264 FISHES OF NORTH CAROLINA. 



229. ETHEOSTOMA SWANNANOA Jordan & Evermann. 



Swanannoa Darter. 



Etheoatoma awannanoa Jordan & Evermann, in Jordan, 18S9a, 360, pi. xlv, fig. 13; Holston and Swannanoa 

 rivers. Jordan, ISSOb, 153, pi. xv, fig. 13; south fork of Swannanoa River. Jordan & Evermann, 

 1896, 1071. 



Diagnosis. — Depth contained 6 times in total length; head rather short and deep, con- 

 tained 4.3 times in length; superior profile strongly cm'ved; snout short and blunt; mouth 

 small, horizontal; lower jaw included; premaxillaries not protractile; maxillaries extending 

 as far as anterior margin of eye; eye high on side of head, large, .25 length of head; branchial 

 membranes broadly connected across isthmus; scales in lateral series 48 to 58, in transverse 

 series 6 + 7 or 8; cheeks, opercles, and breast naked, nape scaly or naked; lateral line complete; 

 dorsal rays xi or xii+12 to 14, the two fins contiguous; anal rays ii,9; pectorals extending 

 beyond tips of ventrals, .33 longer than head. Color: Male — dark green on back, light green 

 below; 6 dark green blotches on back, 8 to 10 more or less connected dark green blotches on 

 sides; a dark bar below eye; base and edge of spinous dorsal bright brown; soft dorsal and 

 caudal speckled green; base and lower edge of pectorals saffron; anal and ventrals pale yel- 

 low. Female and young — duller, body more spotted, pectorals and caudal with dark bars. 

 (Named for Swannanoa River?) 



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Fig. 115. Swannanoa Darter. Etheostoma swannanoa. 



Known only from the clear cold waters of Holston River in Virginia and 

 the south fork of Swannanoa River in North Carolina. Length, 3 inches. 



230. ETHEOSTOMA ZONALE (Oope). 

 Blue-banded Darter. 



PcBcilichthys sonalia Cope, Journal Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1868 (1869), 212, pi. xxiv, 



fig. 1; Holston River, Va. Cope, 18706, 450; French Broad River. 

 Nothonotus zonalia, Jordan & Brayton, 1878, 58; French Broad River (after Cope). 

 Etheostoma zonale, Jordan, 18896, 153; French Broad River at Hot Springs, Spring Creek at Hot Springs, 



Swannanoa River at Asheville. Jordan & Evermann, 1896, 1075, 



Diagnosis. — Body rather slender, the depth .20 to .16 length; head small, short, .25 to 

 .20 length; mouth small; maxillary extending to anterior margin of orbit; snout short, 

 decurved, blunt, shorter than eye; eye contained 3.5 to 4 times in head; scales in lateral 

 series about 50, in transverse series- 6 + 9; cheeks, opercle, and neck scaly, breast rarely so; 

 dorsal rays x or xi+ 10 to 12, the posterior fin higher and shorter than the anterior; anal fin 

 smaller than second dorsal, the rays ii,6 or ii,7; caudal margin slightly concave; pectorals 

 about length of head. Color: bright green above, golden below; a broad, brown lateral band; 

 6 dark brown spots on back; 8 turquoise blue stripes extending downward from lateral band 

 and encircling the belly; back of head, muzzle, a bar below eye, and a spot on opercle black; 

 anal, caudal, pectoral, and ventral fins golden, with brown spots; central part of spinous dorsal 

 crimson, base of soft dorsal with a series of round crimson spots; base of pectorals with a 

 black spot; female speckled and with duller colors, {zonale, banded.) 



