60 DESCRIPTIONS OF ETHEOSTOMOIDS. 



Head, 4^ iu length; depth, 4a D. XI-10 ; A. II, 7. Lateral line,- 

 •±013. 



Color: Dusky olive above and on sides, dusted with line dark i^oiuts. 

 Eleven or twelve faint dark cross-blotches on back, and a correspond- 

 ing number on middle of sides below lateral line. Lower part of sides 

 and the ventral region unmarked. Two small black spots at base of 

 caudal. Spinous dorsal with about two irregular series of black spots ; 

 soft dorsal and caudal speckled ; other fins unmarked. A dark bar 

 below eye, none in front or behind. 



A single specimen, 2 inches long, was obtained in a small spring- 

 branch tributary to the Black Warrior River, at Tuscaloosa, Ala. It 

 is numbered 367] G on the National Museum register. 



14. Etheostoma (Etheostoma) punctulatum Ag. 3fi240, 36212. 



Body slender, compressed, the ventral outline nearly straight, the 

 back scarcely elevated ; upper profile descending in a gentle regular 

 curve from front of dorsal to snout, which is below axis of body. Snout 

 sharp; mouth terminal, moderately oblique, large, the maxillary reach- 

 ing vertical from middle of pupil, 3 in head ; premaxillaries not pro" 

 tractile. Eye large, 3^ in head; the snout 4^. Teeth on vomer and 

 palatines; outer series in upper jaw enlarged. Preopercle entire; oper- 

 cular spine very slender. Branchiostegal membranes not united across 

 isthmus. 



Fins rather small. Pectorals and ventrals about equal, the latter not 

 nearly reaching vent, as long as from snout to nape. Dorsals not joined 

 at base, the spines rather strong. Anal with two slender subequal 

 spines, as long as diameter of orbit, the first stronger than second. Can. 

 dal truncate. 



Body covered with small ctenoid scales, which become very tine on 

 the nape; breast naked. An enlarged black humeral scale ; cheeks and 

 opercles naked. Lateral line straight, ending below last rays of soft 

 dorsal, the tubes wanting on about 20 scales. 



Head, 3J in length ; depth 5g. D. X or XI-14 ; A- II, 8 or 9. 



Lateral line G3 to 73, about 9 series above it. Length 2 inches. 



Colors in life: Very dark slaty-green, with indistinct darker bars, 

 irregular in number and size, downwards from back. Belly and branch- 

 iostegal membranes deep orange-red. Sides of head coarsely punctate 

 with black ; top of head dusky, a dark bar forwards from eye, one up. 

 wards and backwards across upper portion of cheek and oi)ercle, and a 

 broad bar downwards to behind the mandible. A consi)icuous black 

 humeral spot. Usually a darker area at base of caudal, one below soft 

 dorsal, and a dusky bar in axil of pectorals euding below the fin in a 

 blackish blotch. Spinous dorsal dusky-green at base, a broad black 

 bar through its middle, more conspicuous anteriorly, its margin red- 

 dish ; second dorsal, caudal, and pectorals light reddish, with indistinct 



