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s distinguished by its thick jaw and nearly plain coloration. In 

 ;he male the spinous dorsal is one half as high as the soft 

 lorsal. The female has higher spines than the male; the spines 

 lave fleshy tips. No scales on nape, head and breast. A large 

 )lack humeral scale. The length of the head equals one fourth 

 )f the total length without caudal, and the depth one fifth. D. 

 nil, 12; A. II, 8. Scales 7-50-7. The lateral line ends at the 

 aiddle of the length. 



The general color is olivaceous, the upper parts dusky; the 

 lides with dark streaks formed by the spots at the base of the 

 icales. The males have dusky crossbars; the soft dorsal and 

 audal barred. The spinous dorsal of the male has an orange 

 Qargin. 



The fantail darter is found from western New York to North 

 Carolina, and in the Ohio valley. In the Lake Ontario region 

 :he U. S. Fish Commission collectors obtained it from the follow- 

 ng places in 1893: 



>alt brook, 1-J miles above Nine Mile point June 11 



xrenadier island June 28 and 29 



lorse island, Sackett's Harbor 



lill creek 



-iittle Stony brook, Henderson bay 



Cemetery creek, Watertown 



'haumont river , 



Jig Sandy creek, Belleville 



Vart creek 



Spring brook, Pulaski 



'hree Mile creek, Oswego 



treat Sodus bav 



I'our Mile creek. Nine Mile point, Webster 



Sandy creek. North Hamlin 



larsh creek, Point Breeze 



Writing of the fishes of Cayuga lake basin, Dr Meek makes 

 he statement that the fantail darter is found with the 

 essellated darter at each end of Cayuga lake; that these two 



