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wee” 2: — fin, one spinous ray, and from 9 to 
.19 soft rays. Ventral fin à spine. Pectoral fins 
: oval, covering, when expanded, a circular, unserrated ` 
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plate. 
Color. Back, olive or black ; sides, faintly macu- 
lated with olive ; a black or "v2 zone often ex- 
tends along she: medial line. "Throat and abdomen 
yellowish or white. 
Length, one and a half inch. 
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Habitat. Common in ditches and muddy god K 
in Trumbull Co. Ohio. -FA 
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| OnsrRvATIONS. It is easily distinguished from all : 
the other species of this genus by its size, color, 
form of its plates, and number of dorsal spines. The 
latter, as well as the number of rays in the dorsal 
and anal fins, vary in different specimens; hence I 
adopted the above specific name. e 
ETHEOSTOMA VARIATA. Variegated Etheostome, or 
Darter. 
Plate IL. fig. 2. 
Head conical, gibbous; orbits prominent; eyes 
large; iris dark olive. Nostrils deep and large, an- 
terior to the eyes.  Operculum complex, gs 
folded, terminating behind in a spine. — - il 
Body cylindric, hardly compressed except at ‘the 
tail; back gibbous; abdomen rectilinear; scales 
rough, apparently hexagonal. 
Pectoral fins large, elongated almost to the origin 
of the anal fin. Ventral fins beneath the pectoral, 
