FISHES OF THE TENNESSEE BASIN. 59 



Genus PCECILICHTHYS Agassis. 

 11. PCECILICHTHYS JESSIE Jor. <& Brayt. 



Jordan, Man. Vert. E. U. S. ed. 2d, 1878, 227. 



Body fusiform, rather deep aud compressed, the depth 5 to5|in length, 

 the Ibrm of the body similar to tbat of P. spectahilis. 



Head rather large, moderately pointed, 4 Iq leugth. Mouth rather 

 large, terminal, the upper jaw slightly longest, not protractile. Eye 

 pretty large, high up, 3| in head, about equal to snout. 



Cheeks naked, scaly above: opercles scaly: throat naked: neck 

 above scaly : scales medium, G-45 to 50-7. Lateral line incomplete, but 

 extending farther than in P. variaius and P. spectabilis, on about 35 

 scales, or nearly to the end of the second dorsal. 



Fins moderate. Dorsal, XIl — about 12. Anal II, 9. 



Color, in spirits, olivaceous, with about nine squarish, bar-like blotches 

 along the sides, aud about live dark cross-blotches on the back. Dorsal 

 and caudal fins faintly barred. 



In life, the fish is chestnut-colored above, and the squares on the sides 

 are bright dark blue : the fins are mottled with chestnut. A dark yel- 

 low or orange band across the dorsal. Second dorsal and anal with dark 

 and golden specklings. 



Several specimens, each about two inches long, taken in Chickamauga 

 River at Ringgold. The specimens are certainly not fully grown, and 

 the coloration of the adult male is doubtless much more brilliant. It 

 will be at once distinguished from P. variatus and P, spectabilis by the 

 scaliness of the upi)er part of the cheeks, by the greater development 

 of the lateral line, the more numerous dorsal spines, and the coloration. 

 This species is named for Mrs. Jessie D. Brayton. 



Genus ETHEOSTOMA Bafinesque. 



12. ETHEOSTOMA FLABELLAKE liojincsque. 



Abundant in the upper waters of the Tennessee in clear rapid 

 streams. 



Genus ? . 



13. (ETHEOSTOMA) ciNEREA Storer. 



Described from Florence, Ala. The description has reference chiefly 

 to the coloration. Neither this species nor the next have been rec- 

 ognized by any author subsequent to their description. 



14. (ETHEOSTOMA) TESSELLATA Utorer. 



From the Tennessee River at Florence, Ala. 



