85. PERCID.E NOTHONOTUS. 507 



dark olive or blackish, with an obscure band of a paler shade ; belly 

 paler ; breast and throat deep rich blue ; sides profusely sprinkled with 

 crimson dots; these spots sometimes arranged in short longitudinal 

 series of threes and fours; series of olivaceous lines along the rows 

 of scales ; first dorsal with a black spot at base in front^aud a crim- 

 son one on the margin between the first and second rays ; second dor- 

 sal, caudal, and anal crimson, bordered with yellow, which again is 

 bordered with black or dark blue on the edge of the fin; the crimson is 

 deepest next the yellow; pectoral and ventral fins with a broad red mar- 

 gin.' Females less distinctly marked; olivaceous, somewhat barred. 

 Head 4; depth 4. D. XI-13; A. II, 8; scales 7-53-8. L. 2 inches. 

 Ohio to Tennessee in clear streams ; one of the most elegant members 

 of this most beautiful genus. 



(PccciUchthys camurus Cope, Proc. Ara. Pkilos. Soc. Pliila. 1870, 265: Nothonotus 

 camurus Jordan, L c. 225.) 



aa. Head rather long and pointed ; muzzle not decurved. 

 b. Dorsal spines 10 to 12. 



c. Scales small; lateral line 55 to 65; fins not dark-edged. 

 d. Body slender. 



792. N. sangiiifluns (Cope) Jor. 



Body elongate, with dorsal line not elevated, and the caudal peduncle 

 very deep. Head flat, acuminate, the front descending very gradually, 

 the mandible rising as gradually to its extremity ; orbit rather large, equal 

 to snout, 4 in head ; end of maxillary reaching front of pupil ; teeth 

 of outer row larger. Fins generally, especially the caudal, short ; latter 

 slightly rounded; first dorsal much elongate; first anal spine very 

 large. Coloration above black, shading to dark olive below, and with 

 a narrow, wavy, leather colored dorsal band; throat turquoise blue; 

 sides and dorsal region marked with small circular spots of bright crim- 

 son, irregularly disposed, and in considerable number ; first dorsal 

 uucolored, with a black spot at base anteriorly and a dark shade through 

 the middle; second dorsal blood-red, without border; caudal with two 

 large crimson spots confluent on the middle line of the tail at its base, 

 without border ; pectorals and veutrals not red-bordered ; females dull, 

 with the fins black-barred and not crimson. Head 4 ; depth 5. D. XII- 

 12; A. II, 9; scales 9-58-10. L. 2^ inches. South Fork of Cumber- 

 land River, Tenn. (Cope.) 



(Pcecilichthys sangulfluus Cope, Proc. Ain. Philos. Soc. Phila. 1870, 264: Nothonotud 

 aanguifluuA Jordan, Man. Vert. 228.) 



