PERCIDA:, {iot 
the typical species,’’ Williamson and Osburn, 1897; headwaters of 
Wabash river at Celina, Wolf creek near Dayton, brooks tribu- 
tary to North Fork of Licking river near Newark, R. C. Osburn, 
1899; Breakneck creek at Kent, tributaries of Grand river at 
Painesville, R. C. Osburn, 1900. 
Etheostoma tippecanoe Jordan and EKvermann. 
Head 3% to 44%; depth 4% to 43%; eye small, 4% in head. D. XII-12; 
A. II, 7; scales 5 or 6-46 to 50-8; lateral line straight, developed on only 
about 30 scales. Body compressed, caudal peduncle deep. Head rather 
small, little compressed; mouth large, terminal, oblique, the lower jaw some- 
what included; gill membranes scarcely connected. A small, well defined, 
black humeral scale. Cheeks, throat and breast naked; opercles scaled. 
Color in life, dark olive green, strongly tinged with yellow, especially pos- 
teriorly, passing into greenish yellow on belly; about 14 narrow, well defined, 
greenish black vertical bands encircling the body posteriorly; breast deep 
blue-black, the color extending forward on the throat and backward on the 
‘ventral fins; dorsal and anal fins golden yellow, pigmented with blue-black; 
pectorals plain golden yellow; ventrals golden yellow, blue-black at base. 
Female paler, no high colors, dark markings less distinct. Length 1% 
inches. 
In Ohio this exceedingly rare darter has been taken only in 
Franklin County. Four specimens were taken by Mr. E. B. 
Williamson and the writer, one in the Olentangy river at Colum- 
bus, in September, 1896, the other three in Big Walnut creek 
near Lockbourne, on June 26, 1897. The species was taken in 
very swift ripples. 
Etheostoma flabellare Rafinesque. FAN-TAILED DARTER. 
Head 3% to 4; depth 4% to 6; eye4to5. D. VIII-12 to14; A. II, 7 to 
g; scalesabout 9-50-14. Body slender, compressed. Head long and pointed; 
snout not decurved, mouth very oblique, lower jaw projecting; gill mem- 
branes well connected. Fins all low, the first dorsal notably so, and, in the 
male, the spines tipped with fleshy knobs; caudal large, rounded. Head 
entirely naked; a narrow, bare strip along base of spinous dorsal. Color 
very dark olivaceous, forming vertical bars on sides; each scale with a dark 
center; dark humeral spot conspicuous; dorsal and caudal fins barred with 
black. Some Ohio specimens approach the variety /7meo/atum, characterized 
by distinct longitudinal lines along the rows of scales. Length 2% inches. 
A common species in the clear, rapid str.ams of the state, 
found especially on ripples. Hamilton County, ‘‘common in 
East Mill creek,’’ Henshall, 1888; Lorain County, ‘‘rare, 
