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and biology of Kentucky fishes, is in preparation, but its appearance 
must await additional collecting and a critical compilation of Kentucky 
fish records from a few other institutions. 
MATERIALS AND METHODS 
Sources of Data 
I completed individual spot distributional maps for each species 
known to occur or to have occurred in Kentucky waters. The dis- 
tributional statements are based on those maps. During a final check of 
all records, those that seemed unreasonable and were not substantiated 
by specimens were discarded. 
The maps and resulting list are based on recent personal collecting, 
various regional surveys conducted by Kentucky Fish and Wildlife 
Resources Agency personnel, unquestioned literature records, and 
specimens that I examined in the following collections: California 
Academy of Sciences (CAS); Cornell University (CU); Eastern Kentucky 
University (EKU); Field Museum of Natural History (FMNH); Florida 
State University (FSU); Illinois Natural History Survey (INHS); Ken- 
tucky Fish and Wildlife Resources Agency (KFW); Kentucky Nature 
Preserves Commission (KNP); University of Kansas (KU); Harvard 
Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ); Murray State University 
(MSU); Northeast Louisiana University (NLU); Ohio State University 
(OSU); Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (SIUC); Tulane 
University (TU); University of Louisville (UL); University of Michigan 
Museum of Zoology (UMMZ); National Museum of Natural History 
(USNM); University of Tennessee at Knoxville (UT); University of Tulsa 
(UTULSAC); and Western Kentucky University (WKU). 
In order to show the areas of Kentucky that have been adequately 
sampled and those that need special attention, the locations of approx- 
imately 1150 stations sampled mostly since 1950 were plotted (Fig. 3). 
Despite the number of sites sampled in the Licking River, it is an area 
particularly worthy of further collecting efforts (many of the existing 
records are of only game fishes), as are the upper Cumberland and Big 
Sandy rivers. 
Treatment in the Annotated List 
The 229 species of lampreys and fishes known to occur or having oc- 
curred naturally or by way of repeated introduction in Kentucky waters 
are grouped under family names and arranged in phylogenetic sequence 
following, in part, Greenwood et al. (1966) and Bailey et al. (1970). 
Within each family, genera and species are listed in alphabetical order. 
Common and scientific names follow Bailey et al. (1970). In an effort to 
make the list complete, I included several species that are not tax- 
onomically described but are known to occur in Kentucky. Most of them 
