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229. SCHILBEODES GILBERTI, (Jordan & Evermann). 



Body slender, less compressed than in 8. insignis, the head narrower 

 and not so low ; eyes small ; lower jaw included ; barbels short, not reach- 

 ing nearly to gill opening; spine very short, that of pectoral about 4 in 

 head, its inner margin with sharp teeth at base, its outer nearly entire. 

 Adipose fin very low, separated from the caudal by a deep notch which 

 reaches its base. Anal short and high; dorsal spine scarcely longer than 

 eye; caudal broad, slightly emargiuate. Dark yellowish brown, base of 

 caudal and most of its lower lobe black; dorsal black at base. Head 4f. 

 A. 15. L. 4 inches. Roanoke River in Southern Virginia, locally abun- 

 dant. (Named for Charles Henry Gilbert.) 



Nolurus gUberti, JORDAN & EVERMANN, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1888, 352, Roanoke River. (Type, 

 No. 39931.) 



230. SCHILBEODES ELEUTHERUS, (Jordan). 



Head 3f . A. 13. Head broad, flat, depressed, the form resembling that 

 of Leptops olivaris; humeral process obscure; eye 5 in head; lower jaw 

 included ; barbels short, not reaching gill opening ; adipose fin free from 

 caudal ; pectoral spine stout, of moderate length, If to 2 in head, its outer 

 margin more or less retrorse-serrate, its inner with about 6 to 8 retrorse 

 hooks, scarcely weaker than in S. miurus. Color nearly plain brownish, 

 the black saddle-like blotches usually not very distinct; body every where 

 covered with fine dark dots. Dorsal blackish at tip ; caudal dark at base. 

 L. 4 inches. Mississippi Valley, rare, but widely distributed. Tributa- 

 ries of French Broad River (Big Pigeon River, Clifton, Teim.); French 

 Broad, at Hot Springs, N. C.; White River, Gosport, Ind.; Green River, 

 Greensburg, Ky. Schriner Lake, Columbia City, Ind.; White River, Fay- 

 ettesville, Ark.; Sallisaw River, Indian Territory. Only a few specimens 

 known. (e/Uwtfepof, free.) 



Noturus eleutherus, JORDAN, Ann. N. Y. Lye. Nat. Hist., 1877, 371, Big Pigeon River; not of 

 some later papers, in which it is confounded with S. furiosw. 



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231. SCHILBEODES MIURUS, (Jordan). 



Head 3f to 4 ; depth 4J to 5. A. 13 to 15. Body rather stout, not much 

 elongate nor much depressed ; eyes not very small ; barbels moderate, 

 about reaching gill opening, mouth moderate, the lower jaw included. 

 Adipose fin with a deep notch, but connected with the caudal fin. Dis- 

 tance from snout to dorsal about 2f in length. Pectoral spine 2^ in this 

 distance ; If to 1 in head. Dorsal nearer anal than tip of snout. Pec- 

 toral spine somewhat curved and finely serrated without, with 6 strong 

 recurved pectinations within, each nearly as long as the diameter of the 

 spine. Humeral process short. Body much mottled, black and grayish ; 

 top of head, tip of dorsal, middle of adipose fin, and edge of caudal defi- 

 nitely blackish, occiput dark ; body with 4 broad cross blotches, 1 before 

 dorsal, 1 behind it, 1 on middle of adipose fin, and 1 small one behind it. 

 L. 4 inches. Mississippi Valley and tributaries of Lake Michigan, south 

 to Louisiana; common in the Ohio Valley, (fietovpo^, curtailed.) 



Noturus miurus, JORDAN, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 1877, 371, White River, Indiana; JOK- 

 DAN, I. c., 100, 1877 ; JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 99, 1883. 



