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35. Labidesthes sicculus Cope. Silverside. Old River, Big Bay, and Marked Tree, apparently 
scarce. 
36. Aphredoderus sayanus (Gilliams). Pirate Perch. Bayou and Old River, very abundant. A 
few taken at Paragould, Big Bay, and Marked Tree. 
37. Elassoma zonatum Jordan. Big Bay, common; Marked Tree, scarce. 
38. Centrarchus macropterus (Lac^pede). Old River and Bayou, abundant; Paragould, common. 
39. Chaenobryttus gulosus (Cuvier & Valenciennes). War mouth ; Bed-eyed Bream. Big Bay, one 
specimen; color, nearly uniform black. Old River, scarce. 
40. Pomoxis sparoides (Lac<5pede). Calico Bass. Big Bay and Old River, common. 
41. Pomoxis annularis Rafinesque. Crappie. Old River and Big Bay, apparently less abundant 
than tlie preceding. 
42. Ambloplites rupestris (Rafinesque). Goggle-eye; Bock Bass. Big Bay and Marked Tree, common. 
43. Lepomis cyanellus Rafinesque. Green S unfisli ; Perch. Bayou and Paragould, common. 
44. Lepomis macrochirus Rafinesque. Perch. Bayou, Old River, and Big Bay, scarce. 
45. Lepomis pallidus (Mitchill). Blue Sunfish; Perch. Old River and Bayou, common; Marked 
Tree, scarce. 
46. Lepomis garmani Forbes. Old River, Big Bay, and Marked Tree, scarce. 
47. Micropterus salmoides (Lac6pi j de). Large-mouthed Black Bass. Very abundant throughout the 
St. Francis region, and is the favorite game-fish. Specimens frequently weigh from 4 to 6 
pounds. The small-mouthed black bass is very scarce, if found at all, in St. Francis River 
Basin in Arkansas. Bayou, Old River, Paragould, Big Bay, and Marked Tree, abundant. 
48. Etheostoma pellucidum Baird. Sand Darter. Marked Tree, Big Bay, and Old River, abundant. 
49. Etheostoma chlorosoma (Hay). Paragould, Big Bay, Old River, and Marked Tree, scarce. 
50. Etheostoma shumardi (Girard). Marked Tree, scarce. 
51. Etheostoma caprodes (Rafinesque). Log Perch. Marked Tree, scarce. 
52. Etheostoma aspro Cope & Jordan. Black-sided Darter. Old River, Paragould, Big Bay, and 
Marked Tree, common. 
53. Etheostoma ouachitas Jordan & Gilbert. Old River, scarce; Marked Tree, common. 
54. Etheostoma scierum (Swain). Big Bay, scarce; Marked Tree, abundant. Head, 4; depth, 5^; 
D. xn or xiii, 12 to 14; A. n, 9. Scales in lateral line, 7-68 to 73-12. Gill-membranes broadly 
united. Cheeks with small scales; opercles with larger ones. Nape scaly; breast naked. 
Middle line of belly with enlarged, persistent scales. The preoperele is serrate in the older 
specimens, almost entire in the larger ones. 
55. Etheostoma histrio Jordan & Gilbert. Marked Tree, scarce. 
56. Etheostoma jessiae (Jordan & Brayton). Big Bay, Marked Tree, and Old River, common. 
Marked Tree specimens have the scales 45 to 55. D. ix or x-11 to 14. Color very dark. 
57. Etheostoma saxatile (Play). Marked Tree, common. 
58. Etheostoma copelandi (Jordan). Paragould, scarce. 
59. Etheostoma fusiforme (Girard). Old River, Paragould, Big Bay, and Marked Tree, scarce. 
60. Etheostoma microperca Jordan. Old River, Big Bay, and Marked Tree, scarce. Anal spines, 
one or two. 
61. Morone interrupta Gill. Marked Tree, common. 
The total number of species of fishes obtained by me in western Arkansas and 
eastern Indian Territory is 58. The total number obtained in the St. Francis River 
is 01. Of the 58 species found in the first list, the following were not found in the 
St. Francis: 
RECAPITULATION. 
1. Ameiurus nebulosus. 
2. Leptops olivaris. 
3. Ictiobus cyprinella. 
4. Campostoma anomalum. 
5. Notropis buchanani. 
6. Notropis bubalinus. 
7. Notropis whipplii. 
8. Notropis lutrensis. 
10. Phenacobius mirabilis. 
11. Hybopsis storerianus. 
12. Hybopsis tetranemus. 
13. Zygonectes escambiae. 
14. Dorosoma cepedianum, 
15. Hiodon alosoides. 
9. Notropis jejunus. 
17. Lepomis megalotis. 
18. Etheostoma whipplii. 
19. Etheostoma lepidum. 
20. Etheostoma phoxocephalum. 
21. Stizostedion canadense. 
22. Aplodinotus grunniens. 
16. Lepomis humilis. 
