348 Fishes of the Ohio ue 
E. blennioides. Raf. The Blenny-like Hog-Fish. 
Etheostoma blennioides. Raf, Icth. Ohiens. p.37. s 
Etheostoma blennioides. Kirtl. Rep. on the Zool. of | Ohio, P 168. 
Plate VL Fig. 1. j wo : 
“ Body elongate, breadth one eighth of the length, 
olivaceous, almost diaphanous, some brown spots on 
pia. back, and some brown geminate transversal lines 
aeross the lateral line, which is straight, but raised at 
the base, Head small, snout rounded, mouth small 
beneath, lower jaw shorter; opercule angular, spine | 
acute ; scales ciliated, pectoral fins elongst, - also, j 
and bilobed at the end. 
“ A strange species, which has the appetite head, 
. andspotsof many Blennies. Length two or three 
inches, and slender. Seen in the Ohio, Wabash, 
' Muskingüni, &c. Color pale, sometimes fulvous, 
whitish beneath. Cheeks swelled and smooth; pre" — 
opercule simple, arched ; opercule quite angular ; iris a 
large and blackish ; pe roughened by the ciliation. 2 t 
Dorsal fin 13 and 13, beginning above the middle of —. 
the pectorals, and ending with the anal; one fai 
longitudinal brown stripe on it. Tail 20 rays, with 
many small transversal lines. Vent nae dial. An 
fin 2 and 8. aA Ag 16 ob | 
d de of rays. D. 15- 13 3t X E es A. s. y. 
e Observations. is abundant in the Ma- 
honing river. A popular error is eommon among the 
— that it is the young of the Ohio salmon. 
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