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Bulletin //, United States National Museum. 
lar cLirk band along base of lin ; soft dorsal and caudal barred with white 
and grayish, the latter in snots on the rays; anal and ventrals without 
markings: pectoral somewhat dnskj'. 
This species is close to E. ion'o', from which it seems to differ in the 
almost naked cheek, the less complete scaling of the opercles, the some- 
what longer maxillary, more oblicine month, closer approximation of the 
dorsal tins, and the coloration. Lake Maxinknekee, Indiana. 
Many examples, each about 2 inches long, taken in Aubeenaubee Creek, 
the east inlet of Lake Maxinknekee, August 4, and on other days in 
August and September, 1809. E. iowtv is a common species in the lake, but 
does not occur in the inlet, nor were we able to find any specimens of 
E. anheenanhei anywhere except in this small creek. Type No. 49379, 
r.S.N.M. Coll. Evermann & Scovell. 
Etheostoma aubeenaubei, Everm.\n.v, Kept. U. S. Fish Com. 1899 (1900), 367, with plate, 
Aubeenaubee Creek, Lake Maxinkuckee, Indiana. 
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1.597 (a). I’RIOXMIES If.tI.rMVIXI, Evermann Marsh. 
Head 2.5; depth 3.2; eye 4; snout 4.6; maxillary 2.4; mandible 2; 
interorViital 7 ; D. x, 12; A. in, 7; iiectoral 1.4; ventral 1.3; caudal 1.7; 
scales 4-42-12. 
Body elongate, moderately compre.ssed, not elevated, covered with 
ctenoid scales; dorsal and ventral outlines alike ; head moderate, pointed, 
naked above and below; eye large, greater than length of snout, high in 
position; mouth terminal, slightly obli(iue, the maxillary reaching middle 
of eye or somewhat beyond; gill-rakers short, 6 developed on lower limb; 
teeth small, conical, and sharp, on vomer and palatines and in several 
series in each jaw, with weak canines in front and a few canine-like teeth 
on middle of side of lower jaw; cheek with about 7 rows of scales; jire- 
opercle tinely serrate ; opercle ending in 3 sharp, flat spines, the middle 
one largest, a membranous pointed flap projecting beyond; tins all naked, 
the dorsal continuous, with a slight emargination, the spines slender and 
pungent, the first 4 or 5 graduated, the rest subequal, 3.2 in head, lower 
than the soft rays which are contained about 2.5 in head; anal fin short, 
the second spine longest and strongest, 3 in head, the soft part high, the 
fifth or sixth ray longest, reaching almost to front of anal, 2 in head; 
ventral with second ray ]>roduced, reaching vent; caudal truncate, or 
with middlerays very slightly shorter, making themargin slightly concave. 
Color in life: Dorsal half of head and trunk and all of caudal peduncle 
scarlet, ventral portion pale blue, almost white; a yellow longitudinal 
band nearly as wide as pupil from jireopercular margin straight acn>.«j 
opercle and along body to lateral line under last dorsal rays; 4 qua'drate 
or oblong black blotches just under this band, the first about under middle 
of spinous dorsal, second under last si)iues, third under first rays, fourth 
under last rays; from each of the first three of these blotches a square, 
well-defined yellow shade extends downward to belly or base of anal, a 
similar one from base of pectoral to ventral; 4 smaller black blotches at 
base of caudal, two others, somewhat larger than tlu* last, just in front of 
