1074 Bulletin 4/, United States National Museum. 



the absence of bright coloration, the smaller scales, and the squamation 

 of the opercle. Body slender, fusiform, little compressed, the upper 

 anterior profile descending rapidly to tip of snout. Mouth small, hori- 

 zontal, terminal at lower side of snout, the lower jaw included ; maxil- 

 lary reaching vertical from front of orbit, its length slightly less than 

 diameter of eye, 3| in head, in specimens IJ inches long. Interorbital 

 space very narrow, its width half diameter of orbit. Gill membranes 

 widely joined, free from the isthmus. Scales small, 6 to 7 longitudinal 

 series between lateral line and the base of the spinous dorsal ; tubes of 

 lateral line usually 55 or 56 in number, varying from 50 to 57 ; lateral line 

 complete, straight ; opercle more or less completely covered with scales 

 as large as those on sides; cheeks and breast naked, the nape closely 

 scaled. Fins of moderate size, the spines weak and flexible ; length of 

 dorsal spines equaling distance from tip of snout to middle of orbit; anal 

 spines short, about equal in size, their length less than diameter of orbit ; 

 pectorals long, reachiug beyond vertical from vent, their length 3 to 3^ 

 times in length of head and body ; ventrals reaching vent ; caudal short, 

 not deeply notched, 4^ in length. Coloration in life: Grass green, 

 with dark markings, but no red or blue; back with 6 dark cross bars, 

 wider than the light Interspaces ; a series of 6 dark blotches, sometimes 

 W-shaped along sides, immediately below lateral line; usually 4 dark 

 spots at base of caudal, 2 of which are closely approximated at base of 

 median caudal rays ; dark vermiculations on top of snout; a dark bar 

 downward, and 1 downward and forward from eye; fins with wavy, 

 dusky bars. North River, a tributary of the Black \Yarrior River, Ala- 

 bama, {rupestris, living among rocks.) 



Etheostnma rupesire, Gilbert & Swain, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1887, 57, North River, near Tus- 

 caloosa, Alabama, (Type, No. 36695. Coll. Gilbert & Swain); Boulenger, Cat., i, 82. 



1460. ETHEOSTOMA ELEGAXS (Hay). 



Head 4; depth 5; eye 4 in head. D. X-12; A. II, 8; scales 5-42-6. 

 Body stout, somewhat compressed. Head short and deep, with swollen 

 cheeks ; snout abruptly decurved ; mouth subterminal, horizontal, small, 

 the maxillary not reaching the front of eye. Lateral line nearly 

 straight; cheeks, opercles, and back of neck scaly ; chest and region just 

 behind ventrals naked. Spinous dorsal half as high as long, a little 

 longer than the head ; soft dorsal f as long as head and f as high as long; 

 anal f length of head, as high as long; pectoral fins very large, reaching 

 beyond ventrals to vent. Color purplish ; 6 large, quadrate, black 

 blotches along back, and 8 broad, transverse bars along sides fainter, 

 these alternating with dark spots; many of the scales above with jet- 

 black spots, forming longitudinal streaks ; 2 black spots at base of cau- 

 dal, as in zonule, but larger and brighter ; a few black spots behind eye; 

 dark spots downward and forward from eye; ventral and anal fins indigo 

 blue ; pectorals with blue ; a bar of deep orange red along base of both 

 dorsals; female with the lower fins pale. Thought by Dr. Gilbert to be 

 based on highly colored examples of Etheostoma zonule, which is not 



