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FISHES OF THE DES MOINES RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. 
1. Petromyzon concolor (Kirtland). Brook lamprey. Des Moines, rare. Infraoral cusps 9 or 10. 
2. Lepisosteus osseus (Linnmus). Common gar-pike; Long-nosed gar; Bill-fish. Raccoon River, 
Des Moines ; Adel. 
3. Ictalurus punctatus (Ralinesque). Channel oat; White cat; Silver cat. Des Moines (Raccoon 
River), common; Middle River; Adel; Fort Dodge, abundant; Lizard Creek, common; 
Perry, common; Des Moines, rare; North River, Walnut Creek, Beaver Creek, rare. 
4. Ameiurus melas ( Ralinesque). Bullhead. Des Moines (Raccoon River), abundant in bayous; 
Fort Dodge, not common ; Walnut Creek, Estherville, Perry, North River, Adel, Walnut and 
Beaver creeks, rare. 
5. Noturus exilis Nelson. Stone cat. Perry, rare. 
6. Noturus gyrinus (Mitchill). Stone cat. Estherville and Raccoon River, Fort Dodge, and Des 
Moines, rare. 
7. Carpiodes velifer (Ralinesque). Qaillback; Carp-sucker. Lizard Creek, very abundant; Des 
Moines (Raccoon River) and Perry, abundant; Des Moines and Fort Dodge, common; 
Beaver and Walnut creeks, rare; Adel, Middle River and North River. 
8. Moxostoma anisurum (Le Sueur). Lizard Creek and Fort Dodge, not common. 
9. Moxostoma duquesnei (Le Sueur), liedhorse. Lizard Creek and Perry, abundant ; Des Moines 
(Raccoon River), Des Moines, Estherville, Fort Dodge, common ; Beaver Creek, rare ; Mid- 
dle River, Adel. 
10. Placopharynx carinatus Cope. Big-jawed sucker. Perry and Raccoon River, common ; Adel. 
11. Catostomus teres (Mitchill). Common sucker. Des Moines, Raccoon River, Fort Dodge, and 
Estherville, common; Walnut Creek, Beaver Creek, Lizard Creek, and Perry, rare; Middle 
River, Adel, North River. 
12. Catostomus nigricans Le Sueur. Hog sucker; Stone-roller; Hog mullet. Perry, abundant; Fort 
Dodge, common; Beaver Creek, Des Moines, and Raccoon River, rare; Adel, Middle River. 
13. Campostoma anomalum (Rafinesque). Stone-lugger; Stone-roller. Raccoon River and Lizard 
Creek, not common; Beaver and Walnut creeks, Des Moines, Fort Dodge, and Perry, rare; 
Four-mile Creek, Adel, North River, Middle River. 
14. Chrosomus erythrogaster Rafinesque. Red-bellied minnow. Walnut Creek, rare. 
15. Hybognathus nuchalis Agassiz. Silvery minnow. Raccoon River and Perry, abundant ; Beaver 
Creek, Walnut Creek, Des Moines, and Fort Dodge, common; Lizard Creek, Adel. 
16. Hybognathus nuchalis placita (Girard). Silvery minnow. Adel; Raccoon River, rare. Mouth 
much smaller than in previous form; head also narrower. 
17. Pimephales promelas Rafinesque. Fat-head. Beaver Creek, abundant; Raccoon River, Walnut 
Creek, Des Moines, Lizard Creek, Fort Dodge, and Perry, rare; Four-mile Creek, North 
River, Adel. 
18. Pimephales notatus (Rafinesque). Blunt-nosed minnow . Beaver Creek and Fort Dodge, abun- 
dant ; Des Moines, Estherville, and Perry, common ; Raccoon River and Lizard Creek, rare ; 
Walnut Creek, Adel, Middle River, Four-mile Creek, North River. 
19. Cliola vigilax (Baird and Girard). Silver-fin. Walnut Creek and Des Moines, common; Perry, 
not common ; Raccoon River, Beaver Creek, and Estherville, rare ; Middle River, Adel. 
20. Notropis heterodon (Cope). Estherville, not common. 
21. Notropis cayuga Meek. Estherville, common; Beaver Creek and Lizard Creek, rare ; Adel. 
22. Notropis deliciosus (Girard). Raccoon River and Beaver Creek, abundant; Walnut Creek and 
Estherville, common; Des Moines, Lizard Creek, and Perry rare; Fort Dodge, not common; 
Middle River, Adel, Four-mile Creek. 
23. Notropis topeka Gilbert. Beaver Creek, Estherville, and Lizard Creek, rare. 
24. Notropis gilberti Jordan and Meek. Raccoon River and Beaver Creek, abundant; Walnut 
Creek, Des Moines, Lizard Creek, Fort Dodge, and Perry, common ; Middle River, Adel, 
Four-mile Creek, North River. 
25. Notropis lutrensis (Baird and Girard). 
26. Notropis whipplei (Girard). Estherville, Lizard Creek, and Fort Dodge, abundant; Raccoon 
River, Beaver and Walnut creeks, Des Moines, and Perry, common; Middle River, Adel, 
North River, Yader River, 
