FISHES OF ALABAMA AND TENNESSEE. 
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B.— The Alabama Basin. 
1 . Lepidosteus osseus L. 
Black Warrior Eiver, Tuscaloosa. 
2. Noturus leptacanthus Jordan. 
Oxford and Helena. 
3. Noturua funebris Gilbert & Swain, sj). nov. 
Body elongate, tbe head slender, comparatively little depressed, not tapering rap- 
idly towards tip of snout. Month of moderate size, the cleft very convex forwards, 
the upper lip heavy and projecting distinctly beyond it. Width of gape, 1| in head. 
Premaxillary band of teeth short and broad, without lateral backward processes. 
Barbels all slend er and threadlike, that of maxillary extending beyond base of pec- 
toral spine. Outer mental barbels extending much beyond margin of branchiostegal 
membranes, equaling length of head anterior to preopercle. Nasal barbels when laid 
hack reach to posterior point of opercle. Eyes very small, two-fifths length of snout, 
one-third width of interorbital space, which is slightly less than one-half head. 
Bye about 7 in head. 
Spines slender and short. The pectoral spines one-half longest pectoral ray, and 
one-third length of head.; they are roughened without and have three or four small 
weak teeth on inner margin. Distance from snout to front of dorsal, 2§ in length. 
Dorsal spine less than half longest ray, which is about half length of head. Caudal 
rounded, its rudimentary rays very strongly developed, extending along under side of 
tail to base of anal fin, and along upper side to slightly beyond this point. Adipose 
fin well developed, forming a conspicuous notch where it joins rudimentary caudal 
rays. Ventrals to beyond front of anal. ^ ^ «<j r vs i 
Head 4 in length; depth 5J. D. I, 6; A. 23 (in four specimens), its base two- 
sevenths length ; length inches. 
Color of body and fins uniform brownish-black, the belly uniform dusky. Barbels 
black. ^ 
Four specimens of this species were taken during the summer of 1884 in a spring- 
run tributary to North Eiver, near Tuscaloosa, Ala. 
4. Ameiurus melas Raf. 
- Black Warrior Eiver, Tuscaloosa. 
5. Ameiurus uatalis LeSueur. 
Abundant in a pond fed by springs at Tuscaloosa. 
6. Ictalurus punctatus Raf. 
Clear Creek, Attalla, and Hoglau’s Creek at Warrior Station. 
7. Catostomus nigricans LeSueur. 
Generally abundant. 
8. Moxostoma macrolepidotum duquesnei LeSueur. 
Abundant. 
9. Moxostoma poecilurum Jordan. 
A single specimen from Clear Creek, Attalla. 
10. Placopharynx carinatus Cope. 
Tuscaloosa. Apparently not rare. 
11. Erimyzon sucetta Lac6p6de. 
Calera and Cullman, Ala. 
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