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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
FISHES OF THE TURKEY RIVER. 
1. Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque). Bullhead, Fort Atkinson, rare. 
2. Ictiobussp. Elkport, common; scales, 43; dorsal rays, 26 ; color, silvery. 
3. Catostomus teres (Mitchill). Common sucker. Elkport, rare; Bear Creek and Fort Atkinson, 
common. 
4. Catostomus nigricans Le Sueur. Hog sucker; Stone-roller; Hog mullet. Elkport, not common ; 
Bear Creek, Fort Atkinson, and Fayette, common. 
5. Moxostoma duquesnei (Le Sueur). Common redhorse; “Mullet.” Elkport, rare; very slender; 
depth, 5 ; head, 4f ; scales, 48 ; dorsal rays, 14 ; eye, 4 in head ; caudal fin with faint dark 
margin; color light silvery below, bluish silvery above. Fort Atkinson, not common. Fayette, 
common ; dorsal rays, 12 ; scales, 43. 
6. Campostoma anomalum (Rafinesque). Stone-lugger; Stone-roller. Elkport, not common; Bear 
Creek, Fort Atkinson, and Fayette, common. 
7. Chrosomus erythrogaster Rafinesque. Red-bellied minnow. Bear Creek, abundant. 
8. Hybognathus nubila (Forbes). Fayette, not common. 
9. Pimephales notatus (Rafinesque). Blunt-nosed minnow. Elkport, Fort Atkinson, and Fayette, 
common ; Bear Creek, rare. 
10. Pimephales promelas Rafinesque. Fat-head. Fort Atkinson, not common. 
11. Notropis heterodon (Cope). Bear Creek and Fayette, rare. 
12. Notropis deliciosus (Girard). Elkport and Fayette, common; Fort Atkinson, rare. 
13. Notropis gilberti Jordan and Meek. Elkport and Fort Atkinson, common; Fayette, rare. 
14. Notropis vrhipplei (Girard). Elkport, not common. 
15. Notropis megalops (Rafinesque). Common shiner. Elkport, common. Bear Creek, common; 
scales before dorsal fin small. Fort Atkinson and Fayette, abundant. 
16. Notropis jejunus (Forbes). Elkport, common; form and appearance of H. nuchalds; side with 
prominent plumbeous lateral band; no caudal spot; head, 4; depth, 4f to 5; snout bluntish; 
mouth oblique; diameter of eye equal to length of snout, 34 in the length of the head; 
origin of first dorsal ray slightly nearer tip of snout than base of caudal; scales in lateral 
line, 38; anal rays, 7. Fayette, rare. 
17. Notropis ardens (Cope). Redfin. Elkport, rare; Fort Atkinson, common; anal rays, 11 or 12; 
scales, 50. 
18 . Notropis dilectus (Girard). Emerald minnow. Elkport, abundant; Fort Atkinson, common. 
19. Rhinichthys atronasus (Mitchill). Black-nosed dace. Bear Creek, abundant. 
20. Hybopsis dissimilis (Kirtland), Elkport, rare. 
21. Hybopsis storerianus (Kirtland). Elkport, rare. 
22. Hybopsis kentuckiensis (Rafinesque). Hornyhead; River chub; Jerker. Elkport, common. 
23. Semotilus atromaculatus (Mitchill). Horned dace; Creek chub. Bear Creek, abundant; Fort 
Atkinson, rare; Fayette, common. 
24. Eucalia inconstans (Kirtland). Brook stickleback. Fort Atkinson, rare ; dorsal spines, 5. 
25. Lepomis cyanellus (Rafinesque). Green sunfish. Fort Atkinson, common; Fayette, rare. 
26. Micropterus dolomieu Lac6pfede. Small-mouthed black bass. Fort Atkinson, common ; Fayette, 
scarce ; said to be more frequently taken since the dam was washed out. 
27. Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque. Johnny darter. Elkport, Bear Creek, and Fayette, rare; Fort 
Atkinson, common. 
28. Etheostoma aspro (Cope and Jordan). Black-sided darter. Fort Atkinson, rare. 
29. Etheostoma zonale (Cope). Elkport, rare; Fort Atkinson, common. 
30. Etheostoma flabellare Rafinesque. Bear Creek, common ; Fayette, rare. 
31. Cottus bairdi (Girard). Blob; Miller’s thumb. Bear Creek, common; dorsal, VII-16 to VIII-17. 
