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Geographic Variation in the North American Cyprinid Fish, Hybopsis Gracilis · Leonard J. Olund — chapter 3 of 11 · ~943 words · public domain

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Specimens examined.--Below are listed museum numbers, number of specimens (in parentheses), localities, and year of collection. Collections marked with asterisk (*) are intergrades more closely resembling H. g. gracilis than H. g. gulonella. Records from literature are cited in the synonymy.

ALBERTA: UA (6), Milk R. at town of Milk River, 1950; UA (3), Athabasca R. at Fort McMurray, 1955; UA (1), Red Deer R. at Steveville, 1952; UA (2), Peace R. at town of Peace River, 1952; UA (11), Peace R. at Dunvegan, 1956; UA (2), Simonette R. tributary to Smoky R., date unknown; ROMZ 17704 (1), Milk R. W town of Milk River, 1955.

ARKANSAS: UMMZ 128573 (5), Mississippi Co., Mississippi R., 1939.

ILLINOIS: UMMZ 134799 (146), Mississippi R. at Grand Tower, 1936; UMMZ 147045 (8), Mississippi R. at Cairo, 1944.

KANSAS: KU 1234 (173), Leavenworth Co., backwater of Missouri R. near Corral Cr., 1940; * KU 1814 (1), Douglas Co., floodpool of Kansas R., below Lakeview, 1951; * KU 1825 (1), Douglas Co., floodpool of Kansas R., 1951; * KU 1841 (56), Douglas Co., Kansas R. at Lawrence, 1951; * KU 1898 (6), Douglas Co., floodpool of Kansas R., 1951; * KU 1911 (5), Douglas Co., floodpool of Kansas R., 1951; * KU 1928 (2), Jefferson Co., floodpool of Kansas R., 1951; KU 3850 (30), Atchison Co., Missouri R., 1957; * KU 4377 (2), Douglas Co., Kansas R. at Lawrence, 1958; * KU 4655 (2), Douglas Co., Kansas R. at Lawrence, 1959.

MANITOBA: ROMZ 13834 (1), Kelsey Lake, 25 miles east of the Pas, no date; ROMZ 14500 (25), Saskatchewan R. at the Pas, 1947; ROMZ 16325 (1), Lake Winnipeg, no date.

MISSOURI: UMMZ 147126 (130), Mississippi R. at Cliff Cave, 1944.

MONTANA: * MSC 1878 (36), Carbon Co., Elbow Cr., 1957; * MSC 1943 (11), Phillips Co., Frenchman Cr., 1957; * MSC 2021 (10), Pondora Co., Marias R., 1955; * MSC 2022 (4), Lewis and Clark Co., Missouri R. below Holter Dam, 1948; * MSC 2052 (6), Gallatin Co., Missouri R. near Trident, 1948; * MSC 3074 (3), Custer Co., Hardy Reservoir, 1952; UMMZ 94146 (34), near mouth of Powder R., 1926.

NEBRASKA: * KU 4158 (9), Holt Co., Niobrara R. 6 mi. N Midway, 1958; * UM (field no. 59-81) (56), Butler Co.-Colfax Co. line, Platte R. 1.5 mi. S Schuyler, 1959; * UM (field no. 59-74) (5), Dodge Co., Platte R. 1 mi. S North Bend, 1959; UMMZ 134826 (46), Otoe Co., Missouri R. 1.5 mi. E Minersville, 1940; UMMZ 134799 (67), Cass Co., Missouri R., 1940; UMMZ 135341 (43), Knox Co., Missouri R. 2 mi. NE Niobrara, 1940; UMMZ 135818 (95), Thurston Co., Missouri R. NE Macy, 1941.

NORTHWEST TERRITORY: ROMZ 13627 (1), Great Slave Lake, no date; ROMZ 13628 (1), Great Slave Lake, no date.

