1072 Bulletin 4J, United States National Museum. 



dark green ; females duller and more speckled. Length 2\ inches. Santee 

 River basin in North and South Caroliua ; locally very abundant ; a pretty 

 species, {tkalassinns, sea green, from (hilaaaa, sea.) 



Nolhonohis thalassimii', .TonDAN & Brayton, Bull. XII, U. S. Nat. Mus., 13, 1878, Reedy River, 

 Greenville, South Carolina; Catawba River and tributaries in North Carolina; 

 Ennoree River, Chick Springs, South Carolina; and Saluda River, Farr's Mill, 

 South Carolina, (Type, No. 31122. Coll. Jordan iV Brayton); Jokdan &Gildekt, Synoiisis, 

 511, 1883. 



Elkeosioma thalassinmu, JORDAN, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., viii, 1888 (1890), 139; Boulengeb, Cat., 

 1,83. 



1457. ETHEOSTOMA INSCRIPTUM (Jordan & Brayton). 



Head 4f ; depth 4f ; eye 3i, about equal to snout. D. XI-12 ; A. II, 8 ; 

 scales 5-46-5. Body rather stout and deep, strongly compressed. Caudal 

 peducle rather deep. Head large, rather obtuse, the profile quite gibbous, 

 a considerable angle formed opposite the eyes, Avhich are high up and 

 close together. Mouth moderate, slightly oblique, the maxillary reaching 

 eye, the upper jaw the longer. Head entirely scaleless ; neck above scaly ; 

 breast naked; belly closely scaled; scales large. Fins large; spinous 

 dorsal longer than soft dorsal, which is somewhat larger than the anal ; 

 the 2 dorsals connected by membrane; dorsal spines a little more than 

 half the length of the head ; pectorals large. Color olive, with a bright 

 scarlet spot on each scale, these forming continuous lines along the rows 

 of scales ; 3 dark blotches across the back ; 1 in front of dorsal, forming 

 a black spot on the anterior spines ; 1 between the 2 dorsal fins, forming 

 a similar black spot on the last rays of the spinous dorsal, and 1 on the 

 caudal peduncle, behind the second dorsal ; sides with about 8 irregular 

 dark-olive blotches just below the lateral line; edge of spinous dorsal 

 black, below this bright orange red, a dusky bar at the base; entire anal 

 fin, cheeks, opercles, and a bar below the eye bright blue ; females with- 

 out red spots, the sides blotched. Length 2^ inches. Oconee River, 

 Georgia; scarce; one of the most beautiful of the group, {inscriptus, 

 written on, from the markings. ) 

 Nolhonolus inscriptus, Jordan & Brayton, Bull, xn, U. S. Nat. Mus., 34, 1878, Oconee River, at 



Sulphur Springs, Hall County, Georgia. (Coll. Jordan & Brayton). 

 Nanostoma lusmplwn, Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 512, 1883. 



1458. ETHE0ST0M.4. BLENNIUS, Gilbert & Swain. 



Head 4f ; depth 4? ; eye 1+ in snout, 4i in head. D. XII-12; A. II, 8; 

 scales 5-43-8. Body exceedingly robust, little compressed, the ventral 

 outline more strongly arched than dorsal outline ; greatest depth opposite 

 front of spinous dorsal, the 2 profiles thence converging rapidly backward 

 to form the rather long, slender, caudal peduncle. Head very deep, with 

 subvertical cheeks, broad below, narrowing upward and forward. Profile 

 from nape to middle of interorbital space nearly horizontal, thence abruptly 

 and very obliquely decurved to tip of snout. Middle of eye equidistant 

 from tip of snout and front of nape. Greatest depth of preorbital f length 



