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20. Lepomis megalotvis (Rafinestiue). Paw Paw creek ; Kentii^r's creek. 



27. Lepomis gihbosus [lAxnitexis) . Paw Paw creek. 



28. Mkropterns dolomieu (Lac^pede). Eel river; Paw Paw creek. 



PERCID.E. 



21). Etheostoma pellucidum'Baird. Eel river. 



.30. Etheostoma nignnn Rafinesque. Paw Paw creek ; Eel river ; Kent- 

 ner's creek, 

 ol. Etheostoma hlennioides Rafinesque. Eel river; Paw Paw creek. 



32. Etheostoma aspro (Cope and Jordan). Paw Paw creek. 



33. Etheostoma flahellare Rafinesque. Eel river. 



34. Etheostoma coeruleum Storer. Eel river ; Paw Paw creek ; Kentner's 

 creek. 



COTTID.-K. 



35. Cottus richardsoni Agassiz. Kentner's creek. 



Ax ALPHABETICAL AND SYXONYMICAL CATALOGUE OF THE ACKIDID.r. OF THE 



United States. By AV. S. Blatchley. 



Variations in the color-pattern of etheostoma caprodes. By W. J. 



MOEXKHAUS. 



[Abstract.] 



In examining a representative number of Etheostoma caprodes from lo- 

 calities covering practically all the territory of its distribution. It was 

 found that there existed a great variation in the color-pattern and that this 

 variation showed a definite line of development. 



The simplest coloration consisted of alternate long and short vertical 

 bars developed on the body from the head to the base of the caudal. This 

 simplest coloration was the prevailing pattern of the specimens taken 

 from the streams of Indiana. Four specimens from the Alabama river dif- 

 fered only in that the bars were very much broader and more intensely 

 colored. 



In the specimens taken from certain tributaries of the Cumberland and 



