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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
FISHES COLLECTED BY DR. DAVID S. JORDAN IN WHITLEY COUNTY. 
The following is a list of fishes collected by Dr. David S. Jordan, in 1883, in the 
Clear Fork of the Cumberland River, Wolf Creek, and Briar Creek, near Pleasant View. 
Whitley County, Kentucky : 
1. Ameiurus natalis (Le Sueur). 
2. Catostomus teres (Mitcliill). 
3. Catostomus nigricans Le Sueur. 
4. Moxostoma velatum (Cope). 
5. Moxostoma duquesnei (Le Sueur). 
6. Campostoma anomalum (Rafinesque). 
7. Chrosomus erytlvrogaster Rafinesque. Very 
abundant in small streams. 
8. Pimephales notatus (Rafinesque). 
9. j Ericymba buccata Cope. Abundant. 
10. Notropis umbratilis cyanocephalus Copeland. 
Common. 
11. Notropis megalops Rafinesque. 
'12. lihinichthys atronasus (Mitchill). Common in 
clear cold streams. 
13. Ambloplites rupestris (Rafinesque). 
14. Lepomis megalotis (Rafinesque). 
15. Lepomis cyanellus Rafinesque. 
16. Lepomis macrochirus Rafinesque. 
17. Micropterus dolomieu Lacdpede. 
18. Etheostoma aspro (Cope and Jordan). 
19. Etheostoma blennioides Rafinesque. Taken only 
in river channel. 
20. Etheostoma susannw Jordan. (Type.)* 
21. Etheostoma sagitta Jordan. (Type.)* 
22. Etheostoma cumberlandicum Jordan. (Type.)* 
LOWER TENNESSEE RIVER. 
Tennessee River , about 3 miles up the river from Paducah, July 28 ; water temper- 
ature, 82° F. At this place the river is about three-quarters of a mile wide, aud the 
current is very swift except near the large saudbars. Some collecting was done on a 
very large sandbar, which sloped so gradually that one could easily wade 100 yards from 
the shore. The bottom is of smooth, fine gravel, covered to a depth of 2 to 4 inches 
with a fine mud. A few species of minnows were very abundant, especially Hybogna- 
thus nuchalis. Very few specimens of any kind of food-fish were taken. 
FISHES OF THE LOWER TENNESSEE RIVER. 
1. Acipenser rubicundus Le Sueur. Shovel-fish; Sturgeon. Very common in quiet water. 
2. Lepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus). Common ox Needle-nosed gar. Common. 
3. Lepisosteus platystomus (Rafinesque). Duck-billed or Wide-nosed gar. Only one specimen taken. 
4. Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque). Blue, Spotted, or Channel cal. Very abundant. Only small 
specimens taken. 
5. Carpiodes velifer (Rafinesque). Quillback. Common. 
6. Moxostoma duquesnei (Le Sueur). Redhorse. Reported common, but few specimens were taken. 
7. Hybognathus nuchalis (Agassiz). Silvery minnow. Abundant. Lateral line from 38 to 40. 
8. Notropis whipplei (Girard). Blue minnow. Common. 
9. Notropis atherinoides Rafinesque. Rosy minnow. Common. Three of the largest measure as 
follows: Length, 62 millimeters, 65,64; head, 131, 131; depth, '12, 124, 11; eye, 4, 4, 4; 
lateral line, 46, 46, 48; anal, 11, 11, 11. Back compressed; no distinct vertebral band. 
10. Hybopsis storerianus (Kirtland). Spawn-eater. Common. 
11. Dorosoma cepedianum (Le Sueur). Mud shad. Not very common. 
12. Labidesthes sicculus Cope. Brook silverside. Plentiful. 
13. Etheostoma nigrum (Rafinesque). Johnny darter. Rare. 
14. Etheostoma caprodes (Rafinesque). Log perch. Eight specimens taken. 
15. Stizostedion vitreum Mitchill. Jack. Not common. 
16. Micropterus dolomieu Lac6p&de. Small-mouthed black bass ; “Trout.” Common; reported very 
abundant in several fine lakes near this place. 
17. Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque. Fresh-water drum; Grunter; White perch. Common, and 
much used for food. 
18. Roccus chrysops (Rafinesque). White bass. Quite common. 
For the original descriptions of these species, see Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1883, 249-251. 
