. Contributions to North American Ichthyology [microform] : based primarily on the collections of the United States National Museum. Ichthyology; Fishes, Fresh-water; Fishes; Ichtyologie; Poissons d'eau douce; Poissons. ifi- *' PISHES OF THE TENNESSEE BASIN. ila estor. uassilabia lacera. arpiodes bisoD. Bubalicbthys urus. Auiia calva. Acipeuser maculosuts. In all, twenty species. Increased knowledge will considerably modify tbese lists. It is robable tbat the sixteen species in the first list, with the probable iceptions of Noturus eleutherus and Salvelimcs fontinalis, will bo found piuliabit


. Contributions to North American Ichthyology [microform] : based primarily on the collections of the United States National Museum. Ichthyology; Fishes, Fresh-water; Fishes; Ichtyologie; Poissons d'eau douce; Poissons. ifi- *' PISHES OF THE TENNESSEE BASIN. ila estor. uassilabia lacera. arpiodes bisoD. Bubalicbthys urus. Auiia calva. Acipeuser maculosuts. In all, twenty species. Increased knowledge will considerably modify tbese lists. It is robable tbat the sixteen species in the first list, with the probable iceptions of Noturus eleutherus and Salvelimcs fontinalis, will bo found piuliabit the lower part of the river basin, if sought for in suitable icalities. It is likely that the tributaries of the Tennessee having their wrce in the Cumberland Mountains in Alabama have the same flsh- luna as similar streams rising in the Cumberland Mountains iu Virginia. About twelve species are at present known only from the Tennessee iver and its tributaries. These are:—" adropterus aurantiacus. Itk'ostoma) cinerea. Jheostoma) tessellata, ntbonotus vulneratus. itlionotus rufiliueatus. ccilichthys jessioe. (Lepiopomus) bombifrous. Alburnops spectrunculus. Ilydrophlox lacertosus. Phoxinus flammeus. Episema leucioda. Ceratichthys monachus. is we go from the Alabama to the Tennessee, we note au increased niblauce in the lishfaiina to that of the Ohio aud Upper ^Mississippi jon. The following are some of the Northern or Western types lied:— pplesinmj Etheostoma, Pceeilichthys, Labidesthcs. Zygonccten (proper), mia, Jlcmitrcmia, ChroHomm, Phoxinus^ rUwopharynj; QuaHHilahia. COTTIDiE. Genus POl^AMOCOTTUS Gill 1. POTAMOCOTTUS MERIDIONALTS (Qit'ard) QUI. om Chickamaiiga Kiver. Also a single specimen from the Cave |iiif,' at Cumberland Gap. Abundant in the French Broad Kiver land in the Ilolston. ETlIEOSTOMATIDil^]. Genus PERCINA IMdeman. 2. PEKOINA (^APIIODKS (ii«/.) Urd. >^»n'» !iomlly ubuuduiit iu clear atreauis. •. m^ M. Please note that these images are extracted


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