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15 . Ameiurus natalis bolli Cope. This subspecies was described by Cope in 1880, from specimens 
obtained in the Little Wichita, northern Texas. ( Synopsis. ) 
16 . Ameiurus lupus (Grd.). Indianola to Nueces and headwaters of Rio Pecos (and as Pimelodus 
lupus types, Girard, 1856 and 1858) ; and a tributary of the Medina River (Cope, 1880). The 
one specimen in the Museum marked as the type of this species (No. 916) is a young fish 10 
inches long and in good condition. Anal, 22; tail forked; pectoral spine as long as from 
point of snout to pupil, or 2!- in head; upper jaw considerably projecting. 
17 . Ictalurus punctatus (Raf.). Channel Cat; “Eel Cat” of Houston Market. Live Oak Creek, 
Comanche Springs, Rio Leona, Nueces, Piedra Paiute, Devil River, and Rio Salado (as 
Pimelodus vulpe8 types, Girard, 1859, pi. xviii). Trinity River at Fort Worth and Dallas, 
Little Wichita River (as Ichthwlus ccerulescens, Cope, 1880). Rio Colorado at Austin, Rio 
Lampasas at Belton, and Red River at Fulton, Ark. (Jordan & Gilbert, 1886). Rio San 
Marcos at San Marcos, Trinity River at Magnolia Point, Neches River near Palestine, 
San Antonio Springs at San Antonio, Trinity River at its mouth, and San Jacinto 
River at Lynchburg ; from these places considerable quantities of this fish reach the 
Houston market, where it is held in high esteem, Also collected by Mr. Woolman in 1891 
at Juarez, opposite El Paso, Tex. In the National Museum we find only one bottle of 
the types of Pimelodus vulpes ; these are four very young specimens (No. 845) from the 
Leon River, collected by J. H. Clark. They are in fair condition and agree fully with the 
young of Ictalurus punctatus. 
18 . Ictalurus furcatus (Cuvier & Valenciennes). “Channel Cat" or “Blue Cat” of the Houston mar- 
ket. Mouth of Rio Grande near Brownsville (as Pimelodus affinis types, Baird & Girard, 1854, 
and Girard, 1859, pis. xvi and xvii). Trinity River near its mouth and San Jacinto River 
at Lynchburg. This is one of the most important fresh- water fishes of the Houston market, 
but it is not regarded as being as good a fish as the preceding. The largest individual of 
I. furcatus that I saw weighed 44 pounds ; another weighed 25 pounds. The Houston market 
receives these fish from the lower Trinity and San Jacinto rivers. 
19. Tachysurus felis (L.). Indianola (as Arius equestris types, Baird & Girard, 1854, and Girard, 
1859, pi. xv). Galveston (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882; . Galveston and Corpus Christi. It does 
not appear to be a very common fish on the Texas coast, as we obtained only two speci- 
mens at Galveston and one at Corpus Christi. Maxillary barbel longer than head, reaching 
a little beyond base of pectoral on the specimen from Corpus Christi and two-thirds the 
length of the pectoral spine in those from Galveston. 
20 . Felichthys marinus (Mitchill). Salt-water Catfish. Indianola (Baird & Girard, 1854, and Girard, 
1859, pi. xiv). Galveston (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882). These are the only Texas references to 
this species. 
VIII.— CATOSTOMIDAE. THE SUCKERS. 
21 . Ictiobus cyprinella (C. & V.). Three specimens of this species were obtained in Dickinson Bayou 
at Nicholstone, and numerous large individuals from San Jacinto River near Lynchburg were 
seen in the fish market at Houston. 
22 . Ictiobus bubalus (Raf.). Red River at Fulton, Ark. (Jordan & Gilbert, 1886). We have one 
specimen from near the mouth of Trinity River, which we obtained in the Houston market. 
23 . Carpiodes carpio (Raf.). Rio Colorado at Austin (Jordan & Gilbert, 1886). Our collection 
contains one specimen from Long Lake near Magnolia Point. 
24 . Carpiodes velifer (Raf.). The only record of this species from the region covered by this paper 
is that given by Jordan & Gilbert for the Red River at Fulton, Ark. 
25 . Carpiodes velifer tumidus B. & G. Near Fort Brown (as Carpiodes tumidus types, Baird & 
Girard, 1854, and Girard, 1859, pi. xix, figs. 1-4). Rio Grande (as Ictiobus tumidus, Girard, 
1856). Several specimens from San Ildefonso, N. Mex. (as Carpiodes grayi types, Cope, 1870, 
and Cope & Yarrow, 1875). Brownsville (Jordan, 1878). Nazas River at San Pedro, Coahuila 
(as Ichthyobus tumidus, Garman, 1881). Rio Grande (Synopsis). Rio Lampasas at Belton 
and Rio Colorado at Austin (Jordan & Gilbert, 1886). Cope’s types of Carpiodes grayi 
consist of 7 small specimens (U. S. N. M. No. 16761), 6 of which are less than 2 inches long, 
the other being about 4£ inches. They are in very poor condition. 
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