1098 Bulletin ^/, United States National Museum. 



Catonotits f<x>iciati(K, Girard, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1859, 68, Madrid, New York, and 



Grass River. (Type, Nos. 1393 and 1345. Coll. E. 0. Dayton.) 

 Catonotiis lennicotti* Putnam, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., i, 1863, 3, southern Illinois. 

 Catonotusfabellatus, Vaillant, Kecherches, 121, 1873, with plate. 

 EtheostortM flahellan', Joudan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 513, 1883; Boulenger, Cat., i, S6. 



A slight variety of this species, from the Cumberland Mountains, has 

 been recognized by name as 



1490a. ETHEOSTOMA FLABELLARE CUMBERLANDICUM, Jordan & Swain. 



Head Sf ; depth 5f ; eye 4i in head, equal to snout. D. VIII, 11 ; A. II, 

 7; scales 45, the tubes on 15 to 20 scales. Body moderately elongate, 

 somewhat compressed, the back little elevated. Head usually thick and 

 heavy, little tapering anteriorly, much stouter than in E. flahellare. 

 Mouth terminal, very oblique, the lower jaw somewhat projecting, 

 maxillary extending nearly to below its middle. Teeth rather strong. 

 Head, nape, and breast naked; belly and region along dorsal with the 

 scales small ; scales of body smoother than in E. flahellare and more 

 looselj'^ imbricated, especially in the adult. Fins essentially as in other 

 species, the dorsal spines low and subequal, lowest in the male, the flesh 

 at their tips being thickened ; caudal large, rounded ; other fins mod- 

 erate. Color in life greenish, semitranslucent, the body in the adult 

 without trace of lines, cross bars, or spots, excepting the large, black 

 humeral spot ; back with a few faint dusty cross shades. Young with 

 tessellated spots and numerous faint cross bars, which are developed 

 chiefly as a series of spots along the lateral line ; a dark streak from eye 

 through snout ; a round, black spot behind eye ; first dorsal translucent, 

 abruptly edged with black, the free tips of the spines golden orange; 

 second dorsal obliquely barred with alternating bands of black and 

 golden; caudal pale, with about 7 very sharply defined curved cross 

 bands of black ; pectorals olivaceous, scarcely barred, an orange bar at 

 base; ventrals and anal plain, slightly dusky. Length 2f inches. 

 Brooks in the Cumberland Mountains tributary to Cumberland River. 



Etheontoma citmherlandicum, Jordan & Swain, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1883, 251, small streams 

 of the Cumberland Mountains, 'Wolf Creek and Briar Creek, near Pleasant 

 View, Whitley County, Kentucky. (Coll. 'Jordan & Swain.) 



A better marked variety, differing chiefly in color, representing Etheos- 

 toma flahellare to the northwestward, is 



1490b. ETHEOSTOMA FLABELLARE LINEOLATUM (Agassiz). 



Very similar to the typical flahellare, but rather less elongate and more 

 compressed. Coloration darker, each scale with a dark spot, these form- 

 ing a series of conspicuous longitudinal lines along the rows of scales ; 



*The original types of Calonohts JcennicoUi, now in poor condition, show the following charac- 

 ters: Color plain, without trace of lines or spots on body; pectorals, caudal, and both dorsals 

 brightly checkered with black. Black humeral spot large. Cheeks, opercles, and breast naked. 

 Scalesi rather large. Lateral line extending to below middle of second dorsal. Gill membranes 

 forming an angle with each other. Pectorals a little shorter than head. Head 3%; depth 5)^. 

 D. VIII, 10; A, II, 7; scales 5-40 to 42-X. From a rocky brook in Southern Illinois. 



