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4. Etheostoma maculata, Kirtland. , f^C^h-^t/^i~^~'Cc^^' 



Body flattish, tapering gradually to tail. Head narrow, compressed. Jaws equal. Back 

 and head, olive and black ; sides and abdomen, sea-green, with from twelve to twenty car- 

 mine dots near the medial line. 



D. 10-13. P. 14. V. 1-5. A. 1-7. C. 22. Length, 24 inches. 



Mahoning River, Ohio, Kirtland. 



Etheostoma maculala, Black Darter, or Speckleil Hog-fish, Kirtland, Boat. Journ. Nat. Hist., m. p 

 pi. 2, fig. 3. 



5. Etheostoma Olmstedi, Storer. /J^Cel^r-^-^-t^^a^. 



Body cylindrical-, very slightly compressed. Head small. Pectoral fins very long. Lat- 

 eral line nearly straight. Yellowish, marked upon the back and sides with reddish brown 

 blotches, which, when looked upon from either extremity of the fish, resemble interrupted 

 longitudinal bands ; when the fish is examined from above, these markings present more or 

 less distinct tran=*erse bands upon the back, which are situated at the origin, the middle, 

 and the termination of both the dorsal fins. A narrow, deep black band passes from the 

 snout to the eyes, and another from above the eyes, interrupted by them, to the lower edo-e 

 of the cheeks. 



D. 9-13. P. 15. V. 6. A. 11. C. 15. Length, (?). 



Massachusetts, Storer. Connecticut, Olmsted, Ayres. New York, Dekay. Sus- 

 quehannah River, Pennsylvania, Haldeman. 



Elheosloma Olmstedi, Storer, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist., iv. p. 60, pi. 5, fig. 2. 



" " Ayres, " " " p. 257. 



Percina minima, Hald., Journ. Acad. Nat. Scien., vm. p. 330. 

 Boleosoma tessellatum, Tessellated Darter, Dekav's Report, p. 20, pi. 20, fig. 57. 

 Etheostoma Olmstedi, Ground Fish, Linsley's Cat. of Fishes of Connecticut. 

 Perca minima, Dekav's Report, p. 7. 



6. Etheostoma nebulosa, Hald. 



Body slender, slightly compressed ; head and mouth small ; dorsal fins separated ; lateral 

 line straight ; scales small, and strongly serrated ; tail truncated; pectoral fins very long ; 

 branchiostegous rays, six. Yellowish brown, with irregular dark transverse bands. 



D. 14-15. P. 14. V. 7. A. 11. C. 18. Length, 54 inches. 



Susquehannah River, Pennsylvania, Haldeman. 



Percina nebulosa, Hald., Journ. Acad. Nat. Scien., VIII. p. 330. 

 Perca nebulosa, Dekay's Report, p. 7. 



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7. Etheostoma semilasciata, Dekay. »/ 



Body oblong, cylindrical. Head small, sloping; scales moderate in size. Caudal fin 

 broad, and very slightly emarginated. Olive-green, with about twenty dark olive or brownish 



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