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6. Moxostoma papillosum (Cope). Redhorse; White Mullet. 
Ptychostomus papillosus Cope, Proe. Amer. Philos. Soc. Pbila. 1870, 470. 
Type localities, Catawba and Yadkin rivers, N. C. One specimen obtained June 27 from 
Walnut Creek. 
7. Moxostoma cervinum (Cope). Redhorse; Jumping Mullet. One specimen obtained with the 
preceding. Both of these species of Moxostoma are common in the Neuse River basin. 
8. Notemigonus crysoleucas (Mitchill). “tshad Roach”; Roach; Golden Shiner. Excessively 
abundant, especially in the meadow ditches and isolated pools and ponds. 
9. Notropis niveus (Cope). Shiner. 
Hybopsis niveus Cope, Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. Phila. 1870, 460. 
Type locality, Catawba River, N. C. The collection contains five samples of this species. 
10. Notropis albeolus (Jordan). “Shiner.” Not uncommon; six specimens in the collection. 
11. Hybopsis kentuckiensis (Rafinesque). River Chub; Jerker. Abundant in the creek; 16 speci- 
mens in the collection. Head more slender and pointed than in northern examples. Head, 
4 to 44; depth, 4 to 4^; eye, 2; snout, 2£ to 2f. D. 8; A. 7 ; scales, 7-41-4. 
12. Semotilus atromaculatus (Mitcnill). Several small specimens from Walnut Creek. 
13. Hybognathus nuchalis Agassiz. Common. Called “round-bodied minnow” or “shiner” in the 
collectors’ notes. 
14. Gambusia affinis Girard. “Top Minnow.” Abundant in the small ponds, springs, and pools. 
This was the only species found in a pond in a granite quarry near Raleigh. 
15. Lucius americanus Gmeliu. “Pike.” Several small specimens, 2 to 7 inches long. Common m 
grassy places in ditches and ponds. 
16. Lucius vermiculatus (Le Sueur). “Pike.” Several small specimens, 5 to 6 inches long, which 
agree with this species rather than with L. reticulatus. The snout is shorter and the scales 
are larger than in L. reticulatus, the number in the lateral line being about 104. 
17. Anguilla chrysypa Rafinesque. Common Eel. One specimen. 
18. Umbra linri pygmaea (De Kay). Mud Minnow; “Mudfish.” Fourteen specimens from a ditch 
near Walnut Creek. These vary from 2|- to 4 inches in length. 
19. Aphredoderus sayanus Gilliams. Pirate Perch. A dozen good-sized examples of this species. 
20. Pomoxis sparoides ( LactSpede). Calico Bass; Strawberry Bass; “ White Perch.” Three small 
specimens from the ponds. 
21. Chasnobryttus gulosus (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Warmouth; Red-eyed Bream. Numerous speci- 
mens ; abundant in the ponds. 
22. Acantharchus pomotis (Baird). “Perch”; Mud Sunfish. Ponds along Walnut Creek, common. 
Two specimens. D. xii, 10 or 11; A. VI, 10. 
23. Enneacanthus gloriosus (Holbrook). “Speckled Perch.” Two small examples from pond near 
Walnut Creek, which we refer to this species. 
24. Lepomis auritus (Linnaeus). Long-eared Sunfish; Yellow-belly. Two small specimens. 
25. Lepomis megalotis (Rafinesque). Long-eared Sunfish. Only one specimen in the collection. 
26. Lepomis gibbosus (Linnaeus). Common ■Sunfish. Apparently the most common sunfish of the 
region. Many specimens in the collection. 
27. Micropterus salmoides (Lacdpede). Large-mouth Black Bass.. Two small specimens from Wal- 
nut Creek. Common in the Neuse River basin and the entire South. 
28. Etheostoma peltatum Stauffer. One specimen. Head, 3£; depth, 6. D. xiv, 13; A. n, 9; 
scales, 8-65-9 ; some scales on preopercle and lower part of opercle. 
29. Etheostoma vitreum (Cope). 
Pcecilichthys vitreus Cope, Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. Phila. 1870, 263. 
The collection contains seven specimens of this interesting darter, which, with E. peltatum, was 
found on the riffles in the creek. 
30. Achirus fasciatus Lacdpbde. “ Flounder”; Sole. A single example of this species. 
We liave thought it might prove valuable to bring together all accessible refer- 
ences to fishes of the Neuse Biver basin, and have therefore taken this opportunity to 
go over the literature and compile all the definite references to localities in the basin 
of that stream. We give (1) the title of the paper containing the reference, (2) a list 
of the species mentioned in each paper, aud (3) a complete list of all the species now 
known from the Neuse Biver basin, together with all the definite localities within that 
basin from which each has been reported, and a citation to the authority for the same. 
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