30 FISHES OF LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. 
“8. Etheostoma aspro Cope & Jordan. BLACK-SIDED 
DARTER. 
[Jord. Man. 340. O. St. Surv. 142.] 
Body elongated, rounded, greenish-yellow with dark markings 
above, and about 7 dark oblong, sometimes partly confluent, 
blotches on the sides. Length 3 to 4 inches. One of the prettiest 
and hardiest of our darters. 
Nowhere common, but found in most of the streams and in 
the lake. 
79. Etheostoma wrighti sp. nov. 
On April 9, 1892, I took an £¢theostoma in the Vermillion 
River that presents several points of difference from those described. 
It falls naturally into the group A/vordius Girard, and seems to be 
related to Etheostoma aspro, from which it differs in having a 
shorter spinous, and longer soft dorsai, larger scales, a stronger 
‘spine on opercle, and smaller, more numerous blotches on the 
sides. 
The analysis is, dorsal X-14, anal II-11, lateral line 6-55-7, 
premaxillaries not protractile, lateral line complete, ventral line 
naked, mouth moderate, palatine teeth present, cheeks and opercles 
scaly, nape naked except for a central line of embedded scales, color 
(after being in alcohol over night) olivaceous, lighter beneath, sides 
with eleven quadrate blotches, partly confluent, dark shadings on 
back, fins plain, except the first dorsal, which has has two black 
blotches, one on first spine midway up, the other longer, on last 
three spines. Length 25% inches; head 4 times in length, depth 5 %. 
Protracted rains have kept the river full of water, and prevented 
farther collecting since this specimen was taken. 
Believing it to be a new species, I propose the name of wrighti 
in honor of Professor A. A. Wright. 
80. Ktheostoma phoxocephalum Nelson. —Lonc- 
HEADED DARTER. 
[Jord. Man. 341. O. St. Surv. rqr.] 
Body slender, rounded, mouth large, color yellowish-brown 
with X-shaped lateral markings, more numerous than in aspro, 
head very slender. | 
Rare. One specimen taken near Lorain. 
