ARTIE L. METCALF

CONTENTS

Introduction[347]
Physical characteristics of the streams[351]
Climate[351]
Present flora[353]
History[354]
Conservation[357]
Previous ichthyological collections[357]
Acknowledgments[358]
Materials and methods[358]
Collecting stations[359]
Annotated list of species[362]
Fishes of doubtful or possible occurrence[383]
Faunal comparisons of different streams[384]
Distributional variations within the same stream[387]
Faunas of intermittent streams[390]
East-west distribution[392]
Summary[394]
Literature cited[397]

INTRODUCTION

Aims of the distributional study here reported on concerning the fishes of a part of the Arkansas River Basin of south-central Kansas were as follows:

(1) Ascertain what species occur in streams of the three counties.

(2) Ascertain habitat preferences for the species found.

(3) Distinguish faunal associations existing in different parts of the same stream.