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NOTES ON INDIANA FISHES. 



75. Etheostoma jessiae (Jordan & Brayton). 



A single specimen of this species was taken in the Wabash at Delphi. 

 Total length, 48 mm ; length to base of caudal, 40 mm ; eye, 5, longer than 

 snout; head, 4; depth, 4§; D., XI-] 1; A.,II-7; scales, 6-52-8; tubes de- 

 veloped on about 38. Cheeks and opercles well scaled. The lower jaw 

 is a little longer than the upper. 



This Darter, described in 187S by Professors Jordan & Brayton from 

 the Chickamauga Iiiver, Georgia, was redescribed a little later by Dr. 

 Forbes under the name Pcecilichthys asprigenis, from a small creek at 

 Pekin, 111., and again by Dr. Jordan in 1884 as Pceciliclithys swaini from 

 a single specimen from a tributary of the Pearl Iiiver, Mississippi. All 

 these are now regarded by Dr. Jordan as one species. 



Several specimens were collected by Jordan & Gilbert in the Sabine 

 Eiver, at Longview, Tex., in September, 1884.* The above are the only 

 localities from which it has been reported outside of Illinois. 



76. Etheostoma eos Jordan & Copeland. 



Apparently quite rare; one specimen taken in the Tippecanoe. (J.) 



77. Cottus richardsoni Agassiz. Miller's Thuml. 



A few specimens were taken in each of the two Deer Creeks, while in 

 Honey Creek it was found to be very common. Exceedingly large 

 specimens were obtained from this creek. 



In the following tabulated statement an attempt is made to indicate 

 the distribution and abundance of each species in the various streams 

 from which collections were made. The relative abundance of each 

 species in each stream is indicated by the figures— 1 {very rare), 2 {rare), 

 3 {tolerably common), 4 {common), 5 {abundant). 



Species. 



Petromyzontip.e. 

 Petromyzon concolor (Kirtland) 



POLYODOXTIDvE. 



1'olyodon spat hula (Walbauni) 



ACIPE.NSEKID^E. 



Scaphirhynckus platyihynchus Raf 



LEMDOSTEIDjE. 



Lepisotteus osseusL 



SlLUBUDJE. 



NoturuH gyrinut (Mitch ill) 



NoturuK mi urns .Ionian 



Noturus i-.rilis N elaon 1 



Noturus flams RaflneBque 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns. 1886, 10. 



