Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science Volume 9 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 edition. Excerpt: ...Cat. Plentiful. This is the A. catus Linn. of the synopsis of the Fishes of N. A. by Jordan and Gilbert. (Silurus catus Linn., Syst. Nat. 1758. Pimelodus nebulosus LeS., Mem. Mus. 1819.) ' Genus Ictalurus, Rafinesque. I. punctatus (Rafinesque) Jordan. Silver Cat, Blue Cat, Channel Cat, White Cat. Quite common, and much prized as a food fish. (Silurus punctatus Raf., Amer. Month. Mag., 1818. Ictalurus beadlie and Simpsoni Gill, lchthcelurus robustus Jordan.) I. furcatus (Cuv. & Val.) Gill. Spotted Channel Cat. Not so common as preceding. Larger streams. (Pimelodus furcatus Cuv. & Val., 1840. Amiurus furcatus Gunther & Jordan.) Order Plectospondyli. Family Catostomidte. Genus Ictiobus, Rafinesque. I. carpio (Rafinesque), Jordan. Carp Sucker.' Kansas river. Plentiful. (Catostpmus carpio Raf., Ich. Oh., 1820. Carpiodes nummifer Cope, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. Phila., 1870.) I. velifer, Rafinesque. Buffalo Fish, Quillback, Spear Fish, Sail Fish, Skimback. "Eureka lake," (Kansas river.) (Catostomus velifer Raf., Ich. Oh., 1820. I. velifer Jordan, 1884.) I. velifer var. bison, Agassiz. Same locality as above. Less common. (Agassiz Amer. Jour. Sci. Arts, 1854, as Carpiodes bison.) I. urus, Agassiz. Mongrel Buffalo. Kansas river and branches of Missouri. (Carpiodes urus. Ag. Amer. Jour. Sci. Arts, 1854.) I. bubalus (Raf.), Agassiz. Common Buffalo. Plentiful over State. (Amblodon bubalus, Raf. Jour. Phys., 1818. Agassiz Am. Jour. Sci. Arts, 1854. I. bubalus, Jordan, . Bull, U. S. Nat. Mus.) I. cyprinella (C. and V.) Ag. Jordan. Red-mouthed Buffalo, Big-mouth Buffalo. Streams of Eastern Kansas. (Sclerognathas cyprinella C. and V., Hist. Nat. Poiss., 1844.) Genus Cycleptus, Rafinesque. C. elongatus (LeS.), Ag. Black-horse, Gourd-seed...