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Fig. 2. Distribution of Noturus furiosus, showing all known extant and 
extirpated populations. Some dots cover more than one record locality. Solid 
dots represent localities with extant voucher material; open circles represent 
localities reported by Bayless and Smith (1962) and Smith and Bayless (1964) 
for which voucher material is presumably not available. 1. Beech Swamp Creek, 
2. Fishing Creek, 3. Swift Creek, 4. Swamp Creek, 5. Little Contentnea Creek, 
6. Contentnea Creek, 7. Trent River, 8. Little River, 9. Beaverdam Creek, 10. 
Mill Creek, 11. Middle Creek, 12. Swift Creek, 13. Crabtree Creek, 14. Eno 
River. 
only a few streams in recent years, the Little River system (Neuse 
drainage), the lower Neuse River proper. Swift Creek (Neuse drainage), 
the Tar River proper, and Swift Creek (Tar drainage). 
Reviewed here are the status of madtom populations and their 
distributions and habitats within tributary systems. Order of presentation 
is from upstream to downstream, Neuse drainage first. 
Neuse Drainage 
Eno River system. — Only a single specimen of N. furiosus, captured 
in 1961 (using rotenone), is known from the Eno River. Our collection 
on the Eno River was made at night in May 1982 but did not reveal 
additional specimens, although a typical variety of Piedmont fishes was 
represented in our sample. Appropriate madtom habitat appeared scarce. 
