124 TELEOSTEI : ACANTIIOITKKI. — XX. 



J. Scales about 5-50-9; D. IX -12; lateral line often incomplete behind; 

 fins moderate. 



326. E. nigrum Kafmcsquc. "Johnny." Body slmdor, fusi- 

 form; snout soiiu'wliat (li-riirvod ; mouth small', suWnfj-rior ; pale 

 olivf. Inu-k sjH'ckK'tl with hrown ; sidos witli numiTous W-shaped 

 blotches; m:Urs in sprinnj dusky anteriorly, somrtimes ontiroly hiack. 

 He:id 4^; depth 5. l).IX-i2. A. I,' 8. Vert. 15 -f- 22 = 3 7. 

 L. 2^. Dakota to W. Penn. and Mo., very abundant in small 

 brooks. {Boleosoma maculalum Agassiz.) 



yy. Scales about 5-40-6; dorsal rays IX -13; lateral line complete; 

 (ins very high. 



327. E. effulgena (Girard). Snout mueh derurvcd ; brown, with 

 9 spots on siile ; fins black ; 2d 1). and C. with white specks. Head 

 4^; depth 5^. L. 2^. Penn. to N. C probaVily a variety of B. 

 nujrum. (.* B. fcsnpus Cope ; D. VII - 14.) (Lat., shining.) 



hh. Soft dorsal with 10 or 11 rays. 



t. Cheeks naked ; opercles scaly; scales 4-35-6. 



328. E. vexillare Jordan. Body rather stout ; nape naked ; 

 snout decurved ; fins very high ; ^ dusky olive, faintly barre<l ; 

 2d I), and C. witli pale spots; other fins mostly black. Head 4; 

 depths. D. VIH-IO. A. I, 7. L. 2}. Rappahannock K., Va., 

 one specimen known. (L., bearing a standard.) 



t». Checks and opercles wholly naked; scales in lateral lino 45. 



329. E. susanae (Jordan & Swain). Very slender; head short 

 and small, the snout decurved ; head, nape, bn'ast, and middle of 

 belly naked ; fins low. Color of K. tiirjrutn. Head 4^ ; depth G^. 

 D. VHI-10. A. I, 8, L. 2. Cumberland R., abundant in S. Ky. 

 (To Mrs. Susan Bowen Jordan.) 



gff. T^iteral line ceasing near middle of body. (Vaillantia > Jordan.) 



330. E. chlorosoma (Hay). Body sleniler, with long tail; back 

 somewhat elevated ; mouth small, inferior, the snout strongly de- 

 curved ; cheeks, opercles and bri'ast scaly, nape naked; fins small. 

 Olivaceous, the back spotted ; about ten dark spots on sides ; a dark 

 opercular spot; head spotted above; D. and C. barred. Head 4J; 

 depth ."i^. D. X-10. A. 1, 8. Scales 5-.56-10. Vert. 38. L. 2^. 

 III. to Ala. and Ark., common S. W. (Boleosoma camur^m Forbes). 

 (X^Wfiot, green ; <T(o(ia, body.) 



jy. Anal spines two, well devclopod, the first usually the longer. 



m. Gill membranes more or less broadly united; belly with ordinary 

 scales. 

 n. Maxillary normal, free from the preorbital. (Ulocentra 2 Jordan.) 



* To L^n V.-iill.int, nntlmr of iv monograph of the Dorters. 



* oCAof, coiiipleU: ; Kttn^pov, 8] 'inc. 



