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terminal, oblique, rather small, the maxillary scarcely reaching vertical 

 from front of pupil, 3? in head ; premaxillaries on level of lower margin 

 of orbit, the jaws about equal. Eye equaling snout, \\ to 4i in head, 

 twice interorbital width. Preopercle entire. Gill membranes not united. 

 Spinous dorsal high, the spines strong, the membrane from last spine not 

 joining base of soft dorsal ; highest dorsal spine slightly more than half 

 length of head ; base of soft dorsal \\ in base of spinous dorsal ; anal 

 shorter than soft dorsal and inserted more anteriorly, the first spino 

 longer and stronger than the second, f the height of longest anal ray 

 and i length of head ; caudal fan-shaped when widely spread ; pectorals 

 reaching beyond tips of ventrals, \\ in head; ventrals extending half 

 way to base of second anal spine. Scales large, strongly ctenoid, pres- 

 ent on nape, the breast naked; opercles scaly, head otherwise naked. 

 No enlarged black humeral scale. Lateral line complete or wanting on 

 occasional scales in its course, straight. Colors probably brilliant in life. 

 In spirits, the males are olivaceous, darker above, the sides with faint, 

 narrow longitudinal dark lines running between the rows of scales ; 

 back with 8 black cross bars wider than the interspaces, the first on 

 nape, the second under and in advance of origin of spinous dorsal, the 

 fifth under first rays of soft dorsal ; the first bar continued downward 

 into axil of pectorals, the others usually not reaching lateral line ; mid- 

 dle of sides with irregular bars, usually formed of disconnected blotches, 

 and 9 or 10 in number ; a pair of black blotches at base of median caudal 

 rays and sometimes a pair at base of outer rays; fin rays all blackish, 

 the membranes lighter; basal half of anterior portion of spinous dorsal 

 black, its margin narrowly white, a narrow submarginal dark line below 

 it. Soft dorsal and caudal with a wide white (probably orange in life) 

 submarginal band, the tips narrowly black ; anal and ventrals similar; 

 but without black margin ; pectorals uniform dusky, with light mem- 

 branes ; snout and top of head blackish ; a small black spot behind eye ; 

 fins probably blue and orange in life. Females mottled, with fins barred. 

 Tributaries of the Coosa Kiver in the Alabama River basin; locally 

 abundant. (Named for David Starr Jordan.) 



Etheosloma (Nofhonofii.':) jordaiii, Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish Ouinm., ix, 18S9 (1891), 156, plate 43, 

 fig. ?., Choccolo Creek, Oxford, Alabama, and Chestnut Creek, Verbena, Ala- 

 bama. (Coll. Kirsch.) 



Etheostoma jordani, Boulenger, Cat., i, 70. 



Subgenus TORRENTARIA, Jordan & Evermann. 

 1469. ETHEOSTOMA SAGITTA, .lordan k Swain. 



Head ^\ depth 4+. D. X-13; A. I, 10; scales about 68 (48 tubes). 

 Body rather slender, compressed, the back a little elevated, the caudal 

 peduncle rather long and not very deep. Head very long and slender, 

 eel-like, tapering forward to a sharp snout, its depth at the pupil about i 

 its length. Interorbital space narrow. Snout about as long as eye, 5 in 

 head. Mouth very large for the genus, oblique, the maxillary reaching 

 to below front of pupil, 3i in head. Jaws subequal in front, upper jaw 

 not protractile ; teeth rather strong. No scales on cheeks, opercles, or 



