IN THE ALLEGHENY REGION OF SOUTH-WESTERN VIRGINIA. 211 



ETHEOSTOMA Rafinesque, Agassiz, Cope, emend. 

 Etheostoma et Hadropterus Agass. AJvordlus Girard ; Aplesion et Diplesion Raf. 



Etheostoma blennioides Raf. 



Not rare in the tributaries of the Kanawha, and head waters of the James. Those 

 from the former present two varieties : — 

 /?. Scales 8-11 — 11-13. D. xiv. 11. A. ii. 8-9; the back with square blotches 



and many smaller spots. Three specimens. Walker's Creek. 

 r. Scales 7-6 — 11. D. .\;iii. 13 A. ii. 10; back scarcely marked. Two specimens, 



Sinking Creek. 



COTTOG ASTER Putnam. 



Bull. Mus. Corap. Zool. i, 1863, p. 4. 



Dorsal fins distinct; lateral line present; muzzle obtuse. 



COTTOGASTER AURANTIACUS Cope, sp. nOV. 



Form elongate, caudal peduncles slightly contracted. Caudal fin even. Orbit 

 smaller than length of muzzle, contained four times in length of head, excluding 

 opercular spine. Mandible shorter tlian muzzle. Cheek and operculum covered 

 with small scales. Head 4-25 in length to basis caudal; depth at middle first dorsal 

 six times in the same. Scales very small, 15 — 25, covering the ventral line; gular 

 region smooth. Radii D. xv. 15, A. ii. 11. Third dorsal ray longest, fin outline 

 .rapidly descending posteriorly; first anal below first of second dorsal. 



Total length 2 in. 6-75 lines; to first dorsal ray 8-25 lines; to last anal 20 lin. ; 

 least depth caudal peduncle 2*25 lines. 



Colors : golden brown above, with a series of small round brown spots nearer the 

 basis of the dorsal fin tlian the lateral line ; latter traversed by a broad black band, 

 which passes on sides of head round muzzle ; below bright citron-yellow. Fins 

 unspotted. 



PERCINA Haldeman. 

 Percina caprodes Putnam e Raf. 

 One specimen of a marked variety from the Holston. 



POECILICHTHYS Agass. emend. 

 Catonotus et PoecUicJithijs Agass., 1. c. 



The species of this genus are numerous ; the following partial synopsis is given to 

 aid in the identification of the species below described : 



I. Branchiostegal membranes broadly connected across the pectoral 

 region. 



«. Operculum and cheeks scaled. 



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