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as long as head ; ventrals long, but not reaching tips of pectorals nor front 

 of anal ; dorsal spines high, the longest 1| in head ; soft dorsal very high, 

 1-nj in head ; anal smaller than soft dorsal; anal spine short, the first ray 

 longer than the spine, simple, but articulate toward the tip ; caudal lunate. 

 Color in spirits : Straw color, many scales on the back darker ; 10 dark 

 spots on sides, rather irregular and small ; 1 at base of caudal and 1 on 

 front of opercle; back with 5 or 6 dark cross blotches. Both dorsals with 

 dark spots ; caudal and pectoral somewhat barred ; 3 or 4 dark bars only 

 on caudal ; ventrals and anal plain ; a stripe forward from eye, but only 

 a very faint dark shade below eye ; a little black spot on base of pectoral 

 above ; sometimes faint dark dashes on lower part of side, alternating 

 with the dark blotches. In life this species is clear green, with markings 

 of darker green or black. Length 2^ inches. Basin of James River, Vir- 

 ginia ; recorded from North River at Loch Laird, Virginia ; Buffalo Creek 

 near Lexington, Virginia, and Elk Creek near Natural Bridge, Virginia. 

 An active species living among rocks ; locally abundant, (longus, long; 

 manuSy hand.) 



Etheostoma longimana, JORDAN, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1888, 179, tributary of James River, 

 Virginia; (Type, No. 24619, Mus. Comp. Zool., 8 specimens); JORDAN, Proc., U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 1888, 361. 



Boleosoma longimanus, BOULENGER, Cat., I, 95. 



1445. BOLEOSOMA PODOSTEMONE (Jordan & Jenkins). 



Head 4f ; depth 5f ; eye 3f in head, a little longer than snout. D. X-13 ; 

 A. I, 8 ; scales 4-35-6. Body rather stout, somewhat compressed, the back 

 elevated. Head short, rather bluntly rounded in profile, the rather wide, 

 blunt snout overhanging the small inferior mouth. Upper jaw protrac- 

 tile; maxillary short, freely movable, just reaching front of eye, and 

 scarcely as long as eye ; mouth very small, inferior, contracted ; teeth 

 small ; gill membranes broadly united. Cheeks, nape, and breast naked; 

 opercles with a few large scales ; preopercle entire ; middle line of belly 

 naked anteriorly with ordinary scales behind ; lateral line complete. 

 Dorsal fins moderate ; anal fin lower and smaller than soft dorsal ; anal 

 spine short ; first anal ray simple, a little longer than the spine and artic- 

 ulate toward tip ; candal truncate ; pectorals rather long, J longer than 

 head, reaching beyond ventrals to vent. Color, light yellowish green, 

 with 7 or 8 small dark quadrate spots along side; 5 or 6 larger ones along 

 back ; scales of back mostly with dark centers ; a dark bar below eye ; a 

 little spot behind eye ; a dark opercular bar and a dark bar before and 

 behind pectorals ; lower side of head with some dark spots ; pectorals, 

 both dorsals arid caudal, with cross bands of dark olive spots; dorsal in 

 life also spotted with brownish red ; caudal also with a subterminal dark 

 band ; ventrals and anal nearly plain. Length 2 inches. Roanoke River 

 Basin ; locally abundant in very clear streams, living almost exclusively 

 in the river weed Podostemon ceratophyllum (Michaux), whence the specific 

 name. 



Etheostoma podostemone, JORDAN & JENKINS, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1888, 359, Roanoke River 

 at Roanoke, Salem, and Alleghany Springs, Virginia. (Type, No. 39863. Coll. Jor- 

 dan, Evermann, and Jenkins. ) 



Boleosoma podostemone, Boulengcr, Cat., i, 95. 



