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Storeys Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 



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scales : six branchial rays. Thoracic fins with six rays, one of which is spinous ; 

 no appendage. One dorsal fin, more or less divided into two parts, the an- 

 terior one entirely with spinous rays. Vent medial, or rather anterior. 



i^^yy 1- Etheostoma caprodes, Raf. 



Body quite cylindrical, whitish, with about twenty transverse bands, alternately shorter. 

 Head elongate, obtuse : upper jaw the longer. Lateral line quite straight. A black spot at 

 the base of the tail. 



D. 15-16. P. 14. V. 1-5. A. 13. C. 17. Length, 6 inches. 



Western rivers, Raf., Kirtland. 



Etheostoma caprodes, Common Hog-fish, Raf., Ichth. Ohien., p. 33. 



" " " Kirtland's Rep. on Zoiil. of Ohio, pp. 16S, 192. 



" " " " Bosl. Journ. Nat. Hist., m. p. 346, pi. 5, fig. 3. 



2. Etheostoma blennioides, Raf. 



Body elongate : head small, snout rounded, mouth small beneath, lower jaw shorter. 

 Olivaceous, almost diaphanous, some brown spots on the back, and some brown geminate 

 transversal lines across the lateral line, which is straight, but rising at the base. 



D. 15-13. P. 16. V. 1-5. A. 2-9. C. 13. Length, 2 or 3 inches. 



Western rivers, Raf., Kirtland. 



Etheostoma blennioides, Blunt-nose Hog-fish, Raf., Iclilh. Ohien., p. 37. 



" " Blenny-like Hog-fish, Kirtland's Rep. on Zobl. of Ohio, p. 108. 



" " " Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist., m. p. 349, pi. 6, fig. I. 



slx^yis^ 3. Etheostoma variata, Kirtland. 



Body sub-cylindric, back gibbous, abdomen rectilinear ; scales rough, apparently hexago- 

 nal. Head conical, gibbous ; orbits prominent. Pectorals large, elongated almost to the 

 origin of the anal fin. Caudal, fan-shaped. Body banded, behind the pectorals, with seven 

 or eight while zones, spotted w'ilh orange, the intervening spaces green ; an orange stripe 

 beneath the pectoral fins, on the sides of the body. Back and head olive and green. Ante- 

 rior dorsal fin edged with orange, and banded through its middle with indigo. Anal fin 

 verditer. 



D. 12-13. P. (?). V. (?)• A. (?)• C (.')■ Length, (0- 



Mahoning River, Ohio, Kirtland. 



Etheostoma variata, Variegated Elheostome, or Darter, Kirtland, Bost. Journ. Nat. History, in. p. 274, 

 pi. 2, fig. 2. 



Kirtland has been able, by means of Rafinesque's descriptions, to identify several of his spe- 

 cies, I do not feel at liberty, objectionable as his genus may be in some respects, to substi- 

 tute any other for it. 



