RHEPORT 
BY DAVID L. JORDON, M. D. 
LO. 
PREVIOUS PUBLICATIONS ON THE FISHES OF OHIO. 
Before proceeding to the discussion of the Fishes of Ohio, a brief sur- 
vey of the earlier publications treating wholly or chiefly of the local fish 
fauna may be interesting: 
The earliest of these which has come to my notice is a brief paper by 
Rafinesque, entitled “Discoveries in Natural History, made during a 
journey through the Western Region of the United States, by Constan- 
tine Samuel Rafinesque, Esq. Addressed to Samuel L. Mitchill, Presi- 
dent, and other members of the Lyceum of Natural History, in a letter 
dated at Louisville, Falls of the Ohio, 20th July, 1818,” in the American 
Monthly Magazine and Critical Review, September, 1818. 
In this article the following catalogue of fishes of the Ohio River is 
given, and nine of the species are described atsomelength. Many of the 
names adopted were merely provisional, and were changed when the 
species were finally described : 
ROLCASALMONGAi we same ceee ne ceo cicce san ace ee ve adiguounersan cosmalmons 
RereaEChTysOpSssacias wemmenee etc oe cde nau sodweneouaus sales Rockfish. 
SCtaMasOLUNNIENS i isaceceemeoue ce ere caccne vended cowseeiecu .--- White Perch. 
SCicoHaaCa DLOCOS saauen amen esa Cclibce ccccee smapepweme seine Hog Fish. 
OdIaNUsSiCAliULUS) ocean seen eee eee wes ole e aa rae a Baas. 
SPALUSICVANOLUS tees tee care eye eat ese ais Sennen emanate aS Sa Sun Fish. 
SPALUSeMICLOHUNCLALUS) as eocceelsce class orood cauascemenivanesaue Bachelor Perch. 
SilinusspUNchabusween es ceewese sa eetcate Co ake e ES eee aes Mud Cat Fish. 
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