FISHES OF LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. 2g 



Very common every where. One of the few species that may 

 be depended upon when the seine is drawn. 



74- Etheostonia blennioides Rafinesque. Green- 

 sided Darter. 



[Jord. Man. 332. O. St. Sotv. 135.] 



Body stout and elongated, head very blunt, mouth small and 

 inferior, color olive-green, spotted above, sides mar.ked with about 

 8 Y-shaped bars. Length about 4 inches. 



Vermillion River, scarce. I found them not uncommon in 

 Sandusky Bay, where they were associated with Yellow Perch, Log 

 Perch, and Sunfish. 



75- Etheostoma copelandi (Jordan). 



[Jord. Man. 333. O. St. Surv. 137.] 



Body slender, head large and long, cheeks naked, opercles 

 partly scaled, nape naked half way to first dorsal, ventral plates large; 

 brownish-yellow with ten blotches on the sides. Dorsal XI-i 2, anal. 

 II-9, lateral line 4-53-8. Length 2^ inches. 



Vermillion River, but one specimen taken. 



76. Etheostoma caprodes Rafinesque. Log-perch. 



[Jord. Man. 337. O. St. Surv. 138.] 



Body elongated, somewhat compressed, head long and pointed, 

 color greenish-yellow with about i§ zebra-like black bands. Length 

 6 to 8 inches. 



Not very common, though I have taken it in l|pth of the rivers 

 and in the lake. It was very abundant among the stonewort that car- 

 pets Sandusky Bay and Put-in-Bay, and it formed the bulk of the 

 fishes that I saw among the terns' nests on Rattle Snake Island, July 

 13, 1891. 



Most of the specimens have the nape of the neck naked (vari- 

 ety zebra, Agassiz), but the typical form, with the nape scaly, occurs 

 in the proportion of about [ in 3; some specimens show an inter- 

 mediate stage. Many of my specimens show only 14 spines in the 

 dorsal fin. 



77. Etheostoma peltatum Stauffer. Shielded Darter. 



[Jord. Man. 339.] 



Body rather stout, cheeks naked, olive green, with short black 

 cross-bars on the back. Length 4 inches. 



Rare. I have seen them only once, when two specimens we're 

 secured from Vermillion River. 



