishes 
of Georgia appear to have been neglected, as very little has been written on them, 
notwithstanding that we find extended accounts of the fishes of North and South 
Carolina and Florida. A list of species and notes concerning the fishes of any part 
of Georgia, therefore, seems to be of interest and value. An effort was made to 
secure the local common names of the fishes, and these names are indicated by 
quotation marks wherever used in this paper. 
Only a very few persons in the vicinity of Augusta regularly engage in fis hing , 
and their principal catch consists of catfishes and carp. Sport fis hing is a common 
diversion, and several artificial lakes are owned and maintained by fishing and hunt- 
ing clubs for the purpose of providing sport fishing for the members. The important 
game fish sought by nearly all anglers is the large-mouthed black bass. 
1. Amiatus calva (Linnaeus). “Jack Grindle,” “Jack Fish,” “Mudfish,” 
Bowfin. 
This species is common in muddy ponds. It is used for food only by the negroes. 
The name “jack grindle” is also applied to the garfish ( Lepisosteus osseus ) by the 
negroes. 
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