THE FISHES OF ARKANSAS. 
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LITTLE RED RIVER BASIN. 
Little Eed River belongs to the eastern slope of the Ozark Mountains. It was 
visited near Heber and Jndsonia. At the former place the boitoni is very rocky and 
the current swift. A heavy rainfall in the upper part of its basin had caused the 
Avater to rise in the river to such an extent as to render our efforts at collecting less 
successful thau they otlierwise would haAm been. A fcAV fishes were obtained from a 
small creek on the north side of the riA’’er. At Jndsonia the current is sluggish, the 
water usually dee[), and the bottom muddy. A short distance above the city are some 
shoals with I'ocky and sandy bottom. Our collections Avere made at this point. 
AVc also visited three tributaries of the Little Red River near Kinderhook and 
Sldloh, namely, Devil’s Fork, North and West forks. These streams AAmre very rocky 
and seining in them Avas diflicult. They AAmre cut in manj^ ])laces, so as to form deep, 
wide holes, AAdiich seemed full of fish life, sunfishes being especially abundant. Of 
all the streams seen by me in the Ozark region these seemed to have the largest and 
deepest holes, the one on North Fork near the crossing of the Kinderhook road being 
large enough to be called a lake. Its depth is said to be OAmr 25 feet in times of Ioav 
water. These long, deep holes excavated in the beds of streams seem to be A’ery 
characteristic of the Ozark Mountain rivers. 
Tlie region drained by these three branches is A’ery thinly populated, and the 
fishes in the streams appear to have been but little distnrbetl by man. 
Bull Creek is a small stream draining a com])aratively low and level region. It 
contained very little AAmter AA'hen seen by us and Avas full of snags and cypress knees. 
Our collecting Avas mostly done near the railroad, in some holes which receive oattHoav 
water from the creek during most of the heavy rains each year. 
LIST OF THE FISHES OF THE LITTLE KED FIVER BASIN’. 
1 . Lepisosteus osseus (Liim;pus). Common Gar Pike; Long-nosod Gar. Common iu the Little Red 
River at Jndsonia. 
2. Lepisosteu.s platystoinus Rafinesque. Short-nosed Gar Pike. Little Red River at Jndsonia 
(scarce). 
3. Amia calva Linnmns. Dogfish; “Grindle.” Bnll Creek at Beeho (ahnndant). Many specimens (jf 
this species were takeji from some large ponds near the railroad. 
4. Ameiurus melas (Raiines(ine). PuUhead. Little Red River at Ileher (not common); Biill Creek 
at Beebe (aluindant). 
5. Aineitirns iiebulosns (I.e Snenr). Common Bullhead. Sonth F’ork of Little Red River at Kinder- 
hook (scarce). 
6. Ictalums pnnctatns (Raiiiresqne). Channel Cat; Jl hiie Cat. Little Red River at Jndsonia 
(common). 
7 . Ictiobns bubalns (Rafincsqne). Buffalo. Little Red River at Jndsonia, scarce. Head, 4; dei)th, 
2^; dorsal rays, 26; anal rays, 8; scales, 9-38-6; lateral line straight; lips thick, the margin 
of the lower jaw forming an acnte angle. Color dark. 
8. Carpiodes velifer (Ralinesqne). Quillhack. Little Red River at Jndsonia (common). 
9 . Catostomns nigrican.s (Le Suettr). Hog Sucker; Mullet. Little Red River at Heber; Devil’s F’ork 
at Shiloh; Middle Fork and Sonth Forks at Kinderhook (scarce). 
10 . Moxostoma duquesnei (Le Snenr). Common, Pedhorse. Little Red River at Heber (scarce); at 
Jndsonia (common); DeAul’s Fork at Shiloh; iSIiddle Fork at Kinderhook (common) ; Sonth 
Fork at Kinderhook (scarce). 
11. Minytrema melanop.s (Rafiuesqne). Striped Sucker. Bnll Creek at Beebe (scarce). 
12 . Erimyzon sucetta (Lacdpcde). Chuh Sucker. Little Red River at Heber (common); Sonth 
Fork at Kinderhook (scarce); Bnll Creek at Beebe (abundant). 
F. C. B. 1894 c 
