REPORT UPON THE FISHES OF KENTUCKY. 
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LICKING RIVER. 
Licking River is' a large southern tributary of the Ohio River. It rises in the 
mountains of eastern Kentucky, in Magoffin County, flows in a northwesterly direction, 
and joins the Ohio opposite Cincinnati. It was visited at Farmer, Rowan County, on 
the Newport News and Mississippi Valley Railroad. At this place the bottom is of 
smooth Devonian limestone, interrupted occasionally by ripples and sandbars. The 
surrounding country is rolling and well suited for farming, the soil producing good 
crops of grain, vegetables, and fruit. The river at this point is 35 or 40 yards wide, 
and varies in depth from 3 to 5 feet. The examination was made at a deep ripple 2 
miles east of the railroad station. Very few species were obtained. 
Triplet Creek , Farmer, September 9; water temperature, 71° F. Triplet Creek 
is a tributary of the Licking, and is about 20 miles long, and 20 yards wide near its 
mouth. The bed is of stone, sand, and gravel. The ripples are shallow, smooth, and 
swift. Collections were made one-half mile west of the railroad station and about 
the same distance from the mouth of the creek. The locality was a good one, twenty- 
seven species being taken. There is a small collection in the museum of the University 
of Indiana, made at Cynthiana, Harrison County, Kentucky, by Dr. James A. Hen- 
shall. These species are marked by an asterisk (*). In the following list u L” 
denotes the Licking River and “T” Triplet Creek: 
PISHES OP THE LICKING RIVER. 
1. Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque). Fork-tailed cat. Common in Triplet Creek ; two, specimens 
taken from the Licking River. 
2. Noturus flavus Rafmesque. Stone cat. (T.) Rare. 
3. Catostomus nigricans Le Sueur. Stone-roller. (T.) Quite common. 
4. Moxostoma duquesnei (Le Sueur). White sucker. Not common. 
5. Campostoma anomalum (Rafinesque). Dougli-belly. (T.) Rare. 
6. Pimephales notatus (Rafinesque). Blunt-nosed minnow. Common in Triplet Creek, but rare in 
Licking River. 
7. Notropis whipplei (Girard). Blue minnow. (L, T.) Abundant only in Triplet Creek. 
8. Notropis megalops (Rafinesque). Common shiner. (L, T.) Not common. 
9. Notropis atherinoides Rafinesque. Rosy minnow. (L, T.) Not very common. 
10. Notropis dilectus (Girard). (T.) Very rare. 
11. Notropis deliciosus (Girard). (T.) 
12. Ericymba buccata Cope. The most common species observed in Licking River; common in 
Triplet Creek. 
13. Hybopsis hyostomus Gilbert. (L, T.) Very rare; specimens young. 
14. Hybopsis amblops (Rafinesque). Silver chub. (T.) Not common. 
15. Hybopsis kentuckiensis (Rafinesque). Hornyhead. (T, L.) Common. 
16. Lucius vermiculatus (Le Sueur). Pike; Pickerel. (T.) One specimen taken. 
17. Labidesthes sicculus Cope. Brook silverside. (T.) Not common. 
18. Lepomis megalotis (Rafinesque). Common sunfish. (T.) Several large specimens taken. 
19. Lepomis pallidus (Mitchill). Blue sunfish. (T.) Rare. 
20. Lepomis cyanellus Rafinesque. Green sunfish. (T.) Not common. Lateral line, 48. 
21. Micropterus dolomieu Lac6pbde. Small-mouthed black bass. (T.) Young specimens common. 
22. Micropterus salmoides (Lac6pede). Big-mouthed black bass. (T.) Not so common as M. 
dolomieu. 
