FISHES OF LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. 3I 



81. EtheostoHia flabellare Rafinesque. Fan-tailed 

 Darter. 



[Jord. Man. 354. O. St. Surv. 149.] 



A dusky, olive-colored little fish, each scale on upper half of 

 body bearing a black spot, which combined form a series of about 

 eight longitudinal lines, the males farther marked with dark cross- 

 bars, caudal fin broad with dark bars, dorsal fin short and low, 

 lower jaw distinctly projecting; in the males, the spines of the first 

 dorsal fin have fleshy tips. 



Rare. I have seen but 3 specimens, all from the Vermillion 

 River near the water-works dam. 



82. Etlieostoma coeruleiini Storer. Rainbow Darter. 



[Jord. Man. 361. O. St. Surv. 152.] 



Body rather short and thick, fins high, head large, olivaceous, 

 darker above, about 12 bars of indigo running obliquely backward 

 with orange between, brighter in the males than in the females. 

 Length 2)/^ inches. 



One of the most common darters, usually found in swift-run- 

 ning parts of the larger streams. 



83. Perca flavescens (Mitchill). Yellow Perch. 



[Jord Man. 369. O. St. Surv. 129.] 



■There is little need of describing this well known fish. The 

 rich yellow color and six broad dusky bands, short thick body and 

 head are familiar. There is a good deal of variation in color, 

 some specimens from the lake being pale green without bands, 

 while those caught from among weeds are apt to be darker and 

 more spotted, but it is never silvery like the white bass, and the 

 deep body separates it from all other perches. Length about 15 

 inches. (See plate 12.) 



Common in the lake and lower portions of the rivers, not de- 

 tected above the dams. 



84. Stizostedion vitreum (Mitchill). Blue-pike. 



[Jord. Man. 370. O. St. Surv. 131.] 

 Body quite elongated, head long, with wide mouth, first dorsal 

 fin high, nearly plain except a large black blotch on base of the last 

 two or three spines; second dorsal with 21 rays, bluish or yellowish 

 grey, mottled with brassy above. Reaches a length of three feet, 

 and a weight of 20 (to 40?) pounds. 



