Virginia Ictalurid Catfishes 
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alphabetically by state and tributary. All specimens were from Virginia 
drainages, except for /. melas, which was supplemented by material from 
other states. Localities for both sections are followed by institutional ab- 
breviation and catalog number. Roanoke College and Virginia Com- 
monwealth University are followed by collector’s initials and field num- 
ber. 
Institution and agency abbreviations used are: 
ACE, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 
CU, Cornell University 
DPC, Duke Power Company 
FWS, U.S. Fish arid Wildlife Service 
EC, Lynchburg College 
RC, Roanoke College 
SCS, Soil Conservation Service 
UMMZ, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology 
UNC, University of North Carolina at Charlotte 
USNM, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian 
UT, University of Tennessee at Knoxville 
VCGIF, Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries 
VCU, Virginia Commonwealth University 
VFU, Virginia Cooperative Fisheries Unit 
VIMS, Virginia Institute of Marine Science 
VPI, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 
Collections from the following sources are housed at Roanoke College: 
ACE, FWS, LC, SCS, VCGIF; some of the collections originally at VCU 
are also at Roanoke College. Numbers that follow these series refer to 
collection reference numbers used for a data bank concerning the 
freshwater fishes of Virginia. 
Ictalums brunneus 
Dan River system. - VA: Dan R. RC VCGIF 230; RC FWS 8; NC: 
Country Line Creek RC ACE 15; Rattlesnake Creek RC ACE 18; VA: 
RC VCGIF 229; NC: Pumpkin Creek RC ACE 16; VA: Dan R. RC 
EGM Va-23; Fall Creek RC ACE 2; Dan R. RC FWS 6; Dan R. RC 
FWS 1; NC: Dan R. DPC 50101-09 and -11; DPC 50101-10, 50107-06; 
DPC 50101-18; DPC 50101-12 and -19; UNC 76-95. 
Ictalums platycephalus 
Chowan River system. — VA: Great Creek RC SCS 8; N. Meherrin R. 
RC HJP 44, VCU HJP 100. 
Lower Roanoke River system (below Dan River mouth). — VA: Flat 
Creek VPI 1029; Miles Creek VPI 1037; NC: Grassy Creek RC REJ 865; 
VA: Beaver Pond Creek RC REJ 863. 
Lower Dan River system (below Smith River mouth). — VA: Banister. 
R. VCU HJP 84; NC: Cascade Creek ACE 89; Dan R. DPC 50107-07. 
Smith River and tributaries (Dan River system). — VA: Leatherwood 
