264 FISHES OF NORTH CAROLINA. 



229. ETHEOSTOMA SWANNANOA Jordan & Evermann. 

 Swanannoa Darter. 



Etheosloma swannanoa Jordan & Evermann, in Jordan, 1889a, 360, pi. xlv, fig. 13; Holston and Swannanoa 

 rivers. Jordan, 18896, 153, pi. xv, fig. 13; south fork of Swannanoa River. Jordan & Evermann 

 1896, 1071. 



Diagnosis. — Depth contained 6 times in total length; head rather short and deep, con- 

 tained 4.3 times in length; superior profile strongly curved; snout short and blunt; mouth 

 small, horizontal; lower jaw included; premaxillaries not protractile; maxillaries extending 

 as far as anterior margin of eye; eye high on side of head, large, .25 length of head; branchial 

 membranes broadly connected across isthmus; scales in lateral series 48 to <58, in transverse 

 series 6 + 7 or 8; cheeks, opercles, and breast naked, nape scaly or naked; lateral line complete; 

 dorsal rays xi or xii + 12 to 14, the two fins contiguous; anal rays ii,9; pectorals extending 

 beyond tips of ventrals, .33 longer than head. Color: Male — dark green on back, light green 

 below; 6 dark green blotches on back, 8 to 10 more or less connected dark green blotches on 

 sides; a dark bar below eye; base and edge of spinous dorsal bright brown; soft dorsal and 

 caudal speckled green; base and lower edge of pectorals saffron; anal and ventrals pale yel- 

 low. Female and young — duller, body more spotted, pectorals and caudal with dark bars. 

 (Named for Swannanoa River.) 



Fig. 115. SwANNANO.i Darter. Etheostoma swannanoa. 



Known only from the clear cold waters of Holston River in Virginia and 

 the south fork of Swannanoa River in North Carolina. Length, 3 inches. 



230. ETHEOSTOMA ZONALE (Cope). 

 Blue-banded Darter. 



Pwcilichthys zonalis Cope, J6urnal Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1868 (1869), 212, pi. xxiv, 



fig. 1; Holston River, Va. Cope, 18706, 450; French Broad River. 

 Nothonotus zonalis, Jordan & Brayton, 1878. 58; French Broad River (after Cope). 

 Etheostoma zonule, Jordan, 18896, 153; French Broad River at Hot Springs, Spring Creek at Hot Springs, 



Swannanoa River at Asheville. Jordan & Evermann, 1896, 1075. 



Diagnosis. — ^Body rather slender, the depth .20 to .16 length; head small, short, .25 to 

 .20 length; mouth small; maxillary extending to anterior margin of orbit; snout short, 

 decurved, blunt, shorter than eye; eye contained 3.5 to 4 times in head; scales in lateral 

 series about 50, in transverse series 6 + 9; cheeks, opercle, and neck scaly, breast rarely so; 

 dorsal rays x or xi + 10 to 12, the posterior fin higher and shorter than the anterior; anal fin 

 smaller than second dorsal, the rays ii,6 or ii,7; caudal margin slightly concave; pectorals 

 about length of head. Color: bright green above, golden below; a broad, brown lateral band; 

 6 dark brown spots on back; 8 turquoise blue stripes extending downward from lateral band 

 and encircling the belly; back of head, muzzle, a bar below eye, and a spot on opercle black; 

 anal, caudal, pectoral, and ventral fins golden, with brown spots; central part of spinous dorsal 

 crimson, base of soft dorsal with a series of round crimson spots; base of pectorals with a 

 black spot; female speckled and with duller colors, {zonule, banded.) 



