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In life, male olive-green, light green below ; markings all dark green ; 

 base and lower edge of pectoral tinged with saffron ; base and tip of first 

 dorsal bright snuffy-brown ; second dorsal and caudal olive, speckled : 



lower fins pale yellow. 



Female and younger specimens have the body more speckled; the 



pectorals and caudal barred with dark. 

 . Ten specimens of this well-marked species were obtained. Two from 

 the South Fork of the Holston Eiver at Holstein Mills, Va.; two from 

 the Middle Fork of the Holston at Marion, Va., and six from the South 

 Fork of the Swannanoa River, at Black Mountain, N. C. The species 

 apparently frequents only clear mountain streams. 

 14. Etheostoma longimane * Jordan. (No. 39865, U. S. Nat. Mas.) 

 Subgenus Boleosoma De Kay. 



Head, 4f in length to base of caudal ; depth, 5. D. x-13. A. I, 8. 

 Scales 5-44-7. Largest specimen (Loch Laird, Va.), 2£ inches long. 



Body moderately elongate, not much compressed ; head rather long, 

 somewhat blunt anteriorly, convex above the eyes; profile of the snout 

 steep and nearly straight; premaxillaries protractile; lower jaw in- 

 cluded- mamillaries reaching front of orbit, about as long as eye, which 

 is four in head, and about as long as snout; teeth rather strong; gill 

 membranes a little connected ; cheeks naked ; opercles with some scales; 

 nape and breast naked. 



Lateral line complete; scales rather large; belly naked anteriorly, 

 with ordinary scales posteriorly. Pectorals very long, reaching front 

 of anal, about H times as long as head; ventrals long, but not reach- 

 ing tips of pectorals nor front of anal. Dorsal spines high, the longest 

 U in head; soft dorsal very high, 1^ in head; anal smaller than soft 

 dorsal; anal spine short, the first ray longer than the spine, simple, but 

 articulate towards the tip. Caudal lunate. 



Color in spirits straw-color, many scales on the back darker; ten dark 

 spots on sides, rather irregular and small; one at base of caudal and 

 one on front of opercle ; back with five or six dark cross-blotches. Both 

 dorsals with dark spots ; caudal and pectoral somewhat barred ; three or 

 four dark bars only on caudal ; ventrals and anal plain; a stripe forward 

 from eye, but only a very faint dark shade below eye; a little black 

 spot on base of pectoral above; sometimes faint dark dashes on lower 

 part of side, alternating with the dark blotches. 



In life this species is clear green, with markings of darker green or 



This interesting species is common in tributaries of the James River 

 in Virginia, abounding in rocky, swift waters, especially among river 

 weeds. It is technically a -Boleosoma- but it is not very closely re- 

 lated to the nigrum group, but allied rather to those called Ulocentra. 



(No 24619! Mas. Comp. Zool.) taken in a tributary of James Rxver. Tbepresentde- 

 scription is drawn from better material. 



