ETHEOSTOMATIDiE. H 



Fins large; rays, dorsal XII, 10; anal II, 7. Base of spinous dor- 

 sal 1^ times length of head, 3]- in length ; the spines high, the highest 

 about f the length of the head. 



Dorsal fins contiguous, with a slight connecting membrane. Second 

 dorsal higher, but smaller than first, its base about equal to the length 

 of the head. Pectoral fins moderate, reaching past the middle of the 

 dorsal. 



Color olivaceous ; head above entirely black ; a black bar below eye ; 

 back with eight dark cross-blotches; about eleven bar-like blotches, 

 somewhat indistinct, arranged along the lateral" line. Fins chiefly 

 black. Membranes of the second dorsal and ventral fins entirely black, 

 that of spinous dorsal with a broad, black, horizontal bar at base, above 

 which are numerous distinct black oblique streaks; anal with a broad 

 black bar and caudal and pectorals largely dusky. It is likely that 

 females, and male fish at other seasons, will be found to be paler in 

 color. 



Length of type-specimen 2J inches. 



Collected in a tributary of the Cumberland River, near Nashville, 

 Tenn., by Prof. A. Winchell, to whom the National Museum is indebted 

 for a fine series of Tennessee fishes. 



9. ETHEOSTOMA SQUAMICEPS, sp. nov. 



Cato)iotus foniinalia, Putnam, MSS. (1860) (not E.fontinalis Raf.). 



A species of the genus JStheostoma, found in the streams of Kentucky,, 

 has been for a long time indicated in manuscript, but has never yet 

 been fully described. 



The following account is taken from two fine specimens in the United 

 States National Museum (No. 1345), collected by Dr. Bebb, at Russell- 

 ville, Ky., and labelled Catonotus fontinalis by Prof. Putnam. 



Body oblong, rather elongate, pretty strongly compressed, the general 

 form being much like that of U. flabellaris, but with deeper caudal pe- 

 duncle, the depth being about one-fifth of the length. Head large, 3| 

 in length, shorter and stouter than in E. flaheUaris ; the jaws much 

 shorter and exactly equal ; eye rather large, ^ in head. Cheeks and 

 opercles thickly scaly, as are the throat and region in front of the dor- 

 sal ; middle line of the belly with ordinary scales. Lateral line almost 

 complete, wanting on about ten of the posterior scales, but with occa- 

 sional perforated scales behind the continuous series. 



