92 The fishes of ohio. 



streams examined," Kirsch, 1893; Franklin County, a common 

 darter of general distribution, Williamson and Osburn, 1897 ; 

 Big Jelloway creek, Knox County, " common," Parker, William- 

 son and Osburn, 1898 ; John's creek at Waterloo, Huron river at 

 Milan, Ashtabula creek, Wabash river at Celina, Stillwater creek 

 at Dayton, North Fork of Licking river at Newark, R. C. Osburn, 

 1899 ; Ohio river at Bellaire, outlet of Lacking reservoir, R. C. 

 Osburn, 1900. 



Hadropterus evides (Jordan and Copeland). 



Head 43^; depth 5^; eye 3^, large and high in head. D. XI-10; 

 A. II, 8 or 9; scales 9-52 to 67-9 to 11. Body moderate, somewhat com- 

 pressed. Head heavy, the profile rather convex. Mouth moderate, lower 

 jaw included. Cheeks, nape and throat naked; opercles with rather large 

 caducous scales; ventral shields but little enlarged. Fins large, pectorals 

 long. Coloration extremely brilliant in breeding males, females and young 

 plainer. General color above, dark olivaceous, tessellated with darker; 

 back and sides with about 7 broad, transverse bars; fins marked with orange, 

 black, bronze, yellow and blue-black. " One of the most brilliant of all 

 fishes. ' ' Length 2 or 3 inches. 



Rare in Ohio, its distribution being more westerly. The 

 species has, however, been taken in the Ohio river at Raccoon 

 Island, by Dr. Henshall, 1889, and by Kirsch, in the Maumee 

 river at Grand Rapids. 



Hadropterus scierus Swain. 



Head 4 to 4|; depth 5 to 6; eye 4 to 4^. D. XIII-13 or 14; A. II, 9; 

 scales 7-68 to 70-17. Body robust. Head rather short, snout bluntish; 

 mouth small, lower jaw included; preopercle more or less distinctly serrate. 

 Gill membranes broadly connected. Opercle with large scales, those on 

 cheek slightly smaller. Throat naked, breast nearly so. Ventral shields 

 but little enlarged and not caducous except anteriorly. Color yellowish 

 olive, everywhere vaguely blotched with black; top of head, dorsal, anal and 

 ventral fins black in male, paler in female; scales everywhere finely punctu- 

 late with brown; sides with a few larger, black specks. Length 5 inches. 



Rare. Like the preceding species, its distribution is westerly. 

 I know of but one record for the state, that by Henshall, ' ' Ohio 

 river, near Little Sandy river, 1889." 



Hadropterus peltatus (Stauffer). 

 Mr. McCormick has recorded (1892) this species from Vermillion river, two speci- 

 mens. H. peltatus, as now understood, occurs from southeastern Pennsylvania southward 

 along the coast, and is not known west of the Alleghanies. so I am inclined to think there 

 must be some error in the above record. Under this belief I omit the species from the 

 Ohio list. 



