3168 Bulletin ^7, United States National Museum. 



lar dark band along base of fin; soft dorsal and caudal barred with white 

 and grayish, the latter in spots on the rays; anal and ventrals without 

 markings; pectoral somewhat dusky. 



This species is close to E. iowat, from which it seems to differ in the 

 almost naked cheek, the less complete scaling of the opercles, the some- 

 what longer maxillary, more oblique mouth, closer approximation of the 

 dorsal fins, and the coloration. Lake Maxinkuckee, Indiana. 



Many examples, each about 2 inches long, taken in Aubeenaubee Creek, 

 the east inlet of Lake Maxinkuckee, August 4, and on other days in 

 August and September, 1899. E. iowce is a common species in the lake, but 

 does not occur in the inlet, nor were we able to find any specimens of 

 E. auleenanbei anywhere except in this small creek. Type No. 49379, 

 U.S.N.M. Coll. Evermann & Scovell. 

 Etheostoma aubeenaubei, EVERMANN, Kept. U. S. Fish Com. 1899 (1900), 367, with plate, 



Aubeenaubee Creek, Lake Maxinkuckee, Indiana. 



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1597 (a). PRIONODES BALDWIN!, Evermann & Marsh.. 



Head 2.5; depth 3.2; eye 4; snout 4.6; maxillary 2.4; mandible 2; 

 interorbital 7; D. x, 12; A. m, 7; pectoral 1.4; ventral 1.3; caudal 1.7; 

 scales 4-42-12. 



Body elongate, moderately compressed, not elevated, covered with 

 ctenoid scales ; dorsal and ventral outlines alike ; head moderate, pointed, 

 naked above and below; eye large, greater than length of snout, high in 

 position; mouth terminal, slightly oblique, the maxillary reaching middle 

 of eye or somewhat beyond ; gill-rakers short, 6 developed on lower limb ; 

 teeth small, conical, and sharp, on vomer and palatines and in several 

 series in each jaw, with weak canines in front and a few canine-like teeth 

 on middle of side of lower jaw; cheek with about 7 rows of scales; pre- 

 opercle finely serrate; opercle ending in 3 sharp, flat spines, the middle 

 one largest, a membranous pointed flap projecting beyond; fins all naked, 

 the dorsal continuous, with a slight emargination, the spines slender and 

 pungent, the first 4 or 5 graduated, the rest subequal, 3.2 in head, lower 

 than the soft rays which are contained about 2.5 in head ; anal fin short, 

 the second spine longest and strongest, 3 in head, the soft part high, the 

 fifth or sixth ray longest, reaching almost to front of anal, 2 in head; 

 ventral with second ray produced, reaching vent; caudal truncate, or 

 with middleray s very slightly shorter, making the margin slightly concave. 



Color in life: Dorsal half of head and trunk and all of caudal peduncle 

 scarlet, ventral portion pale blue, almost white; a yellow longitudinal 

 band nearly as wide as pupil from preopercular margin straight across 

 opercle and along body to lateral line under last dorsal rays; 4 quadrate, 

 or oblong black blotches just under this band, the first about under middle 

 of spinous dorsal, second under last spines, third under first rays, fourth 

 under last rays; from each of the first three of these blotches a square, 

 well-defined yellow shade extends downward to belly or base of anal, a 

 similar one from base of pectoral to ventral; 4 smaller black blotches at 

 base of caudal, two others, somewhat larger than the last, just in front oi 



