Fishes of the Big Blue River Basin, KansasMinckley, W. L.
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Fishes of the Big Blue River Basin, Kansas
Minckley, W. L.
Fishes -- Kansas
Graham (1885:72) and Cragin (1885:107) reported _Ictiobus velifer_
(= _Carpiodes velifer_) from "Eureka Lake," Riley County, Kansas.
This lake, which no longer exists, was in the Kansas River Valley,
about ten miles upstream from the mouth of the Big Blue River.
Other, more recent records from the Kansas River Basin, in the
vicinity of the Big Blue River, are: Maple Leaf Lake, Riley Co.,
Oct. 4, 1925; Deep Creek, Riley Co., no date; Wildcat Creek, Riley
Co., Sept. 7, 1923; and Wildcat Creek, Riley Co., Sept. 29, 1925
(UMMZ 122187-90). Most of the collections were made by Minna E.
Jewell (Nelson, personal communication).
=Moxostoma aureolum= (LeSueur), northern redhorse: Cragin (1885:108)
as _Moxostoma macrolepidotum_ LeSueur; Meek (1895:136) as _Moxostoma
macrolepidotum duquesnei_ (LeSueur); Evermann and Cox (1896:394-395);
and Jennings (1942:364) as _Moxostoma erythrurum_ (Rafinesque).
Stations 41-S, 43-S, 44-S, and 53-S.
I collected three northern redhorse from the Big Blue River Basin, and
another specimen was seined in the mouth of Mill Creek, Riley County
(my present Station 9-G) by the Kansas State College class in
fisheries management in 1954 (KSC 5068). I reidentify as _M. aureolum_
the two specimens recorded by Jennings (_loc. cit._) as _M.
erythrurum_.
The subspecific status of _M. aureolum_ in the Kansas River Basin is
to be the subject of another paper.
=Catostomus commersonnii= (Lacepede), white sucker: Canfield and Wiebe
(1931:8) as "common suckers"; and Breukelman (1940:380). Stations 7-G,
11-G, 12-G, 13-G, 16-G, 18-G, 19-G, 23-G, 29-G, 31-G, 53-S, 57-M, and
58-G.
The white sucker occurred primarily in upland streams of the Flint
Hills, with one occurrence in muddy habitat, and one in the main
stream of the Big Blue River. Young _C. commersonnii_ were often
taken in riffles, but adults were in the larger, deeper pools. The
ages and total lengths at the last annulus for 12 white suckers
were: I, 2.8 (4); II, 3.9 (6); III, 8.2 (1); and IV, 9.2 (1).
=Cyprinus carpio= Linnaeus, carp: Canfield and Wiebe (1931:5-8, 10)
as "carp." Stations 1-S, 2-S, 3-S, 4-S, 6-S, 7-G, 8-S, 15-S, 16-G,
18-G, 23-G, 24-G, 25-S, 27-G, 30-M, 35-M, 38-S, 41-S, 42-S, 43-S,
44-S, 45-M, 52-S, 53-S, and 56-S.
Carp occurred throughout the basin. The habitat of this species
closely approximated that of the river carpsucker; however, carp
were more often taken in moderate to swift water than were _C. c.
carpio_.
The ages and average lengths at the last annulus for 40 carp from
the Big Blue River Basin were: I, 2.3 (4); II, 4.7 (10); III, 7.0
(10); IV, 9.0 (3); V, 11.3 (4); VI, 18.6 (1); VII, 18.9 (3); VIII,
no fish; IX, 20.6 (3); X, 19.1 (2); XI, 21.1 (1); XII, 22.0 (1); and
XIII, 24.1 (2).
=Carassius auratus= (Linnaeus), goldfish. Station 4-S.
I saw goldfish seined from Station 4-S by anglers obtaining bait on
April 20, 1957. Goldfish were commonly used for bait at Stations 4-S
and 54-S.
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