62 DESCRIPTIONS OF ETHEOSTOMOIDS. 



16. Etheostoma whipplei alabamae Gilbert & Swaiu, 3nbsp. iiov. 



It has seemed desirable to assigu subspecific rank to specimens col- 

 lected by Mr. Swain and the writer in the Black Warrior River near 

 Morris and Tuscaloosa, Ala. We have found no difference between 

 these and typical ichipplei, from the West, except the constantly lai'ger 

 scales in alabamw. There are usually- from 50 to 5G in the lateral line, 

 occasionally 58, and in one instance as low as 43. There are 7 or 8 

 series between lateral line and base of spinous dorsal, these being re- 

 duced to 4 in the single instance referred to above. The pores of the 

 lateral line are wanting on about 12 scales. In all other details of color, 

 proportions and fiu-formulte, the two forms appear not to differ. A 

 single specimen from Arkadelphia, Ark., has the lateral line 48. This 

 must be a very exceptional irregularity, as in the count of some 30 speci- 

 mens from Arkansas, none other was foiiud with less than 60 scales. 



* 17. Etheostoma cragini Gilbert. 3H320. 



Head and body heavy and not closely compressed, the back not ele- 

 vated, the caudal peduncle deep; snout short and broad, less than 

 diameter of orbit, 5 in head ; mouth terminal, broad, little oblique, the 

 lower jaw included: the maxillary scarcely reaching vertical from front 

 of pupil, 3J in head. Premaxillaries non-protractile. Eye large, much 

 longer than snout, equaling length of maxillary. Interorbital space 

 narrow, less than diameter of pupil. Preopercle entire; opercle ending 

 in a short fiat point, the spine poorly developed. Gill membranes some- 

 what narrowly joined across the isthmus. A conspicuous black humeral 

 scale. 



Fins small, the pectorals reaching but little beyond tips of veutrals, 

 1^ in head. Spinous dorsal low, the spines strong, the longest about f 

 length of head. Anal fin very small; first anal spine longer and 

 stronger than the second, 3^ in head. Caudal truncate, equaling length 

 of pectorals. 



Scales weakly ctenoid, uniformly covering body Including nape and 

 ventral region, becoming somewhat smaller anteriorly on sides ; cheeks 

 and opercles with few scales or none, head and breast otherwise naked. 



Head 3^ in length ; depth 4f . D. VIII or IX, 10 to 12 (VI, 12 in one 

 specimen, probably abnormal) ; A. II, G or 7. Lateral line 46 to 50, the 

 tubes i^resent on 15 to 20 scales; 6 or 7 series of scales above lateral 

 line. Length 1^ inches. 



Color in spirits : Olivaceous, much mottled with dusky above; lower 

 half of sides sprinkled with coarse black specks, and with traces of two 

 silvery lines; middle of sides with a series of about 12 dusky spots as 

 large as pupil, the interspaces silvery; a black spot on opercle, one 

 behind and one below orbit ; snout dusky. Caudal conspicuously barred 

 with light and dark; soft dorsal and anal faintly barred ; spinous dorsal 



* This description appeared originally in the " Bulletin of the Washburn College 

 Laboratory" for March and April, 1885, p. 99. 



