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Very common every where. One of the few species that may 
be depended upon when the seine is drawn. 
74. Etheostoma Dblennioides Rafinesque. Greren- 
SIDED DARTER. 
[Jord. Man. 332. O. St. Surv. 135.] 
Body stout and elongated, head very blunt, mouth small and 
inferior, color olive-green, spotted above, sides marked with about 
8 Y-shaped bars. Length about 4 inches. 
Vermillion River, scarce. I found them not uncommon in 
Sandusky Bay, where they were associated with Yellow Perch, Log 
Perch, and Sunfish. 
75. Etheostoma copelandi (Jordan). 
[Jord. Man. 333. O. St. Surv. 137.] 
Body slender, head large and long, cheeks naked, opercles 
partly scaled, nape naked half way to first dorsal, ventral plates large; 
brownish-yellow with ten blotches on the sides. Dorsal XI-r2, anal 
II-9, lateral line 4-53-8. Length 2% inches. 
Vermillion River, but one specimen taken. 
76. Etheostoma caprodes Rafinesque. LoG-PERCH. 
[Jord. Man. 337. ©. St. Surv. 1382] 
Body elongated, somewhat compressed, head long and pointed, 
color greenish-yellow wth about 15 sebra-like black bands. Length 
6 to 8 inches. 
Not very common, though I have taken it in both of the rivers 
andinthelake. It was veryabundant among the stonewort that car- 
pets Sandusky Bay and Put-in-Bay, and it formed the bulk of the 
fishes that I saw among the terns’ nests on Rattle Snake Island, July 
13, I89gI. 
Most of the specimens have the nape of the neck naked (vari- | 
ety zebra, Agassiz), but the typical form, with the nape scaly, occurs 
in the proportion of about I in 3; some specimens show an inter- 
mediate stage. Many of my specimens show only 14 spines in the 
dorsal fin. 
77. Etheostoma peltatum Stauffer. SHIELDED DaRTER. 
[Jord. Man. 339.] 
Body rather stout, cheeks naked, olive green, with short black 
cross-bars on the back. Length 4 inches. ; 
Rare. Ihave seen them only once, when two specimens were 
secured from Vermillion River. 
