A7 Fishes of the Ohio 
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tagd ^^ Semormus:. Raf. 
S. biguttatus. Kirtland. The ‘Tavo-spottgd ch 
Plate Y Fig. 1. 
* Head /subquadrangular, upper surface’ flattish ; — 
| upper lip prominent-and projecting ;- nostrils double,- 
. equal distance between the eye and the point of the - 
upper’ jaw ; eyes not- large, circular; irides : prem : 
gill-covers smooth and iridescent. - 
- Body fusiform, cylindrical ; scales large; medial 
line suddenly curvés upwards near its base.  - 
_ Color. Body olive and bluish above the medial 
line; sides and abdomen faintly cupreous. Fins 
orange, ferruginous colored ; a black spot at the base - 
of the caudal fin, but none in the dorsal. ` Body and 
a Jins irregularly punctated with’small black dots, and 
a larger vermilion dot behind each eyé. TUN. 
* ^ Length 6 inches. [4 "m 
rw Hab. Yellow Creek, a tributary of the Mahoning. 
E. Observations. The elongated form of the head, 
= A dots behind the eye, and the absence 
n or black spot inthe dorsal fin, as wellas | 
habits, distinguish it from the S. dorsalis 
Eie, m die piel surface of. the head and superior jaw . 
~~ studded with numerous spines, in the spring of the 
A ar; these are deciduous, and fall off ud auc. 
summer, leaving those surfaces smooth. _ 
"This species bites at the hook with as much en- - 
: ergy and as | suddenly as the speckled trout, and hence — 
the fishermen and — have oam him the name of — 
