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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
FISHES OF THE WEST FORK OF STONE RIVER. 
1. Catostomus nigricans Le Sueur. Abundant in deep, swift waters. 
2. Moxostoma macrolepidotum duquesnei (Le Sueur). Everywli ere common. Agrees with the 
description given by Dr. D. S. Jordan, Manual of Vertebrates, edition 1888. 
3. Lagochila lacera Jordan & Brayton. The single specimen taken is 6 inches in length. 
4. Campostoma anomalum (Rafinesque). Little brown sucker. Abundant in swift waters. 
5. Pimephales notatus (Rafinesque). The largest of the 22 specimens, 3} inches long. Black spot, 
on front of dorsal fin indistinct. 
6. Notropis boops Gilbert. Very scarce. 
7. Notropis whipplei (Girard). Very abundant. Length of head equals depth of body. 
8. Notropis galacturus (Cope). Common everywhere. 
9. Notropis megalops (Rafinesque). Specimens small and varied in form aud color. 
10. Notropis telescopus (Cope). Notcommon. 
11. Hybopsis amblops (Rafinesque). Scarce. 
12. Hybopsis kentuckiensis (Rafinesque). Equally scarce with the preceding. 
13. Zygonectes notatus (Rafinesque). Rather common. Largest taken, 2 inches long. 
14. Labidesthes sicculus (Cope). Very common. 
15. Lepomis pallidus (Mitchill). The largest of the 5 specimens, 41 inches. 
16. Lepomis megalotis (Rafinesque). Not common. 
17. Micropterus dolomieu Lac6pede. Trout. 
18. Etheostoma simoterum atripinnis (Jordan). The single specimen taken is 24 inches in length, 
and highly colored. 
19. Etheostoma blennioides Rafinesque. Abundant. D. xm or xiv — 13. 
20. Etheostoma caprodes (Rafinesque). 
21. Etheostoma rufolineatum (Cope). The larger of the two specimens If inches long. 
22. Etheostoma squamiceps Jordan. Seven specimens taken, varying in length from 1 to 3f inches. 
Comparing these specimens with the description of E. squamiceps in Jordan & Gilberts 
Synopsis of Fishes of North America and with that in Jordan’s Manual of Vertebrates, 5tli 
edition, the following differences are notable: The lower fins of the males are not black but 
they are pale in either sex. Males have 7 or 8 crossbars on the dorsal region instead of 6. 
There are more than 50 scales in the lateral line ; in all the specimens examined the number 
varied from 53 to 57. The gill -membranes are not broa dly united across the ist hmus, but 
on the contrary they are scarcely united at all. 
SPRING CREEK. 
Spring Creek has its source in the southeast part of Wilson County, Tennessee, from 
which region it flows 32 miles in a northwesterly direction, where it empties into the 
Cumberland River about 25 miles above Nashville. It was investigated at Spring 
Creek Station, 12 miles from its mouth, August 21. Here the stream has a width of 
30 feet. Its banks are low and sloping, with no exposure of rock. There are long 
stretches of deep, quiet water. On account of the mud, wood, and brush covering the 
bottom, it is hard to work it satisfactorily. During a long drought the stream becomes 
almost dry on the shoals. 
FISHES OF SPRING CREEK. 
1. Ameiurus natalis (Le Sueur). Scarce. Largest taken, 7 inches. 
2. Catostomus nigricans Le Sueur. Common in swift currents. 
3. Moxostoma macrolepidotum duquesnei (Le Sueur). A common food-fish among local fishermen. 
4. Campostoma anomalum (Rafinesque). Little black sucker. Common in all pools below shoals. 
5. Pimephales notatus (Rafinesque). Very numerous. 
6. Notropis whipplei (Girard). Not common. 
