Jordan and E7'ermann. — Fishes of North America. 1069 



hb'. ScaleB of back and sides each with a dark snot, these 

 forming continuous streaks. 

 d'. Scales 56 to 61; male with the l)elly red; snout 

 rounded. pagei, 1483. 



dfV. Scales 53; no red; snout pointed, virgatum, 1484. 

 qq. Gill membranes more or less broadly connected across istUnnis; usually an 

 enlarged black humeral scale. 

 Claricola (clanif^, clear; colo, to inhabit): 

 e'. Lower jaw scarcely projecting; head more or less scaly; spines in males 

 without knobs. 

 f. Scales usually less than GO. 



g'. Body robust, the depth 4 to 4.1 in length; snout sharp; mouth 

 rather large; greenish with dark markings. jili.i:, 1485. 



gg'. Body rather slender, the depth \),^ to 5 in length. 



h'. Cheeks scaly; male with dark bars and red blotches on sides 



of body. AEiEsi.K, 1486. 



lih'. Cheeks naked, or with embedded scales; male with red spots 



along sides of body. alabam.i-;, 1487. 



ff. Scales usnally more than 00. 



i'. Cheeks usually naked or nearly so; pores wanting on IC to 20 

 scales; male with red spots and red markings on fins. 



wnippMi, 1488. 

 W. Cheeks usually scaly; pores wanting on few (usually not more 

 than 4 or 5) scales; fins low; no red in life. 



squamiceps, 1489. 

 Etheostoma: 



ee'. Lower jaw strongly projecting; head entirely naked; dorsal spines low, 

 each ending in a small, fleshy knob in the male; colors dark, no red 

 nor blue; fins checkered. flabellare, 1490. 



Subgenus PCECILICHTHYS, Agassiz. 

 1454. ETHEOSTOMA VARIATUM, Kirtland. 



Head 3i to 4* ; depth 4| to 5i ; eye 3* to 3f in head. D. XII to XIV-11 

 to 13 ; A. II, 7 to 9; scales 8-51 to 63-12. Body moderately elongated, 

 not much compressed, the back somewhat arched. Head short and thick, 

 the snout short and blunt, and the profile above the eyes strongly 

 decurved ; profile a little depressed at the nape. Eyes large, not very 

 close together, slightly longer than snout. Mouth small, low, subhori- 

 zontal, the lower jaw included; teeth small, subequal. bluntish, in rather 

 broad bands; teeth on vomer. Premaxillary not protractile; maxillary 

 reaching front of eye, 4 in head. Top of head extremely rugose, the 

 wrinkles evident through the skin, and radiating irregularly from behind 

 the eye. Parietal region rather broad and depressed, as in species of 

 Hadroptcrus. Preopercle entire; opercle with a rather sharp spine. Gill 

 membranes somewhat broadly united, but meeting at a rather acute 

 angle. Head naked, except for 1 to 3 scales on the upper part of the 

 opercle; scales of body rather large, ctenoid ; lateral line complete; nape 

 covered with small scales ; breast loosely scaled ; belly covered with 

 ordinary scales similar to those on the sides; no enlarged ventral plates. 

 Fins all very large; dorsal fins slightly joined; anal fin large, but lower 

 than the soft dorsal, and somewhat shorter; pectorals as long as head, 

 reaching front of anal ; second anal spine longer than first, both of 



