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Head small, with swelled and dotted cheeks: iris brown witb 

 an internal gold ring; branchial rays concealed. Scales s.nal 

 roughened. Dorsal fin beginning above the pectorals and end 

 in^j^ beyond the anal, with 8 short spiny rays and )2 soft ones 

 olivaceous, with a longitudinal brown stripe. Vent anterior- 

 anal fin very far from the tail, convex pule, rays 1 and 8. Pec, 

 toral fins 15. Caudal 20, olivaceous with many small transver- 

 sal and flexuose lines. Diameter less than one seventh of the 

 length. 



23d Species. Black Hogfish. Ethtostoma ni^ra. Etheos- 

 tome noire. 



Entirely black, pale beneath; scales smooth, lateral line 

 streight, mouth rather beneath, forehead rounded, upper jaw 

 longer; preopercule rounded, spine acute: vent rather anteri- 

 or: tail entire nearly truncate. 



From one to two inches long. Observed in Green rivei\ 

 Vulgar name Black minny. Iris black, silvery, and small. Di- 

 ameter one seventh of the length, without spots. Head small. 

 Pectoral fins obov^l. Tail 20. Anal fin 2 and 8. Dorsal 10 and 12. 

 2d Subgenus. Diplesioj^. 



Dorsal fin nearly double, divided into two joining parts. 

 Meaning neaii^ double. 



24th Species. Blui; j^ nose Hogfish. Etheostoma Blennioi^ 

 des. Etheostome blennioide. ?■ 



Body elongate, breadth one eighth of the length, olivaceous 

 almost diaplanous, some brown spots on the back, and some 

 brown geminate transversal hues across the lateral line, which 

 is straight, but raised at the base. Head small, snout rounded, 

 mouth small beneath, lower jaw shorter; operiule angular, 

 spine acute; scales ciliated, pectoral fins elongate, tail also, and 

 .bilobed at the end. 



A strange species, which has the appearance, head, and spots 

 ©f many Blennies. Length two or three inches, and slender. 

 Seen in the Ohio, Wabash, Muskingum, &c. Colour pale, 

 sometimes fulvous, whitish beneath. Cheeks swelled and 

 smooth, preopercule simple arched, opercule quite angular; 

 iris large and blackish: scales roughened by the ciliation. Dor- 

 ^al fin 13 and 13, beginning above the middle of the pectorals 

 and ending with Ihe anal, one faint longitudinal brown stripe oa 



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