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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
FISHES OF THE UPPER CUMBERLAND RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. 
1. Ameiurus nebulosus (Le Sueur). Common bullhead. (CP.) Oue large specimen taken. 
2. Leptops olivaris (Rafinesque). t Mud cat ; Yellow cat. (CB.) Not common. 
3. Catostomus nigricans (Le Sueur). ' t Hog sucker. Taken at every station ; abundant in Clear 
Creek and Richland Creek, but rather rare in other places. 
4. Catostomus teres (Mitchill). t Fine-scaled suclcer. (R, S.) Rare; only two specimens taken. 
5. Moxostoma duquesnei (Le Sueur). *f Common sucher. Taken at every station and very abun- 
dant in Clear Creek. 
6. Lagochila lacera (Jordan and Braytonj. Hare-lip. (Cl, R.) Not widely distributed; abundant 
in Clear Creek. 
7. Erimyzon sucetta (Lac6pede). f Chub sucker. 
8. Campostoma anomalum (Rafinesque). *f (Cl, R, CB, Ri, St.) Very abundant in Clear Creek ; 
common at most of the other stations except Straight Creek. One specimen from Straight 
Creek measured as follows : Length, 75 millimeters ; head, 13 ; depth, 13 ; teeth, 1, 4-4, 1 ; lat- 
eral line, 1.52. Snout broad and blunt. Color dark, gradually shading to light below; a 
very dark line behind opercle and under eye. 
9. Pimephales notatus (Rafinesque). t Blunt-nosed minnow. (Cl, R, CB.) Common. One of the 
most common minnows at the stations named. 
10. Notropis deliciosus (Girard). *t (R, CB, St.) Common at the first station on the Cumber- 
land ; one specimen only was taken in Straight Creek. 
11. Notropis spectrunculus (Cope). (CB.) Only five specimens taken. 
12 . Notropis whipplei (Girard). * Blue minnow. Taken at every station except the second one on 
the Cumberland. Very abundant in Clear Creek. All the specimens from these clear moun- 
tain streams were especially fine and brightly colored. 
13. Notropis galacturus (Cope), t Milky-tailed shiner. (Cl, R.) Not widely distributed, but abun- 
dant where taken. At Clear Creek it was much more common than N. whipplei; also quite 
common in Rockcastle River. 
14. Notropis megalops (Rafinesque). Common shiner. Taken at all stations except the second on 
the Cumberland; common in Clear and Smoky creeks. 
15. Notropis umbratilis cyanocephalus Copeland. *t Bedfin. (Cl, CB, CP, Ri, S, St.) Common 
in Clear and Richland creeks. 
16. Notropis dilectus (Girard). * (R.) 
17. Notropis atherinoides Rafinesque. * Silvery minnow. Rather common. L., 59, 62, 62, 58, 55, 71. 
18. Chrosomus erythrogaster (Rafinesque). t Bed-bellied dace. 
19. Ericymba buccata Cope. (CB, Ri, S, St.) Common only at the first station on the Cumberland; 
several specimens were taken in Richland and Smoky creeks, but only two in Straight 
Creek. Specimens all small. 
20. Semotilus atromaculatus (Mitchill). *t Chub; Horned dace. (CB, Ri, S.) Common only in Rich- 
land and Smoky creeks, and much more abundant in the latter, which is the more sluggish 
stream. Lateral line, 52 to 56. 
21. Hybopsis amblops (Rafinesque). Silver chub. (CB.) Common. 
22. Hybopsis kentuckiensis (Rafinesque). * Chub; Hornyhead. (Cl, R, CB.) Common. 
23. Phenacobius uranops Cope. *t (R.) Rare. Lateral line, 58 to 60. 
24. Anguilla chrysypa Rafinesque. t Eel. 
25. Pundulus catenatus (Storer). Studfish. (St.) Only one specimen taken. 
26. Ambloplites rupestris (Rafinesque). Bock bass; Goggle-eye. (CB, CP.) Relatively common. 
27. Lepomis megalotis (Rafinesque). *t Long-eared sunfish. (Cl, R, S, CB, Cp, St.) Common in 
Clear Creek and at the first station on the Cumberland. 
28. Lepomis pallidus (Mitchill). t Blue sunfish. 
29. Lepomis garmani Forbes. (CB.) Rare. 
30. Lepomis cyanellus Rafinesque. Green sunfish. (S.) Very rare. 
31. Micropterus dolomieu Lac6pede. “ Trout;” Small-mouthed black bass. Abundant at every 
station except Straight Creek. 
32. Micropterus salmoides (Lac6pede). Large-mouthed black bass. (CB.) Not nearly so common 
as M. dolomieu. 
