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falcated. vind fin a A Caudal fin fan- 
shaped. Anterior dorsal spinous; 12 (T 2, Pos- 
terior dorsal, soft, 13 rayed. 
Colors gaudy. Anterior dorsal fin edged with 
orange, and banded through its middle with indigo. 
Post dorsal fuscous, touched with orange or vermil- 
lion. Anal fin verdi ter. Body banded behind the 
pectoral fins with seven or eight white zones, spotted 
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with orange, the intervening spaces green ; an orange - 
stripe beneath the pectoral fins, on the sides of the 
abdomen. Back and head, olive and green. 
_. Length, three inches. T 
. Bear and Ohio. Like the other species of this genus 
its place of retreat is beneath logs and stones. It - 
prefers rapid and clear water. 
/* OBSERVATIONS. - This i is one of the most brilliant 
colored of the western fishes. It is frequently taken 
by fishermen for bait, and preferred to the common 
minnows. Rafinesque established a new genus for 
the reception of a family of fishes very common in 
the waters of Lake Erie and the Ohio river, but so 
small in size as to attract little attention. The 
habits of all the species are very similar. "They may 
be seen, when the water is clear, moving slowly 
along the sides of logs and stones; but if they are 
disturbed, they will dart away with great rapidity. 
Two of the largest species readily bite at a hook. 
As there cannot be a more natural generic assem- 
blage of fish than four of the species described by 
the above named author, and the two I have noticed, 
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Habitat. Mahoning river, a walhi of Mes LA 
