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63. Ltheostoma camurum, [Cope]. Taken onl}' 

 on swift ripples in the larger streams. 



64. Etheostoma maculatum, Kirtland. Rare, 

 a single female with eggs from Big Walnut Creek on 

 June 26, 1897. 



65. Etheosoma coeruleum, [Storer]. Of general 

 distribution ; abundant. 



66. Etheostoma coeruleum spectabile, (Agassiz]. 

 This broojc variety occurs onh' in the small streams of 

 the county; grading insensibly into the t3'pical species. 



67. Etheostoma sciotense, n. sp. Head 3%; depth 

 4^A■, eye small, 41/2 in head ; D. XIl-12; A. II-7; scales 

 6-46-8 ; lateral line straight, developed on about 

 thirty scales. Body compressed, caudal peduncle deep, 

 back little elevated, profile somewhat depressed at 

 nape. Head rather small, little compressed ; mouth 

 large, terminal, oblique, the lower jaw somewhat in- 

 cluded ; lips thick, premaxillaries not protractile, maxil- 

 lary reaching to pupil. Opercle short, spine moderate; 

 gill membranes scarcely connected; a small, well de- 

 fined, black humeral scale. Cheeks, breast and throat, 

 and region in front of and on either side of first dorsal 

 fin naked; opercles scaled. Vertical fins high ; dorsals 

 slightly connected ; soft dorsal and anal about equal 

 in size; first anal spine the longer; candal truncate, 

 slightly emarginate : pectorals reaching to or beyond 

 tips of ventrals. Color in life, male, body dark olive 

 green, strongly tinged with yellow, especially posteri- 

 orly ; lighter anteriorly, shading into greenish-yellow 

 on belly; with about fourteen narrow well defined 

 vertical greenish-black bands, most distinct posteriorly 

 where they entirely encircle the body, the last one 

 broadest and most conspicuous; breast a deep blue- 

 black, continuous with that of the ventrals and extend- 

 ing well up on the neck. Dorsal and anal fins golden 

 yellow, heavily pigmented with blue-black at their 

 bases, a distinct black spot on front of first dorsal ; 

 caudal deep golden yellow, less heavily pigmented with 



