85. PERCID.E NOTHONOTUS. 
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dark olive or blackish, with an obscure band of a paler shade ; belly 
paler ; breast and throat deep rich blue ; sides profuse!}" sprinkled with 
crimson dots; these spots sometimes arranged in short longitudinal 
series of threes and fours; series of olivaceous lines along the rows 
of scales ; first dorsal with a black spot at base in front and a crim- 
son one on the margin between the first and second rays ; second dor- 
sal, caudal, and anal crimson, bordered with yellow, which again is 
bordered with black or dark blue on the edge of the fin ; the crimson is 
deepest next the yellow; pectoral and ventral fins with a broad red mar- 
gin. Females less distinctly marked; olivaceous, somewhat barred. 
Head 4; depth 4J. D. XI-13; A. II, 8; scales 7-53-8. L. 24 inches. 
Ohio to Tennessee in clear streams ; one of the most elegant members 
of this most beautiful genus. 
(Poecilichthys camurtis Cope, Proc. Am. Philos. Soc. Phila. 1870, 2G5 : Xotlionotus 
camurus Jordan, 1. c. 225.) 
aa. Head rather long and xJointed; muzzle not decurved. 
b. Dorsal spines 10 to 12. 
c. Scales small ; lateral line 55 to 65 ; fins not dark-edged. 
d. Body slender. 
792, W. sang:uiflmis (Cope) Jor. 
Body elongate, with dorsal line not elevated, and the caudal peduncle 
very deep. Head flat, acuminate, the front descending very gradually, 
the mandible rising as gradually to its extremity ; orbit rather large, equal 
to snout, 4 in head ; end of maxillary reaching front of pupil ; teeth 
of outer row larger. Fins generally, especially the.candal, short ; latter 
slightly rounded; first dorsal much elongate; first anal spine very 
large. Coloration above black, shading to dark olive below, and with 
a narrow, wavy, leather colored dorsal baud; throat turquoise blue; 
sides and dorsal region marked with small circular spots of bright ci’im- 
sou, irregularly disposed, and in considerable number; first dorsal 
uucolored, with a black spot at base anteriorly and a dark shade through 
the middle; second dorsal blood-red, without border; caudal with two 
large crimson spots confluent on the middle line of the tail at its base, 
without border ; ixectorals and veutrals not red-bordered ; females dull, 
with the fins black-barred and not crimson. Head 4 ; depth 5^. I). XII- 
12; A. II, 9; scales 9-58-10. L. 2| inches. South Fork of Cumber- 
land River, Tenn. {Cope.) 
{Pcccilichthys sanguifluus Cox)e, Proc. Am. Philos. Soc. Phila. 1870, 264; Nothouotus 
sanguifluus Jordan, Man. Vert. 226.) 
