NO. 3550 DARTERS COLLETTE AND KNAPP Q\ 



Syntypes: SU 2201 (2, 38-39), Illinois, small creek near Pekin. 

 The original description was based on 14 specimens from the type 

 locality, but we have been unable to locate the other 12. Smith and 

 Bridges (1960) did not report any type specimens of this species in the 

 collections of the lUinois Natural History Survey which inherited the 

 material of the Illinois State Laboratory. 



MCZ 25051 (1, 45), Illinois, Peoria, 1880, is labeled as cotype but 

 was collected after the original description was pubUshed and came 

 from Peoria rather than from Pekin. 



=Etheostoma (Oligocephalus) asprigene (Forbes). 



Poecilichthys beani Jordan, 1884, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7, p. 479. 



Holotype: USNM 35754 (9, 36), Missouri, Lafayette Co., Tabo 

 Cr., trib. of Missouri R., near Lexington. 



=Etheostoma (Boleosoma) nigrum nigrum Rafinesque. Jordan 

 (1885, p. 548) admitted P. beani was a mutilated mdividual of Boleo- 

 soma maculatum (=E. nigrum). 



Poecilichthys borealis Jordan, 1884, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7, 

 p. 477. 



Lectot5T)e: USNM 35747 (cr^, 41), Canada, Montreal; T. J. Doran; 

 herein selected. D IX-11 ; A 11,7; LL 20+34 = 54; INF 8; POM 10; 

 supratemporal canal widely interrupted; cheeks, opercles, nape, and 

 belly covered with scales; few scattered scales on breast and pre- 

 pectoral region. 



Paralecto types: USNM 197993 (3, 35-48), removed from USNM 

 35747. The fifth syntype mentioned in the original description is in 

 SU 5447 but unfortunately became mixed with two specimens from 

 Gravenhurst, Canada (SU 6261) during the earthquake. 



=Etheostoma (Oligocephalus) exile (Girard). See Hubbs (1926, 

 p. 67) and Richardson (1938). 



Poecilichthys butlerianus Hay, 1883, Bull. U.S. Fish Comm., vol. 2, 

 p. 61. 



Holotype: USNM 32224 (1, 43), Mississippi, Yazoo Co., Big Black 

 R., near Vaughn's Station; O. P. Hay; Aug. 20, 1881. 



=Etheostoma (Hololepis) gracile (Girard). See Hubbs and Cannon 

 (1935) and Collette (1962). 



Poecilichthys camurus Cope, 1870, Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc, vol. 11, 

 p. 265. 



Lectotype: ANSP 13741 (1, 55), Tennesee, headwaters of Cumber- 

 land R.; herein selected by Dr. Edward C. Raney. D X-13; A 11,9; 

 LL58. 



Paralecto types: ANSP 13742-44 (3, 49-56), same data as lectotype. 



