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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
FISHES OF THE UPPER KENTUCKY RIVER. 
1. Lepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus). Common gar. Horse, Big, Lot, and Troublesome creeks. Nowhere 
abundant in the Upper Kentucky, four being the greatest number taken at any one station. 
2. Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque). Spotted, Blue, or Channel cat. NorthFork. The most widely 
distributed species of this family ; reported from every stream, but scarce at this season of 
the year. 
3. Noturus miurus Jordan. Several of this species were taken in Horse Creek, but it was abundant 
only in Middle Fork. Specimens dark, almost black above, shading to light below. 
4. Carpiodes velifer (Rafinesque). Quillbaclc. Redbird, Middle Fork, and North Fork. Plentifuliu 
the North Fork, the only stream in which it was found abundant. Only young specimens 
were taken, and these came from shallow water, over sandbars. 
5. Catostomus teres (Mitchill). Fine-sealed or Brook sucker. Hector, Goose, and Bull creeks. 
Nowhere common. Scales much crowded in front, with a black spot on the side under dorsal 
and before caudal; scales in lateral line, 71. 
6. Catostomus nigricans Le Sueur. Hog sucker. Abundant at every station except Goose Creek. 
Specimens with little variation, except in color, throughout the river system. 
7. Moxostoma duquesnei (Le Sueur). Common sucker. Taken at every station, except in Hector 
Creek and Left Troublesome Creek. Horse Creek and Cutshin Creek were abundantly 
stocked with this species, and large specimens were obtained in both. 
8. Campostoma anomalum (Rafinesque). Dough-belly ; Stone-lugger. Common at every station 
except the first, where it was not taken. This species seems to prefer small and shallow 
streams, such as Hector Creek, where it was obtaiued in great numbers, but it was not so 
common in Redbird Creek or in Middle and North Forks. 
9. Pimephales notatus (Rafinesque). Blunt-nosed minnow. Obtained at every station. This species 
was also more abundant in the smaller streams. In an offshoot of Bull Creek some very 
large specimens were taken ; the largest measured 80 millimeters long, and was very dark 
in color; lateral band especially broad and dark, passing over opercle and around snout; 
scales in the lateral line, 40. 
10. Notropis deliciosus (Girard). Bull Creek, Middle Fork, Cutshin Creek, North Fork, and Trou- 
blesome Creek. Found principally in the larger streams, such as Redbird Creek, Middle 
and North Forks; never largely taken in small streams. This species was generally much 
more common here than in the western part of the State, especially than in the Green River 
system. Compared with specimens from other parts of the State and the Mississippi Valley, 
there is but little variation ; the principal difference is in color and in the relative size of the 
eye. Eight specimens from the North Fork measure as follows : 
Length. 
Head. 
Depth. 
Eye. 
Lateral 
line. 
52 
13— 
11— 
4 
36 
49 
12— 
11 
4— 
36 
49 
12 
10 
4 
36 
49 
12 
10 
4 
33 
47 
11+ 
9 
4 
35 
47 
HI 
91 
4 
35 
45 
10 
81 
4— 
35 
46 
10+ 
81 
4— 
35 
11. Notropis whipplei (Girard). Blue minnow. Found at every station, but evidently preferrin 
large streams and clear running water. 
12. Notropis megalops (Rafinesque). Common silverside, shiner. Taken at every station except the 
first, and very abundant in a few streams. Especially common in Big Creek, where the 
many variations due to age were very evident. 
13. Notropis ariommus (Cope). Redbird Creek and Middle Fork. Taken at only these two stations 
not common at either. Three specimens from Redbird measure as follows : Length, 64, 
55; head, 17, 161, 14; depth, 14, 131, 11; eye, 61, 61, 6; lateral line, 40, 38, 40. 
