282 REPi^RT OF STATE GEOLOGIST. 



Etheostoma jessi/E Jordan and Brayton. 



Pcceilichthys jessve, Jordan and Gilbert. 1882, 8, 518. 



This species is closely related to the preceding, E. cairuleum. It differs 

 in having the cheeks more scaly, although they may be partly naked. 

 The head is more pointed than in E. cmruleum. Head in length four ; 

 depth, five. Dorsal rays XII, 12; anal, II, 9. Scales 6-47-7, with 

 pores on about thirty-five scales. The general color is brownish. On 

 the sides are some cross bars of dark blue and some greenish blotches on 

 the back. The dorsal fin and anal are speckled with golden. Length 

 about three inches. 



Distributed from Indiana to Georgia and Texas. Has been taken in 

 Indiana at Delphi, Carroll County (23, '88, 52) ; Vincennes and New 

 Harmony U, '88, 165). 



Etheostoma TIPPECANOE Jordan and Evermaun. 



Jordan and Evermann, 1890, S3, 3, with figure. 



This species is closely allied to both E. cmruleum and jessice. The head 

 is still more pointed than in jessice, and the opercle is shorter than in 

 either of the other species, its length being little more than that of the 

 snout. Eye equal to the length of the snout. Depth in the length, four 

 ami three-fourths. Head four and one-half. Mouth large and oblique, 

 the maxillary reaching to the front of the pupil. Scales 5-50-8, with 

 pores on about twenty- three. Dorsal rays XII, 12 ; anal, II, 7. Color 

 olive, with about a dozen cross-bars, which in life are probably blue. 

 Base of the caudal with three dots in a cross series. A black scale at the 

 shoulder. 



Taken by Dr. B. W. Evermann at Marshfield, Fulton County (23, 

 '90, 3). 



Etheostoma fusifoeme (Girard). 



Pmcilichthys Jusiforme and eos, Jordan and Gilbert, 1882, 8, 520; P. 

 palustre, Gilbert, 1884, 23, 209. 



Body more or less elongated and moderately or strongly compi-essed. 

 Depth in the length, about six times. Caudal peduncle long and slender. 

 Head relatively long, three and one-half to four in the length. Snout 

 short; profile rapidly descending to the lip. Jaws equal. Mouth mod- 

 erate, oblique ; the maxillary extending behind the anterior border of 

 the orbit. Eye large, three to four in head. Cheeks and opercles 

 scaly. Breast naked or with a few medium scales. Scales of body 

 forty-three to fifty-eight. Dorsal rays VIII to X, 9 or 10 ; anal rays 

 II, 7 or 8. Pores on from twelve to twenty-six scales. Color pale or 

 dark olive, with markings of still darker; sometimes nearly plain, with 



