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crossed by four black bars; sides of belly bright 

 orange; middle of belly pale ; first dorsal dark brown 

 at base, then a pale space, above this a wide dark bar, 

 then another pale space, bordered with bright orange; 

 second dorsal and caudal flecked Avith carmine; anal 

 greenish, bordered with pale orange; ventrals greenish 

 black with a little orange at the margin; pectorals 

 tinged with orange and green, the rays with carmine 

 spots. The most abundant darter, especially fre- 

 quenting swift ripples in the larger streams, 



33. Etheostoma zonale (Cope). Head 4; depth 

 5 ; D. XI-12 ; A. 11. 7; scales 5-4rS-7. Color, above. 

 olive : below, paler with brassy tinge ; about twelve 

 copperas green bands, all but the most anterior ones 

 encircling the body ; breast greenish black ; first 

 dorsal black at base, then a wide orange bar. the 

 margin black anteriorly, greenish i)Osteriorly ; second 

 dorsal orange at base, above this dark, fading out 

 toward the edge ; caudal and pectorals plain, tinged 

 with green : anal and ventrals green, black at base. 

 Common on swift ripples. 



34. Etheostoma coeruleum (Storer). Head 3^; 

 depth 4V4; D. IX or X.-l'l to 14: A. II. 6 or 7; scales 

 5-48-7. Color, dark olive brown; cheeks blue-green; 

 throat and lower jaw. orange: sides with about eleven 

 green cross-bars, the interspaces posteriorly being 

 orange ; first dorsal fin orange at base, the remainder 

 of the fin blue-green ; second dorsal blue at base, then 

 a wide orange bar. edged with indigo ; caudal edged 

 with indigo, its membrane spotted and streaked with 

 orange ; anal indigo, its membranes posteriorly with 

 orange spots; ventrals deep indigo; pectorals plain, 

 tinged with orange at tip and with indigo at base. 

 Very common, especially on ripples. 



35. Etheostoma Hahellare ( Rafinesque ). Head 

 3% to 3%; depth 5% to 6: eye 5 ; D. YIII-13 m 14: A. 



