1092 Bulletiyt 47, United States National Museum. 



of the Eocky Mountains in Colorado. (Named for its discoverer, Prof. F. 

 "W. Cragin, then director of the Washburn College Laboratory.) 



Etheostoma rragiiii, Gilbert, Bull. Washburn ColleKO Laboratory for March and April, 1885, 90, 

 small stream connecting the " Lake " at Garden City, Kansas, with the Arkan- 

 sas River, (Tyiie, No. H8320. Coll. Cra.aiu); Gilbekt, Pn)c. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1887, G'.i; Jor- 

 dan, Bull. U. S. Fish Comni., ix, 188'J (1S91), 17; Boilenger, Cat., i, 77. 



1482. ETHEOSTOMA OBEYENSE, Kirsth. 



Head 3| ; depth H to 5i. D. VIII to X-12 or 13 ; A. II, 7 to 9 ; scales 

 5-45 to 50-10, pores 10 to 27. Body rather long and low, compressed, 

 the back not much elevated in adults, more so in the young. Head 

 moderate, heavier and less pointed than Etheostoma flabeUare, vrhich this 

 species resembles in many respects. Interorbital space narrow, eye about 

 as long as snout, 4 in head, the maxillary extending nearly to below its 

 middle. Mouth rather large, little oblique, the jaws subequal ; premax- 

 illaries not protractile ; teeth rather strong ; gill membranes slightly con- 

 nected. Head, nape, and breast uaked. Margin of first dorsal rounded, 

 its longest spine 2 in base ; second dorsal larger than first, its margin 

 nearly straight, the anterior ray about 1^ in base ; caudal moderate, equal 

 in length to caudal peduncle, also to base of first dorsal, its margin sub- 

 truncate ; anal smaller than second dorsal aud placed opposite or slightly 

 behind that tin ; pectorals about as long as head ; ventrals equal in length 

 to base of anal. Lateral line almost straight, beginning at upper edge of 

 preopercle and extending backward, slightly descending, to past middle 

 of first dorsal, developed on about 12 scales. Color of adult male, light 

 olive ; dorsal region marked with 7 dark cross bars, the first being on the 

 nape aud the last on the end of the caudal peduncle; on the sides are 10 

 or 11 irregularly-shaped dark spots ; top of head dusky or black ; fins of 

 adult males dusky white; black spot on membrane of first 3 or 4 dorsal 

 spines, vanishing posteriorly ; second dorsal with faint traces of bars ; 

 caudal plain ; margin of anal jet black ; pectorals faintly barred ; ven- 

 trals dusky or black. The female and younger specimens are similarly, 

 but more deeply, colored. Black humeral scale very large and distinct, 

 larger than in related species, as in Etheostoma Jiahellare. The anal, pec- 

 torals, and ventrals of the female and younger specimens are plain white, 

 while the dorsals aud caudal are distinctly barred; on the cheek is a 

 smooth, light colored area, extending from below the eye obliquely 

 upward and backward to a distance twice the length of eye, and termi- 

 nating at upper edge of preopercle, constricted into two parts, the anterior 

 somewhat the larger, and everywhere bounded by a silvery band, being a 

 notable color mark. Length 2f inches. Tributaries of the Cumberland 

 River in Clinton County, Kentucky. (Name from Obey River.) 

 Eiheontoma ohfijenfi; KiRSCH, Bull. V. S. Fish Comm., x, 1890(1892), 292, Indian Creek, Spring 

 Creek, Smith Creek, and Albany Branch, all tributaries of Cumberland River 

 in Clinton County, Kentucky (Type, No. 45565. Coll. Kirsch); Boulenger, Cat., i, 78. 



1483. ETHEOSTOMA PAGET, Meek. 



Head 3i ; depth 4 to 4J ; eye 3i ; snout 3i. D. IX or X-12 or 13 ; A. II, 

 7 ', scales 8-56 to 61-13. Body robust, snout abruptly decurved, but not 



