Jordan and Evermann. — Fishes of N'ortJi America. 1091 



of cheek and opercle and a broad bar downward to behind the mandi- 

 ble ; a conspicuous black humeral spot ; usually a darker area at base of 

 caudal, one belovr soft dorsal and a dusky bar in axil of pectoral, ending 

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

 indistinct wavy bars formed of black punctnlations ; anal and ventrals 

 dusted with coarse black specks. Length 2 inches. Ozark region of 

 southwestern Missouri; not very common ; in small brooks : here described 

 from specimens from James Fork of White River, Marshfield, Missouri. 

 (jjunctulatus, with little points.) 



PoscUichOitjs punctulatm, Agabsiz, Amer. Jour. Sci. and Arts, 1S54, 304, Osage River, Mis- 

 souri. 

 Boleosoma piinclulalum, VAltLAjrr, Kecherches, 92, 187B. 

 EUteostoma punctuUUum, Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 1887, GO; BorLEXGEB, Cat., i, 79. 



1481. ETHEOSTOMi CBAGIXI, Gilbert. 



Head 3h ] depth 4f . D. Till or IX -10 to 12 (VI, 12 in one specimen, 

 probably abnormal ) ; A. II, 6or 7 ; scales 6-16 to 5-3. pores 15 to 20. Head 

 and body heavy and not closely compressed, the back not elevated, the 

 caudal peduncle deep ; snout short and broad, less than diameter of orbit, 

 5 in head ; mouth terminal, broad, little oblique, the lower jaw included; 

 the maxillary scarcely reaching vertical from front of pupil, 3i in head. 

 Premasillaries nonprotractile. Eye large, much longer than snout, 

 equaling length of maxillary. Interorbital space narrow, less than diam- 

 eter of pupil. Preopercle entire; opercle ending in a short, flat point, 

 the spine poorly developed. Gill membranes very slightly connected 

 across the isthmus. A conspicuous black humeral scale. Fins small, the 

 pectorals reaching but little beyond tips of ventrals, 1| in head ; spinous 

 dorsal low, the spines strong, the longest about ? length of head ; anal fin 

 very small ; first anal spine longer and stronger than the second, 3i in 

 head; caudal truucate, equaling length of pectorals. Scales weakly 

 ctenoid, uniformly covering body, including nape and ventral region, 

 becoming somewhat smaller anteriorly on sides ; cheeks and opercles with 

 few scales or none, head and breast otherwise naked. Color in spirits : 

 Olivaceous, much mottled with dusky above ; lower half of sides sprinkled 

 with coarse black specks, and with traces of two silvery lines; middle of 

 sides with a series of about 12 dusky spots as large as pupil, the inter- 

 spaces silvery ; a black spot on opercle, one behind and one below orbit; 

 snout dusky ; caudal conspicuously barred with light and dark ; soft dor- 

 sal and anal faintly barred ; spinous dorsal translucent, dusted with 

 minute dark points, margined with blackish; traces of orange markings 

 on lower side of head, and on bases of pectoral fins ; caudal apparently 

 tinged, in life, with bright yellow. In life, fins with brick-red shades ; 

 body with blue specks: body aud fins profusely punctulate with black. 

 Length U inches. Western portion of Arkansas River Basin, from Garden 

 City to Canon City, in small brooks ; the only darter reaching the ba«e 



