29. SILURID^ NOTURUS. 
90 
5 in this distance ; dorsal nearer anal than snout. Anal 14. numeral 
l)rocess very shcrt. L. 3 inches. Georgia to Mississippi; uotabuudaut. 
(Jordan, Ann, Lyc. Nat. Hist. N. Y. 1877 ; Jordan, 1. c. 102.) 
tt Pectoral spine serrate behind, rongliisb in front; adipose tin emarginate. 
hh. Pectoral spines extremely strong, more than half the length of head, curved ; 
their posterior serrte strong, spine-like, hooked backward, each about as 
long as the diameter of the spines. 
86. W. Bniwrtas Jordan. 
Body much mottled, black and grayish. Top of head, tip of dorsal, 
middle of adipose tin, and edge of caudal definitely blackish. Bodj’ with 
four broad cross-blotches, one before dorsal, one behind it, one on mid- 
dle of adipose fin, and one small one behind it. Adipose fin connected 
with the caudal fin. Distance from snout to dorsal about 2| in length. 
Pectoral spine in this distance. Dorsal fin higher than long. Body 
not very elongate nor much depressed. Dorsal region often somewhat 
elevated. Depth usually 44-5 in length; head 3|-4. Dorsal nearer 
anal than tip of snout. Anal 12 or 13 rays. Pectoral spine curved and 
finely serrate without, with six strong recurved pectinations within, 
each nearly as long as the diameter of the spine, numeral process 
short. L. 4 inches. Great Lakes to MiuResota and Louisiana ; com- 
mon. 
(Jordan, Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. N. Y. 1877, 371 ; Jordan, 1. c. 100.) 
Sy. J\. eletaJheD’MS Jordan. 
Color much as in K. miurus^ extensively variegated. Snout, cheeks, 
andi occipital region black. A black bar across front of dorsal, one be- 
hind dorsal, and another across middle of adijiose fin ; base of caudal 
fin black. One or two narrow horizontal black bars across dorsal and 
anal near their tips. Caudal vaguely barred, largely black, its tip 
white. Body stout, broad forward, tapering behind. Head large, llat- 
tish, 33 in length of body, without caudal ; depth of body 5^ in length ; 
width of head 4^- in length of body. Mouth large, the upper jaw much 
projecting ; barbels rather long. Adipose fin rather high, so deejfiy 
notched that the continuity of the fin is broken for a distance nearly 
equal to the diameter of the eye. A keel on the back in front of the 
adipose fin. Caudal fin rounded. Distance from snout to dorsal 2| in 
length of body. Pectoral spine in this distance 2 times ; in head 14. 
Dorsal spine one-half the height of the fin ; 3J times in distance from 
snout to dorsal; 2.4 in length of head. Pectinations of pectoral spine 
very strong, recurved, nearly as long as the diameter of the spine. 
Front of i^ectoral spine with small teeth turned forward. Fin-radii : D. 
