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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
23. Etheostoma nigrum (Rafiuesque). Johnny darter. Common. Lateral line, 50, 48, 47, 49, 50. 
24. Etheostoma aspro (Cope and Jordan). Black-sided darter . Common; only small specimens taken. 
25. Etheostoma phoxocephalum Nelson. Rare. 
26. Etheostoma fusiforme (Girard). Only one specimen taken. Length, 20 millimeters; head, 8; 
depth, 5; lateral line, 47; 21 scales with tubes ; dorsal, X-ll; caudal peduncle long and slen- 
der ; color light, mottled with brown, apparently without any regularity. 
LOWER CUMBERLAND RIVER. 
This part of the Cumberland. River was examined 1J miles south of the town of 
Kuttawa, Kentucky, July 26. The temperature of the water was 82° F. At this 
point the river runs over a broad sandbank half a mile long, that extends nearly 
across it. It was the only place in this part of the country where the river could be 
fished successfully with a small seine, the banks being generally precipitous and the 
water deep. The sand on the bar was covered in the more quiet water with fine mud 
a few inches deep, but nowhere was any vegetation found in the stream. Unios and 
crayfishes were taken, but they were not abundant. A few sunfishes and bass were 
obtained from a small artificial lake west of the river, but as the river frequently 
overflows into this lake I have included these with the river species. 
PISHES OF THE LOWER CUMBERLAND RIVER. 
1. Acipenser rubicundus Le Sueur. Sturgeon. Common; several specimens taken. 
2. Lepisosteus osseus (Linmeus). Common gar. Four specimens taken. 
3. Ictalurus punctatus (Rafiuesque). Channel cat, or Blue cat. Quite plentiful, and one of the most 
valued food-fishes at this place. 
4. Ictiobus bubalus (Rafiuesque). Small-mouthed buffalo. Common; specimens taken were smaU. 
5. Carpiodes difformis Cope. Common. 
6. Catostomus nigricans Le Sueur. Hog sucker. Not abundant. 
7. Moxostoma duquesnei (Le Sueur). Bedhorse; White sucker. Quite common ; lateral line, 44. 
8. Cycleptus elongatus (Le Sueur). Black horse. One young specimen taken. 
9. Campostoma anomalum (Rafinesque). Dough-belly . Not common. 
10. Hybognathus nuchalis (Agassiz). Silvery minnow. A very common minnow. 
11. Pimephales notatus (Rafinesque). Blunt-nosed minnow. Only a few specimens taken. 
12. Cliola vigilax (Baird and Girard). Bull-head minnow. Rare ; lateral line, 43. 
13. Notropis whipplei (Girard). Blue minnow. One of the most abundant of the minnows, appar- 
ently preferring clear, running water. 
14. Notropis jejunus (Forbes). Common. Two of the largest specimens taken afford the following 
measurements: Length, 50 and 52 millimeters; head, 12 and 12.5; depth, 12 and 12; lateral 
line, 32 and 33; scales before dorsal, 15. Snout broad and dusky; back somewhat elevated, 
with dark vertebral stripe; caudal peduncle wide; side with a broad, silvery lateral band. 
15. Notropis megalops (Rafinesque). Shiner. Quite common. 
16. Notropis atherinoides Rafinesque. Silvery minnow. Measurements (in millimeters) of five of 
the largest are as follows : 
Length. 
Head. ] Depth. 
Lateral 
line. 
Anal 
rays. 
65 
13 13 
37 
10 
63 
13.5 1 12 
38 ' 
11 
71 
15.5 14 
38 
11 
68 
14.5 13.5 
37 
11 
66 
14 13 
38 
11 
Making head in length 4.7, 4.6, 4.58, 4.68, 4.6; and depth in length, 5, 5.25, 5) 5, 5; back com- 
pressed ; color light. 
