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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
1880. Wm. N. Lockixgton. Description of ii New Species of Catostomus {Caiostomiis cypho) from 
tbe Colorado River. <^Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1880, 237-240. 
The single specimen npou tyhicli this species was based Avas obtained from the 
Colorado River at the mouth of the Gila by John E. Curry, esq., and xweseuted to the 
Museum of the California Academy of Sciences. 
1889. Philip H. Kirsch. Notes on a Collection of Fishes obtained in the Gila River at Fort 
Thomas, Arizona, by Lieut. W. L. Carpenter, U. S. Army. Proceedings of the United 
States National Museum, xi, 1888 (1889), 555-558. 
This is a report upon a collection of 7 species of fishes sent by Lieut. Carpenter 
to the Museum of the U diversity of Indiana. The author describes one new s^iecies 
{Catostomus gila) and one new genus {Xyrauclien). 
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Species as recorded. 
X^reseut identilication. 
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Present identification. 
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Catostomus latipimiis 
Catostomus gila 
Catostomus iiisia'uis 
Catostomus clarki 
Catostomus latipinuis. 
Catostomus gila. 
Catostomus insignis. 
Catostomus clarkii. 
Xyrauchcn cypho 
Ptvcliocliilus lucius 
Gila emorii 
Xyrauclien cypho. 
Ptychocheilus lucius. 
Glia elegans. 
1891. David Starr Jordan. Report of Explorations in Colorado and Utah during the summer of 
1889, with an Account of the Fishes found in each River Basin examined. <(Bull. U. S. 
Fish Commission, ix, 1889 (1891), 1-40, plates 1-5. 
During these explorations Dr. Jordan was assisted by Prof. Barton W. Ei'-ermann, 
Mr. Bert Fesler, and Mr. Bradley M. Datds. Next to the Wheeler Survey the collec- 
tions obtained bj" this party are the largest and most important that have yet come 
from the Colorado Basin. The collections contain 10 species and represent 18 Colorado 
Basin localities. The following is a list of the species contained in these collections : 
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Catostomus latipiunis 
Xyrauclien cypho 
Xyrauchen uncompahgre 
l^autosteus delphinus 
Gila robusta 
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Gila elegans. 
Ptyclioclieilus lucius. 
Affosia garrovji. 
Salmo my kiss pleuriticus. 
Cottus hairdi puuctulatus. 
In August, 1893, while on their way to Idaho, the present writers stopped one day 
at Green River, Wyo., where the Green River was examined and a small collection 
of fishes made. The river was seined from a point about 1^ miles above the town 
down to below the railroad bridge. At that time (August. 1) the stream averaged 
about 125 feet wide and at least 3 feet deep; the current flowed about IJ feet per 
second, and the temperature was about 70° at noon. The water was very green 
Avhere deep; though clear, it, contains a good deal of alkali. The bottom of the 
channel is of graA^el, shale, mud, and sand in different places. The shores are of 
adobe or sand and gravel where low, but of sandstone or shale Avhere high. The left 
bank of the river above the town is of very high and picturesque cliffs and buttes of 
shale and sandstones of varied colors; and the deep side of the stream is at the foot 
of these cliffs. Seven species of fishes were obtained by us. These represent the 
result of almost constant seining for the greater part of a day, and thus indicate the 
liaucity of species in this stream. 
Our notes on this collection will be found under the appropriate species in the 
following list. 
