514 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY IV. 
lenmcotii* Pntnam, Ball. Mns. Comp. Zool. 1863, 3: Etlieostoma linsleyi Storer, Prop. 
Soc. Nat. Hist. 1851, 37: Catonotns flabcUaius Vaillaiit 1. c. 121: Calonotus lintshyi 
Vaillaiit, Rcclierphes, 1873, 125: Etlieostoma JlahcUare Jordan, Man. Vert. ed. 2, 227.) 
aa Cheeks, opercles, neck, and throat closely scaly ; jaws e(£ual ; lateral line nearly com- 
plete. 
S05. E= sqasanaaaeeps Jordan. 
Body ratlier elongate, considerably compressed, the caudal peduncle 
deep, riead large; the jaws comi)aratively short and equal. Lateral 
line wanting only on a few of the posterior scales, and with occa- 
sional tubes behind the continuous series. Spinous dorsal low and 
short, the spines about equal, less than half the height of the second 
dorsal ; bases of the two dorsals about equal, slightly connected by 
membrane. Color dark, without spots, stripes or bands, in spirits; 
male mottled, with about C cross-blotches ; vertical fins cross-barred ; 
lower fins black in the male, jiale in the female; a large black humeral 
spot. Ilead 3 T ; depth 5. D. lX-12 ; A. 11, 7 ; scales 5-50-6. L. 2 ^ 
inches. Ohio Valley; not common. 
(Jordan, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. x, 11, 1877.) • 
266.— PCECIESCEITISYS A gassiz. 
Rcdnhoic Darters. 
{OJigocepbatus, DoJelchtliys, ApJesion, and Ah-arius Girard: Astatichthys Vaillant: 
Hololepis Agassiz.) 
(Agassiz, Amer. Journ. Sci. Arts, 1854, 304: type Pcevilichthys variatus Agassi z=E’;/i,eos- 
toma ceerulea Storer.) 
Body variously robust or elongate, usually compressed. Head rather 
large. Mouth moderate, nearly horizontal, terminal or near! 3 ^ so; vo- 
mer with teeth; xiiemaxillaries not protractile. Gill-membranes scarcely" 
connected. Scales rather large, those on the belly similar to the others. 
Lateral line wanting posteriorlj’, its tubes beginning at the orbit. Dor- 
sal sxrines 6 to 11 , the middle ones highest and more than half the height 
of the soft rays ; second dorsal larger than spinous dorsal or anal ; anal 
with two spines, the first usually the larger. Yertebrre in P. coeruleas, 
15 -f 18; in P eos, 15 + 21 . Size small. Coloration usually brilliant. 
{-or/.iXo:;, variegated; fish.) 
*The original types of Catonotns kemiicotti, uow iu poor condition, show tlie follow'- 
ing characters: 
Color plain, without trace of lines or spots ; pectorals, caudal, and both dorsals 
checkered with black. Black humeral si)ot large. Cheeks, opercles and breast naked. 
Scales rather large. Lateral line extending to below middle of second dorsal. Gill- 
mcmbraucs forndng an angle with each other. Pectorals a little shorter than head. 
Head 3S; depth 5^. I). VllI, 10; A. 11, 5; scales 5-40 6. From Southern Illinois. 
