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Color, yellow or j'ellowish-green, with about 15 transverse dark bands from the 

 back to the belly, these usually alternating with shorter and fainter ones which 

 reach about to the lateral line ; a black spot at base of caudal fin ; fins barred. 



(ireen-Sided Darter, — Dlplcswu /;Av/;^/^;V/r5 (Rafinesquel. 



The Green-sided Darter is one of the most beautiful and attractive of darters. 

 It is found from New York and Pennsylvania to the Dakotas, Kansas and Alabama. 

 It is a fish of the creeks and smaller rivers, rarely occurring in lakes, and is generally 

 fairly common. 



As a bait minnow it is in many places highly esteemed. In northern Indiana 

 for early spring fishing it is regarded as one of the best. It is long-lived on the 

 hook, but does not keep well in the tank or bucket. This darter is not active on 

 the hook, and must be kept moving. It is not a good bait for fall fishing, but early 

 in the spring it is regarded as the best live bait that can be had for Small-mouth 

 Black Bass, 



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GREEN-SIDED DARTER. 



Head 4 to 42X; depth 43^ to 6 ; eye 31^; D. xil to xiV-12 to 15; A. 11,8 org; 

 P. 15 ; scales 6-58 to 78-14; vertebrae 23 + 21=44. 



Body stout, rather long, little compressed ; profile very convex; eyes large, high 

 up, close together, a longitudinal furrow between them ; mouth small, horizontal, 

 quite inferior; upper jaw concealed in a furrow under the snout; opercular spine 

 strong; distance from mouth to gill-cleft ^ head; scales moderate, those on the 

 belly large, not caducous; cheek with fine scales, opercles with larger ones; neck 

 scaly, chest naked ; anal papilla very large ; anal spines strong ; caudal fin emargi- 

 nate ; lower rays of the pectoral and the rays of the ventrals and anal enlarged and 

 fleshy in the males ; pectoral longer than the head. 



Color, olive-green, tessellated above ; side with about 8 double transverse bars. 



