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Body stout, with a heavy flattened head, the vertex 

 being depressed, and the body tapering regularly to the 

 tail. The head is contained three and two-thirds, and 

 the depth five times in the body. The mouth is large 

 with the maxillary reaching to the posterior edge of the 

 pupil, and jaws equal. Eye moderate, three and a half 

 in head, one in sncut, one-half in interorbital space. 

 Pectorals large, reaching nearly to ventrals. Lateral line 

 well marked, decurved opposite posterior end of soft 

 dorsal. Coloration : dark above, with deeper blotches, 

 dull whitish below ; fins, with exception of ventrals, dark 

 and mottled. Preopercular spine sharp, not hooked, 

 directed obliquely backwards and upwards, the inferior 

 two being feebly developed. Subopercular spine short, 

 directed forwards. The fin formula is, D. VIII. — 17. 

 A. 12. P. 13. V. I.— 4. Length four inches. 



Uranidea forniosa Girard. Miller's Thumb. 



As its specific name implies, this is among the pretti- 

 est of the fresh-water sculpins. The body is fusiform 

 and slender, the head small, slightly depressed on top 

 behind the orbits, narrowed anteriorly. Profile of head 

 rounded. Head is contained four and a quarter times in 

 total length. Mouth small, jaws equal, maxillary reach- 

 ing the pupil. Eye moderate, four in head, one in snout, 

 one-quarter in interorbital sj^ace. the latter with a groove 

 between the very proximate orbital ridges. Preopercular 

 spine moderately developed, acute, slightly curving up- 

 wards, with a small one on edge of opercle below. Sub- 

 opercular spine directed forward and downward, well 

 developed. Lateral line not conspicuous, disappearing 

 opposite middle of second dorsal. Upper parts dusk}', 

 mottled, the more or less regular longitudinal rows of 

 spots being somewhat confluent ; sides lighter with spots 



