REPORT UPON THE FISHES OF KENTUCKY. 
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UPPER TENNESSEE RIVER. 
Powell River , 8 miles south of Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, August 16; water 
temperature, 69° F. Powell Fiver is a fine mountain stream, flowing to the southwest, 
and parallel with the Cumberland Mountains for 100 miles or more. At the seining 
station, which was some 25 miles from its mouth, it is about 150 yards wide, with a 
rock bottom. At intervals there are large banks of sand jutting out into the river, 
making the landing of the seine comparatively easy. The water is clear, with a swift 
current; it varied in depth in the channel from 4 to 8 feet, but the stream was some- 
what swollen from recent rains. Crayfishes and turtles ( Aromoclielys carinatus , 
Aspidonectes spinifer , Malaclemmys geographicus) were abundant, the last-named spe- 
cies being very common. A few unios were also taken; U. plicatus, U. gracilis , and 
U. tuberculatus were most common. No plant life was noticed in the bed of the river. 
This stream was very much better stocked with fishes than those on the north side of 
the mountains. Black bass, goggle-eye, sunfishes, and a few species of minnows and 
darters were common. Among the last mentioned the sand darter was the most 
abundant. 
The stream is an excellent one for the more gamy or predatory species, and trout, 
presumably Salvelinus fontinalis , “regular spotted brook trout”, were reported to 
have been formerly abundant, but no specimens were observed. 
FISHES OF THE UPPER TENNESSEE RIVER. 
1. Lepisosteus osseus (Linnseus). Common gar-pike. Common; several specimens taken. 
2. Ictiobus bubalus (Rafinesque). Buffalo. Not common. 
3. Catostomus nigricans Le Sueur. Hog sucker. Quite common. 
4. Moxostoma duauesnei (Le Sueur). Redhorse; Common sucker. Only very small species taken, 
but these were quite common. 
5. Campostoma anomalum (Rafinesque). Dough-kelly . Not common. 
6. Pimephales notatus (Rafinesque). Blunt-nosed minnow. Only about a dozen specimens taken. 
7. Notropis whipplei (Girard). Blue minnow. The most abundant of aH the minnows. Specimens 
large and highly colored. 
8. Notropis dilectus (Girard). Not common. 
9. Notropis deliciosus (Girard). Rare; color light. 
10. Notropis megalops (Rafinesque). Shiner. Not common. 
11. Hybopsis amblops (Rafinesque). Silver chub. Comparatively plentiful. 
12. Hybopsis watauga Jordan and Evermann. Only a few small specimens taken. 
13. Hybopsis kentuckiensis (Rafinesque). Chub; River chub. 
14. Fundulus catenatus (Storer). Rare. 
15. Labidesthes sicculus Cope. Brook silverside. Only one specimen taken. 
16. Ambloplites rupestris (Rafinesque). Goggle-eye; Rock bass. Common, not large 
17. Lepomis megalotis (Rafinesque). Long-eared sunfish. Quite common. 
18. Micropterus dolomieu Lacdp&de. Black or Green bass; “Trout.” Plentiful. 
19. Etheostoma pellucidum Baird. Sand darter. The most common of the darters. 
20. Etheostoma caprodes (Rafinesque). Hickory. Common. 
21. Etheostoma aspro (Cope and Jordan). Black-sided darter. Not common. 
