HETEROCLITE LOCHE. 5 



pair of these animals in a glass of river water with 

 a quantity of mud, they shewed an opposite dis- 

 position to that of the great loche with respect to 

 the changes of the weather; since they moved 

 briskly during calm weather instead of remaining 

 still like that species. 



HETEROCLITE LOCHE. 



Cobitis Heteroclita. C.fusca, sultmflavescens, squamis magnis, 

 ore iinbtrbi. 



Brown Loche, yellowish beneath, with large scales, and beard- 

 less mouth. 



Cobitis heteroclita. C. capite imberbi, pinna dorsali analiqite 

 tdbo-punctata, caudali nigro-fanciata. Lin. Syst, Nat. p. 500. 



LENGTH about four inches : dusky above, and 

 yellowish beneath : body covered with large smooth 

 scales: head flattish ; lips denticulated: dorsal and 

 anal fins opposite, and seated at a great distance 

 from the head, or beyond the balance of the fish : 

 they are blackish, and powdered with pale trans- 

 parent specks : tail rounded, spotted with white, 

 and barred with black; the edge being transparent. 

 Native of Carolina, where it is called by the name 

 of mud- fish. Described by Dr. Garden ; but 

 doubtful whether, strictly speaking, of this genus. 



