130 TKLF.OSTKI : AnANTHOlTEHI. — XX. 



349. E. zonale (Cojx'). Hndy slender; liciul small and short, 

 the snout olitiisdy deciirved ; cheeks and openlcs sealy ; Ijicast 

 scaly, or naked (var. arcunsanum Jordan \ (iill)ert) ; teeth feehle; 

 dorsals separate. Olivaceous ; G l)rown quailrate spots on hack, 

 connected hy alternatin;; spots with a hroad, brown lateral hand, 

 from which « narrower dark bluish bands nearly or cpiite encircle 

 the Ix'lly ; P., A. and C. golden, speckled with brown ; middle half 

 of 1st D. crimson; base of 2d D. with round red spots; a black 

 spot on opercle and one at base P. ; 9 duller, with V. barred. 

 Head 4j; depth 5. D. XI -12. A. II, 7. Scales 6-43 to 50-12. 

 Vert. 39. L. 2^. W. Penn. to Kans. and Miss., in clear streams; 

 variable. (Lat., belted.) 



art. Gill membranes scarcely united. (Nothonotas^ Apassiz.) 



b. Head short, the muzzle abruptly decurved; scales 7-53-8; 2d D., A. and 

 C. black ed^ed. 



350. E. camurum (Cope). BuTE-nuKASTF.n Dauteu. Body 

 stout ; mouth sunicwhat inferior ; C. truncate. ^ blackish olive, breast 

 and throat deep rich blue ; sides profusely sprinkled with crimson 

 dots ; faint dark lines alonjr rows of scales ; 1st D. with a black spot 

 in front, above and behind which is a crimson one ; 2d D., A., and C. 

 crimson, bordered with yellow and then by blue-black ; P. and V. 

 crimson-edged; 9 greenish, faintly barred. Head 4; depth 4^. 

 1). XI -13. A. II, 8. Scales, 7-53-8. L. 2^. Ind. to Tenn., in 

 clear streams, perhaps the most beautifully colored of all our fresh- 

 water fishes. (Lat., blunt-headed.) 



bb. Head rather lonfi and pointed, the snout not decurved. 

 c. Dorsal spines 10 or 12. 

 d. Scales 9-58-10; vertical fins without black border. 



351. E. maculatum Kirtland. Body moderately elongate, with 

 very deep tail ; eye large , maxillary to front of eye ; fins short ; 

 1st A. spine large. Olive black, with a wavy leather-colored dorsal 

 band; throat blue; back and sides with crimson spots; 1st I), with 

 a black spot at base in front ; 2d 1). l)lood-red ; C. with two con- 

 fluent crimson spots at base ; P. and V. without red l)order ; 9 

 dull, the fins speckled and without red. Head 4 ; depth 5 J. D. 

 XII -12. A. II, 9. Scales 9-58-10. Vert. 39. L. 2^. W. Penn. 

 to E. Tenn., scarce. (Poec. sangttijiuus Cope.) 



dd. Scales G-i."}-?: A. and C. narrowlj' black-edged. 



352. E. rufolineatum (Cope). Stout, tlie back elevated; snout 

 short, as long as the small eye ; tail deep. Olive, with numerous 

 narrow longitudinal streaks inclu<ling irregular quadrate spots of 

 hrick-rcd ; breast blue; belly orange; head with 2 brown bands, and 

 5 red sj)f)ts on each side; fins all broadly lK)rdered with crimson; 

 two orange spots at base C. ; A. scarlet-yellow at base, edge black ; 



> fdOof, iiruiuiuuut : fwrot, back. 



