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dkar olive bars on the sides, which are interrupted above Ihe lateral line ; 
a few irregular crimson dots on the sides. Fins uniform, transparent, 
except the first dorsal and caudal ; the former has a median series of 
red spots, the latter is pale orange, with a black margin ; no cross-bars 
on fins in the male ; second dorsal with a black margin. Head 4 ; 
dei)th 4^. D. XIV-13; A. II, 8; scales 8 -53-9. L. 2 inches. French 
Broad Eiver. {Cope.) 
{Pcecilichihys vulneratus Cope, Proc. Am. Philos. Soc. Phila. 1870, 266.) 
Species incompletely described. 
The following species have not been recognized since their original 
description. They i)erhaps belong to Notlionotus. 
796. tesseUBatnis (Storer). 
“Body oblong. Head gibbous, less than one-fourth the length of 
the body. Lateral line straight. Tof) of the head and upiier portion 
of the sides of a greenish-brown color; 8 or 10 transverse bluish bands 
on the sides ; the intervals between these bands are yellowish, and in 
the centre of each is a bluish rhomb; a black blotch at the base of the 
tail; the lips, opercles, and rays of the first dorsal gamboge-yellow. 
D. XII-13; P. 13; V. I, 5; A. II, 10. L. 3 inches. Florence, Ala. 
Caught in running water.” (Storer.) 
{Eiheostoma tessellata Storer, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. 1845: E. tessellafa Storer, 
Synopsis, 273.) 
797. N.? ciaaeireass (Storer). 
“ Body oblong, compressed. Head gibbous directly over the eyes. 
The upper portion of the sides is of a light yellow color, crossed longi- 
tudinally by 3 or 4 cinereous interrupted narrow bands, one or two of 
which commence at the snout, the others back of the head, and are 
lost anterior to the tail; between these bauds is a series of longitu- 
dinally-arranged oval blotches, of a similar color, and from these bands 
descend obliquely backward and downward to the abdomen narrow 
transverse lines; lower portion of the sides yellowish-white; first dor- 
sal margined with red; second dorsal and anal variegated with red 
dots. D. XI-13; P. 15; V. I, 5; A. II, 8. L. 3-4 inches. Florence, 
Ala. Caught in deep, still water when fishing for perch.” {Storer.) 
(Efheostoma cinerea Storer, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. 1845: E. ciuerea Storer, Synop- 
sis 273.) 
264.— NAXOSTOMA Putnam. 
(Putnam MSS. Jordan, BuB. U. S. Nat. Mus. x, 7, 1877 : type Paedlichiliys zonalis Cope.) 
Body fusiform, not greatly compressed. Mouth small, subinferior, 
