Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 1045 



broad, depressed, the bones rugose. Gill membranes very slightly joined 

 at base. Cheeks mostly naked ; opercles closely scaled. Breast naked, 

 or with a few scattered scales. Paired fins rather small, the vertical fins 

 long but rather high ; membrane of first dorsal not joining base of secondj 

 longest dorsal spine about equaling distance from tip of snout to middle 

 of orbit ; soft rays half as long as head ; caudal fin deeply emarginate 

 anal spines very short, about equal in size, as long as diameter of orbit ; 

 soft rays of anal high, the fin rather longer than second dorsal ; pectorals 

 and ventrals short, reaching about the same vertical, not nearly to vent; 

 length of pectorals nearly equal to head. Scales of moderate size ; nape 

 completely invested ; a wide naked strip on each side of median line of belly, 

 the latter containing a single series of thin, elongate plates, weakly 

 spiuous on posterior margins, these probably caducous ; lateral line com- 

 plete, parallel with outline of back. Color greenish olive, rendered dusky 

 on upper parts by black specks which become large and very conspicuous 

 on top of head, opercles, and sides of snout ; four conspicuous dark cross 

 bars, narrower than interspaces, downward and forward from back to 

 lateral line ; the first from anterior dorsal spines, the second from space 

 between dorsals, the third from posterior half of soft dorsal, and the 

 fourth from caudal peduncle ; a series of about 11 dusky blotches on 

 sides immediately below lateral line ; a black bar before, one below and 

 one behind eye, the one below eye very distinct ; dorsals, pectorals, and 

 caudal barred with light and dark ; veutrals and anal plain. In life the 

 colors similar, there being no distinct blue, red, or green. Lower 

 Wabash basin (Evermann) to southern Missouri, south through Arkansas 

 and Alabama to the Escambia ; mostly in sandy lowland streams. A 

 strikingly colored species.* ( Uranidea, the miller's thumb, or blob, now 

 called Coitus; ovpav6(;,&ky', elfio, looking.) 

 Etheostoma (Cottogasler) uranidea, JORDAN & GILBERT, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1887, 48, Washita 



River, Arkadelphia, Arkansas; (Type, No. 36413. Coll. Jordan & Gilbert); JORDAN, 



Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., vm, 1888 (1890), 164. 



1435. COTTOGASTER COPELANDI (Jordan). 



Head 3f to 4i ; depth 5| to 6| ; eye large, 3i to 3f in head. D. X to XII-10 

 to 12 ; A. II, 8 or 9 ; scales 6-44 to 56-8. Body rather slender and elongate. 

 Head rather large and long, somewhat narrowed, resembling that of 

 Boleosoma. Mouth small, horizontal, subinferior. Cheeks naked ; oper- 

 cles and neck each with a few scales ; throat naked ; ventral plates well 

 developed ; scales moderate, strongly ctenoid. Pectoral as long as head. 

 Color brownish olive ; a series of rather small, horizontally-oblong, black 

 blotches along the lateral line, forming an interrupted lateral band ; back 

 tessellated; blackish streaks forward and downward from eye; ventral 

 fins dusky in the male ; vertical fins with dusky specks ; a small ink-like 

 speck at base of caudal pjersistent in most specimens ; a black spot on 

 anterior rays of spinous dorsal. Length 2i to 3 inches. Great Lake 

 region, from Lake Champlain to Lake Huron and south to the Black 



* Improperly placed in the synonymy of Cotlogaster j^vwnrdt by Dr. Boulenger. 



