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D. XV-15; A. 11-10 to 12. Above, light olive, some- 

 times yellowish, with ^ibout ten dark, vertical bars 

 reaching below the lateral line and alternating with the 

 same number of shorter dark bars; belly, pale. 

 Dorsal and caudal fins blotched and barred with 

 dusky; lower fins plain, tinged with vellowish. 

 Common ; usually taken in quiet water. 



29. Hadropteras aspro {Cope atid ]orQ]an). Head 

 31/2 to 4; depth about 6; eye 41/2; scales 7-65-9 ; D. 

 XIV-13; A. II. 9. Above, dark olive and light yellow- 

 ish, much tesselated ; about eight elongated black 

 blotches along the lateral line, these sometimes con- 

 fluent forming an irregular latteral band; below, 

 white; dorsal and caudal fins more or less pigmented 

 with black; lower fins pale. Common. 



30. Diplesion blenniojdes (Ra^nesque). Head4V4; 

 depth 5I/2; eye 31/2; D. XIII-13; A. II, 8; scales 6-60 

 to 65-7. Above, bright olive green, irregularly crosss- 

 barred with darker green ; about eight Y-shaped green 

 blotches on the sides; numerous brown spots on back 

 and sides; first dorsal tinged with coppery green, its 

 base bright orange; second dorsal Cciudal speckled 

 with orange and indigo; anal and ventrals coppery 

 green; pectorals tinged with orange. Common on 

 ripples, especially in the larger streams. 



31. Boleosoma nigrum (Rafinesque). Head 4; 

 depth 51/0 to 5; eye 4. D. IX-llorl2. A. I, 8; scales 

 in lateral line 47. Color, dark olive brown, paler 

 below; about nine irregular w-shaped blotches along 

 the sides; scales of dorsum more or less heavily edged 

 with black. Abundant in all streams, occurring 

 usually in quiet shallow pools. 



32. Etheostoma variatum Kirtland. Head 3V2 ; 

 depth 5; eye 31/2; D. XII-13; A. II, 9 or 10; scales in 

 the lateral line 52. Color, dark olive, with about eight 

 greenish cross-bars on posterior part of body; inter- 

 spaces pale, each with two bright carmine spots; back 