SASKATCHEWAN: * ROMZ 3885 (2), Sucker Cr., trib. Cypress Lake, 1927; ROMZ 14368 (2), South Saskatchewan R. at Yorath Island, 1941; ROMZ 16620 (5), South Saskatchewan R. at Saskatoon, 1953; KU 5126 (5), South Saskatchewan R. at Birson Ferry, 1957; KU 5127 (3), South Saskatchewan R. at Leader, 1957; KU 5128 (2), North Saskatchewan R. at Cecil Ferry, 1957; KU 5129 (1), South Saskatchewan R. at Clarkboro Ferry, 1957.

SOUTH DAKOTA: * KU 4961 (9), Haakon Co., Bad R. at Midland, 1959; * KU 4963 (17), Washabaugh Co., White R. 6 mi. SW Belvidere, 1959; * UMMZ 120362 (168), White R. 6.5 mi. S Kadoka, 1934; * UMMZ 127484 (11), Todd Co., Little White R., 1934; UMMZ 127488 (29), Charles Mix Co., Missouri R., 1934; * UMMZ 127678 (32), Cheyenne R., E Wasta, 1939; UMMZ 166762 (21), Hughes Co., Missouri R. 3 mi. NE Pierre, 1952; * UMMZ 166803 (91), Harding Co., Little Missouri R. at Camp Crook, 1952; UMMZ 166845 (121), Carson Co.-Walworth Co. line, Missouri R. 2.5 mi. N Mobridge, 1952; UMMZ 166985 (61), Yankton Co., Missouri R. at Yankton, 1952.

WYOMING: * WU 2073 (6), Washakie Co., Big Horn R. at Worland, 1956.

=Hybopsis gracilis gulonella= (Cope)

(Plate 23)

Pogonichthys communis Girard, 1856:188 (in part; original description); Girard, 1858:247 (in part; characters; synonymy); Cope and Yarrow, 1875:653 (characters; Pueblo, Colo.).

Pogonichthys (Platygobio) gulonellus Cope, 1864:277 (original description; near Bridger's Pass, Wyo.).

Platygobio gulonellus Cope, 1865:85 ("Platte R., near Fort Riley" [Fort Riley is on Kansas R., not Platte R.; Cope's specimens probably are from Platte drainage, on basis of known distributions of other species reported]).

Ceratichthys physignathus Cope and Yarrow, 1875:651 (original description; Arkansas R., Pueblo, Colo.).

Platygobio communis, Gill, 1876:408 (characters; Platte Valley; Green River, Utah [the latter probably erroneous]).

Couesius physignathus, Jordan and Gilbert, 1882:219 (characters; synonymy; Arkansas R., Pueblo, Colo.); Jordan, 1885:29 (records).

Platygobio gracilis, Jordan and Gilbert, 1882:219 (in part; characters; synonymy); Cragin, 1885:109 (Garden City, Kans.); Gilbert, 1885:98 (Garden City, Kans.); Jordan, 1885:29 (records); Evermann and Cox, 1896:412 (in part; habitat; synonymy); Jordan and Evermann, 1896:326 (in part; characters; synonymy); Ortenburger and Hubbs, 1927:125 (Canadian R., Norman, Okla.); Hubbs, 1927:75 (parasites; teratology; records from New Mexico); Hubbs and Ortenburger, 1929a:28 (S. Canadian R., Durham, Okla.); Jordan, 1929:76 (in part; characters); Jordan, Evermann and Clark, 1930:136 (in part; synonymy).

Platygobio physignathus, Jordan and Evermann, 1896:325 (characters; synonymy; records from upper Arkansas R.); Ellis, 1914:62 (characters; synonymy; records from Colorado); Cockerell, 1927:123 (distribution in Colorado); Jordan, Evermann and Clark, 1930:136 (synonymy; records from upper Arkansas R.).

Platygobio gracilis communis, Simon, 1946:71 (in part; characters; food; habitat; spawning).

Platygobio gracilis gulonellus, Simon, 1946:72 (characters; records from Wyoming; Arkansas R.).

Platygobio gracilis: communis x gulonellus, Simon, 1946:92 (North Platte R., Neb.-Wyo. line).

Platygobio gracilis physignathus, Moore, 1950:87 (habitat; sense organs).

Hybopsis gracilis communis, Beckman, 1952:50 (characters; food; habitat); Cross, Dalquest and Lewis, 1955:222 (records from Texas).

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