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Inhabits Mississippi basin, from northern North Carolina to northern Indi- 

 ana, westward and southward to Iowa and Louisiana. It is rather common in 

 the French Broad and tributaries in North Carohna. Length, 3 inches. 



231. ETHEOSTOMA CAMURUM (Cope). 

 Blue-breasted Darter. 



Pwcilichthys camurum Cope, 1870a, 265; headwaters of Cumberland River in Tennessee. 



Etheostoma camurum, Jordan, 18896, 153; Spring Creek, tributary of French Broad. Jordan & Everinann, 

 1896, 1076, pi. clxxii, fig. 456. 



Diagnosis. — Form stout, the depth contained 4.5 times in total length; caudal peduncle 

 deep; head short, .25 length; maxillary extending beyond anterior margin of eye; eye less 

 than snout, contained 4.5 times in head; snout sharply decurved; scales in lateral series 50 

 to 58, in transverse series 7 + 8; head naked; dorsal fins high, the rays xi+ 13; anal rays ii,8; 

 caudal truncate with rounded corners; pectorals much shorter than head. Color: Male — 

 above dark green or blackish, below paler; sides with many crimson dots, which may be 

 arranged in series; fine longitudinal lines along the rows of scales; several dark streaks on 

 side of head; breast and throat deep blue; a black spot in front of spinous dorsal, a crimson spot 

 on margin above this; soft dorsal, anal and caudal red with yellow margin, a narrow edge of 

 the fins being dark blue or black; pectorals and ventrals with broad red border. Female — 

 duller, general color green, with many brown scales on sides; fins mostly yellowish green, 

 the caudal red, all vertical fins black-edged, (camurum, blunt-headed.) 



Fig. 116. Blue-breasted Darter. Etheostoma camurum. 



This darter, the most beautiful of its kind and perhaps the most ornate of 

 all fresh-water fishes, ranges from Ohio and Indiana to the headwaters of the 

 Tennessee. It is probably rare in North Carolina, and only a single specimen is 

 known from that state; this was collected by Jordan in 1888 in Spring Creek at 

 Hot Springs. Length, 2.5 inches. 



232. ETHEOSTOMA VULNERATUM (Cope). 

 Red-spotted Darter. 



Pacilichthys vulneiatiis Cope, 1870a, 2C6; Warm Springs Creek, tributary of French Broad, N. C. Cope, 18706, 



450; Warm Springs Creek. 

 Etheostoma vulneratum, Jordan & Evermann, 1896, 1077. 



Diagnosis. — Form cylindrical, rather robust, depth contained 4.5 times in length; 

 head .25 length of body; caudal peduncle deep; eye equal to snout, .25 length of head; scales 



