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11,8; scales 50 in the lateral line. Color, dark 

 olivaceous, forming bars on the sides ; below, pale ; 

 head and breast heavily pigmented with blue-black; 

 dorsal fins black at base, orange at tip, the second 

 dorsal somewhat crossbarred; caudal conspicuously 

 crossbarred with black ; lower fins plain, the pectorals 

 tinged with yellow. A very common species, taken 

 usually on ripples; noted with eggs on May 24. 



3G. Coitus ictalops ( Rafinesque ). Head 3V4; 

 depth 41/2: eye 4; D. VII-l(3or 17; A. 12. Color, dark 

 brownish olive, with three irregular dark bars 

 partially encircling the body ; other dark blotches, 

 sometimes obscure, on tlie sides and doi-sum ; first 

 dorsal with a wide black bar, margined with orange ; 

 ventrals plain; other fins barred with dusky; below, 

 pale; under side of head dark. ommon in Black's 

 Run ; taken on ripples, especially in woodland. 



