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1463. ETHEOSTOMA VULNERATUM (Cope). 



Head 4 ; depth 4|. D. XIV-I3; A. II, 8 ; scales 8-53-9. Body fusiform, 

 stout; caudal peduncle very deep; dorsal outline scarcely arched; top 

 of head gently and regularly curved to the end of the muzzle ; orbit four 

 times in length of head, equal to muzzle ; first dorsal not low ; caudal 

 truncate, rounded; anal small; scales small. Color light olive, with 

 about 8 vertical dark olive bars on the sides, which are interrupted above 

 the lateral line ; a few irregular crimson dots on the sides. Fins uni- 

 form, transparent, except the first dorsal and caudal ; the former has a 

 median series of red spots, the latter is pale orange, with a black margin; 

 no cross bars on fins in the male ; second dorsal with a black margin. 

 Length 2 inches. French Broad River. This is probably the young of 

 Etheostoma camurum, as Dr. Gilbert has indicated. The number of dorsal 

 spines is, however, greater than we have seen it in cam arum and we 

 leave it for the present as a distinct species, (vulneratus, wounded.) 



Pixcilichthys vulneratus, COPE, Proc. Am. Philos. Soc. Phila., 1870, 266, tributary of French 



Broad River, Warm Springs, North Carolina. (Coll. Cope.) 

 Nothonotus vulneralm, JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 508, 1883. 



1464. ETHEOSTOMA MACULATUM, Kirtland. 



Head 3f to 4 ; depth 4f to 5. D. XII-12 or 13 ; A. II, 8 or 9 ; scales 9-56 

 to 63-14, pores 57. Body elongate, with dorsal line not elevated, and 

 the caudal peduncle very deep. Head acuminate, the front descending 

 very gradually, the mandible rising as gradually to its extremity; orbit 

 rather large, equal to snout, 4 to 4- in head ; end of maxillary reaching 

 front of pupil ; jaws subequal ; teeth of outer row larger. Lateral line 

 complete; cheeks naked ; opercles scaly ; opercular spine strong. Fins 

 generally, especially the caudal, short, latter slightly rounded; first 

 dorsal long ; first anal spine very large. Pectoral shorter than head ; gill 

 membranes separate. Coloration above black, shading to dark olive 

 below and with a narrow, wavy, leather-colored dorsal band ; throat 

 turquoise blue ; sides and dorsal region marked with small circular 

 spots of bright crimson, irregularly disposed, and in considerable num- 

 ber; first dorsal uncolored, with a black spot at base anteriorly and a 

 dark shade through the middle ; second dorsal blood red, without border ; 

 caudal with two large crimson spots confluent on the middle line of the 

 tail at its base, without border ; pectorals and ventrals not red-bordered ; 

 females dull, with the fins black barred and not crimson. Length 1\ 

 inches. Northern Ohio and Indiana southward through Kentucky and 

 Tennessee to northern Alabama, generally rare ; most common in tribu- 

 taries of the Wabash, Ohio, Cumberland, and Tennessee rivers ; found 

 in clear, swift water ; one of the most beautiful species, (maculatus, 

 spotted.) 



Etheostoma maculata, KIRTLAND, Jour. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., 1840, 276. Mahoning River, Ohio, 



(Coll. Kirtland); BOULENGER, Cat.,i, 68. 

 Paecilichthys sanguifluus, COPE, Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. Phila., 1870, 264, head waters of the 



South Fork of the Cumberland River, in Tennessee. (Coll. Cope.) 

 Boleosomamacnlatum, VAILLANT, Recherches, 87, 1873. 

 Nothonotus sanguifluus and maculatus, JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 507 and 508, 1883. 



