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| | FISHES SKETCHED BY RAFINESQUE |
 | | On pages 417-422, Rafinesque introduces genera as indicated by the title, "Description of three new genera of fluviatile Fish, POMOXIS, SARCHIRUS, and EXOGLOSSUM." His sketches of representatives of these genera appear in Plate 17 of the same issue and are reproduced here. |
 | | In his article, Rafinesque gives the earliest scientific description of the white crappie, under the taxon Pomoxis annularis, thereby establishing the new genus, Pomoxis. |
 | | Eleven years later, the fl crappie, Pomoxis nigromaculatus was credited to Charles-Alexandre Lesueur on the basis of specimens taken from the Wabash River near his home in New Harmony, Indiana. |
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