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Vernou, lud. In one locality an outcrop of sandstone gives a hard bottom for some 
distance. Elsewhere the stream is full of logs and snags. Species found in this creek 
are marked 0. 
7. Wabash River at Mackey’s Ferry, Posey County. September 11; tempera- 
ture 75°. At Mackey’s Ferry, 7 miles west of Mount Vernon, and about 10 miles 
north of the mouth of the Wabash, considerable collections were made. The seine 
was used on a long, shallow, sandy bar on the Indiana side. Numerous catfishes, sun- 
fishes, and cyprinodonts were taken in a neighboring pond or bayou. This overflows in 
spring and is then connected with the river. It is a long, narrow channel, very stag- 
nant, filled with snags in most places, and having an extremely muddy bottom. 
Species from the pond or river at Mackey’s Ferry are marked M. 
1. Petromyzon coiicolor (Kirtland). S. 
2. Polyodon spathula (Walbaiim). S. 
3. Acipenser rubicundus Le Sueur. S. 
4. Lepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus). S. 
5. Lepisosteus platystomus (Rafiuesque). V., W., M. 
6. Lepisosteus tristcechus (Blocli & Scbneider). S. 
7. Amia calva Linnajus. M. 
8. Noturus gyrinus (Mitchill). C. 
9. Noturus miurus Jordan. V., P., W. 
10. Noturus flavus Rafinesque. V., W. 
11. Leptops olivaris (Rafinesque). P. 
12. Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque). G. 
13. Ameiurus natalis (Le Sueur). M., C. 
14. Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque). V., P., W., B., M., C. 
15. Ictiobus cyprinella (Cuv. & Val.). M. 
16. Ictiobus bubalus (Rafiuesque). V., W., M. 
17. Ictiobus difformis (Cope). V., P., W., M., C. 
18. Catostomus nigricans (Le Sueur). V. 
19. Erimyzon sucetta (Lacdp&de). G. Var. oblongus. 
20. Minytrema melanops (Rafiuesque). W., G., M. 
21. Moxostoma duquesnei (Le Sueur). V., P. 
22. Moxostoma aureolum (Le Sueur). W. ’ 
Head 4i| in length; outline of dorsal somewhat concave. 
23. Moxostoma anisurum (Rafinesque). B. (Ptychostomus velatus and collapsus Cope. Catostomus 
carpio Val. Moxostoma valenciennesi Jordan.) 
Not rare. Lips moderate, the lower strongly y\-shaped ; its surface rather finely 
plicate and also papillose ; the papillse coarser than in M. papillosum, to which this 
siiecies is related ; mouth not large, the snout projecting beyond it; dorsal high, of 15 
rays, its free edge straight; eye large, 3f in head; head large, broad, and flat above; 
body deep, compressed. 
24. Campostoma anomalum (Rafinesqne). V., G. 
25. Hybognathus nuchalis (Agassiz). W., M., C. 
26. Pimephales notatus (Rafinesque). V., P., W., G., C. 
27. Cliola vigilax (Baird & Girard). V., W., B., M., C. 
28. Notropis microstomus (Rafinesque). W. 
