Hcad-stnaH, -with swelled and dotted cheeks: iris brown with 

 an internal gold ring; branchial rays concealed. Scales smal 

 roughened. Dorsal fin beginning above the pectorals and end 

 ing beyond the anal, with 8 short spiny rays and 12 soft on£§ 

 olivaceous, with -a longitudinal brown stripe. Vent anterior- 

 anal fin very far from the tail, convex pale, rays 1 and 8. Pec, 

 toral fins 1 5. Caudal 20, olivaceous with many small transver- 

 sal ami fiexuose lines. Diameter less than one seventh of the 

 length. 



23d Species. Black Hogfish. Ethcostoma nigra. Ethcos-* 



tome noire. 



Entirely black, pale beneath; scales smooth, lateral line 

 streight, mouth rather beneath, forehead rounded, upper jaw 

 longer; prcopercnle rounded, spine acute: vent rather anteri- 

 or: tail entire nearly truncate. 



From one to two inches long. Observed in Green ri^el 1 ." 

 Vulgar name Black minny. Iris black, silvery, and small. Di- 

 ameter one seventh of the length, without spots. Head small. 

 Pectoral fins oboval. Tail 20. Anal fin 2 and 8. Dorsal 10 and 12. 

 2d Subgenus. DirLEsiov. 



Dorsal fin nearly double, divided into two joining parts. 

 Meaning nearly double. • 



24th Species. Blun-T nose HogfisH. J£t7tev*Toma HientOoi<- 

 ien. Etheostomer blenniokle. " 



Body elongate, breadth one eighth of the length, olivaceous 

 almost diaplanous, some brown spots on the back, and some 

 brown geminate transversal lines across the lateral line) which 

 is straight, but raised at the base. Head small, sribufflSWKRs!-, 

 mofltlr small beneath, lower jaw shorter; opercule angular, 

 spine *eute; scales ciliated, pectoral fins elongate, tail also, and 

 -bttobed af tWendv 



A strange species, which has the appearance, head, and spots 

 of many Blennies. Length two or three inches, and slendfeF. 

 Seen in the Ohio, "Wabash, Muskingum, 8cc. Colour pale, 

 sometimes fulvous, whitish beneath. Cheeks swelled and 

 smooth, preopercule simple arched, opercule quite angulan 

 iris large and blackish: scales roughened by the ciUation. Dor- 

 sal fin 13 and 13, beginning above the middle of the pectorals 



-and ending with the anal, one faint longitudinal brown stripe oifc 



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