Geographic Variation in the North American Cyprinid Fish, Hybopsis gracilis — John Shaqi
Geographic Variation in the North American Cyprinid Fish, Hybopsis gracilisCross, Frank B. (Frank Bernard)
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Geographic Variation in the North American Cyprinid Fish, Hybopsis gracilis
Cross, Frank B. (Frank Bernard)
Cyprinidae; Fishes -- North America
_Other characters._--Circumference scale-rows 30-40, slightly fewer than
in _H. g. gracilis_; predorsal scale-rows 17-27, somewhat fewer than in
specimens from Canada, but much the same as specimens from the
Missouri-Mississippi system; size small, rarely as much as 130 mm
standard length (Fig. 1 of Pl. 24); head-length 24.0-28.0 per cent of
standard length, usually more than 25.5 per cent; postorbital length of
head 11.2-14.4 per cent of standard length, usually more than 12.5 per
cent (both characters illustrate the larger head of _H. g. gulonella_);
predorsal length 46.4-52.7 per cent of standard length, longer than in
the other subspecies; orbit 5.0-6.6 per cent of standard length;
prepelvic length 47.4-53.7 per cent of standard length, longer than in
_H. g. gracilis_; caudal peduncle length 17.1-22.7 per cent of standard
length, essentially the same in both subspecies.
The label on types of this subspecies, in the Academy of Natural
Sciences of Philadelphia, states merely "near Bridger's Pass, Wyo.,
Expedition of 1856, Dr. W. A. Hammond" (letter from Dr. James Boehlke to
Cross, dated Jan. 27, 1960). Dr. Hammond was a surgeon who also
collected scientific specimens, assigned to an expedition under the
command of Lt. F. T. Bryant. Bryant's log is recorded in the Proceedings
of the 35th Congress (1858:455-481). The site at which these specimens
were taken cannot be ascertained from the log, but study of it is
helpful in indicating the probable locations.
The expedition left Fort Riley on June 21, 1856, on the following route:
up Republican River; across to Fort Kearney on Platte River; west along
Platte River to S. Platte River; up S. Platte River to Pole (Lodgepole)
Creek; Pine-Bluffs (Neb.-Wyo. line); across East Fork to West Fork of
Laramie River; Cooper's Creek; West Fork of Medicine Bow; Pass Creek and
down canyon of Pass Creek; across N. Platte River; up Sage Creek; on
August 15, camped on Muddy Creek, tributary to Green River (first record
of fish, trout); back to Sage Creek; August 19-21, camped on island in
North Platte River; to Pass Creek; Elk Creek; west branch of Medicine
Bow; Aspen Creek; West Fork of Laramie River; August 29, to East Laramie
River where a large supply of fish was caught; tributary of Cache la
Poudre then downstream to mouth of this river; down South Platte River
past mouth of Crow Creek and Beaver Creek; left South Platte River 14
miles below mouth of Beaver Creek, toward Republican River; down Rock
Creek to Arikaree; down Arikaree to Republican River and down the
Republican to Fort Riley.
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