30 FISHES OF LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. 



78. Etheostoiua aspro Cope & Jordan. Black-sided 

 Darter. 



[Jord. Man. 340. O. St. Surv.- 142.] 



Body elongated, rounded, greenish-yellow with dark markings 

 above, and about 7 dark oblong, sometimes partly confluent, 

 blotches on the sides. Length 3 to 4 inches. One of the prettiest 

 and hardiest of our darters. 



Nowhere common, but found in most of the streams and in 

 the lake. 



79. Etheostoma wrighti sp. nov. 



On April 9, 1892, I took an Etheostoma in the Vermillion 

 River that presents several points of difference from those described. 

 It falls naturally into the group Alvordius Girard, and seems to be 

 related to Etheostoma asp7-o, from which it differs in having a 

 shorter spinous, and longer soft dorsal, larger scales, a stronger 

 spine on opercle, and smaller, more numerous blotches on the 

 sides. 



The analysis is, dorsal X-14, anal II-ii, lateral line 6-55-7, 

 premaxillaries not protractile, lateral line complete, ventral line 

 naked, mouth moderate, palatine teeth present, cheeks and opercles 

 scaly, nape naked except for a central line of embedded scales, color 

 (after being in alcohol overnight) olivaceous, lighter beneath, sides 

 with eleven quadrate blotches, partly confluent, dark shadings on 

 back, fins plain, except the first dorsal, which has has two black 

 blotches, one on first spine midway up, the other longer, on last 

 three spines. Length 2 5/^ inches; head 4 times in length, depth 5^. 

 Protracted rains have kept the river full of water, and prevented 

 farther collecting since this specimen was taken. 



Believing it to be a new species, I propose the name of wrighti 

 in honor of Professor A. A. Wright. 



80. Etheostoma plioxocephalum Nelson. Long- 

 headed Darter. 



[Jord. Man. 341. O. St. Surv. 141..] 



Body slender, rounded, mouth large, color yellowish-brown 

 with X-shaped lateral markings, more numerous than in aspro, 

 head very slender. 



Rare. One specimen taken near Lorain. 



