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8. Carpiodes velifer (Rafinesque). Quillback. A few specimens taken in Old River. Buffaloes in 
abundance and of large size are reported in the St. Francis River. Many large ones are 
captured as the overflow each year recedes. 
9. Erimyzon sucetta (Lacdpede). Chub Sucker. Bayou, Big Bay, and Paragould, common. 
10. Minytrema melanops (Rafinesque). Striped Sucker. Bayou and Old River, common. 
11. Catostomus nigricans Le Sueur. Hog Sucker; Stone-roller. Marked Tree, a few specimens seen 
in Little River. 
12. Moxostoma macrolepidotum duquesnei (Le Sueur). Common Redhorse. Old River, scarce. 
13. Hybognathus nuchalis Agassiz. Silvery Minnow. Bayou and Old River, scarce. Very abundant 
in the mouth of Little River at Marked Tree. 
14. Pimephales notatus (Rafinesque). Blunt-nosed Minnow. Apparently scarce; a few specimens 
from Old River, Paragould, Big Bay, and Marked Tree. 
15. Cliola vigilax (Baird & Girard). Old River and Big Bay, scarce. 
16. Notropis heterodon (Cope). Old River, scarce; Big Bay and Marked Tree, abundant. Usually 
found among vegetation. Those from St. Francis River have the lateral band darker and 
broader than usual. 
17. Notropis cayuga Meek. Old River, scarce. 
18. Notropis blennius (Girard). Marked Tree, apparently scarce. 
19. Notropis xaenocephalus Jordan. Old River and Big Bay, scarce. 
20. Notropis shumardi (Girard). Old River and Big Bay, scarce. 
21. Notropis umbratilis (Girard). Old River and Big Bay, scarce; Paragould, common. 
22. Notropis venustus (Girard). Marked Tree, common. 
23. Notropis megalops (Rafinesque). Shiner. Paragould, common. 
24. Notropis dilectus (Girard). Old River, scarce; Marked Tree, common. Head, 4f; depth, 5f; 
anal, 11. Scales, 41 ; lateral line slightly decurved. Diameter of eye greater than length of 
snout, 3 to 3 4 in head. Side with silvery band. 
25. Hybopsis amblops (Rafinesque). Old River and Big Bay, scarce. 
26. Opsopoeodus emiliee Hay. Old River and Paragould, scarce. 
27. Notemigonus chrysoleucus (Mitchill). Golden Shiner. Bayou, Old River, Paragould, and Big- 
Bay, common. 
28. Fundulus scartes, new species. 
Type locality: St. Francis River, Big Bay, Arkansas, where two specimens were collected in 
August, 1894. 
Type, No. 47301, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Co-type, No. 2277, L. S. Jr. Univ. Mus. 
Head, 3^; depth, 4; D. 8; A. 10 or 11; P. 4. Scales, 36-11. Body compressed, back slightly 
arched, head depressed in usual way. Mouth small, subterminal, lower jaw projecting 
slightly. Interorbital space, 1£ eye. Eye equal to snout, 34 in head. Dorsal fin short, 
beginning slightly behind anal, neither fin reaching caudal. Teeth in narrow bands, outer 
row enlarged. Scales large, closely imbricated and minutely spotted with black. Color, 
dark-green above, becoming lighter below; belly, yellowish; large spots of white on some 
of the scales give appearance of several ill-defined silver bars on sides. Two small specimens, 
the longest 14 inches long, from St. Francis River, Big Bay, Arkansas. Although but two 
small specimens of this species were taken, it is quite common. Many were observed where 
vegetation was entirely too abundant to enable us to use a net. When frightened, these 
little fishes will jump out of the water, lodge for an instant on some portion of a plant above 
the surface, and then dart back into the water. These two specimens I caught in my hand. 
I made many attempts to catch others, but failed to do so. I at first supposed them to be 
the young of Z. notatus. Htcdpry f, one who leaps. 
29. Zygonectes notatus (Rafinesque). Top Minnow. Bayou, Old River, Paragould, Big Bay, and 
Marked Tree, apparently not common. 
30. Zygonectes guttatus Agassiz. Big Bay, scarce. 
31. Gambusia afEnis (Baird & Girard). Bayou, Old River, Paragould, Big Bay, and Marked Tree, 
common. 
32. Umbra limi (Kirtland). Mud Minnow. Bayou, one specimen. 
33. Lucius vermiculatus (Le Sueur). Little Green Pickerel. Old River, Bayou, Paragould, Big Bay, 
and Marked Tree, apparently an abundant species. 
34. Lucius reticulatus (Le Sueur). Eastern Pickerel; Jackfish. Quite a favorite and an important 
food-fish in the St. Francis River region. Only a few taken by us, but many others were seen 
in the water. Old River and Big Bay. 
