ANNOTATED LIST OF FISHES FROM VICINITY OF AUGUSTA, GA. 7 
35. Micropterus salmoides (Lacepede). “Trout,” “Fresh-water Trout,” 
Large-mouthed Black Bass. 
The “trout” is the most highly prized fish of the angler in the vicinity. It is 
common in many ponds but appears to prefer the deeper and clearer ponds to the 
shallow and more weedy ones. The large-mouthed black bass reaches a large size 
in the vicinity. Individuals weighing from 6 to 10 pounds are not uncommon, and 
the maximum weight attained is said to be 13 pounds. 
36. Etfaeosfcoma frfcksia sp. nov. Figure 1 . Fricks Darter. 
Head, 3.6 to 4.2; depth, 4.2 to 5.8; D. IX, 11 or 12; A. II, 8; scales, 4-39 or 40-5. 
Body elongate, compressed, deep (for a darter) ; the back elevated in advance 
of first dorsal; caudal peduncle rather strongly compressed, its depth 2 to 2.55 in 
head; head moderate, compressed; snout conical, a little shorter than eye, 5 to 6.4 
in head; eye 3.8 to 4.25; mouth oblique; the maxillary reaching to or a little 
beyond front of pupil, 3.2 to 4 in head, premaxillaries not protractile, connected 
with the skin of the forehead at tip of snout, free laterally; teeth in jaws in villiform 
bands; vomer and palatines with similar teeth; gill membranes very narrowly 
connected across the isthmus; gill rakers short and blunt, 7 on the lower limb of 
the first arch; lateral line complete, slightly arched anteriorly, scales large, strongly 
ctenoid, upper surface of head, cheeks, and thorax naked, opercles scaly, with a 
strong spine posteriorly; abdomen fully scaled; dorsal fins well separated, two rows 
of scales crossing back between the fins; first dorsal scarcely as high as the second, 
its origin a little nearer the origin of the second dorsal than tip of snout; origin of 
the second dorsal over origin of the anal; caudal about as long as head without 
snout, its posterior margin convex; anal fin similar to second dorsal, only shorter, 
the spines rather strong, much shorter than the soft rays; ventral fins are inserted 
slightly behind bases of pectorals, reaching a little more than halfway to origin of 
anal; pectoral fins inserted low, the entire base below median line of trunk, rather 
large, somewhat longer than the head, 3.8 to 4 in head. 
Color in' alcohol, brownish above, pale yellowish underneath. Sides with 
irregular dark brown markings; the back with six faint dark blotches, the first 
one under anterior dorsal spines, the second under posterior dorsal spines, the third 
crossing the back between the first and second dorsals, the fourth under anterior 
rays of soft dorsal, the fifth under posterior rays of soft dorsal, and the sixth on 
caudal peduncle. The rows of scales on sides, in the largest specimens, with pale 
lateral streaks. A dark streak on opercle, passing through eye and around tip of 
snout; h pale line just above the black streak, passing from eye to upper angle of 
opercle. The dorsal and caudal fins with dark crossbars; the pectorals plain or 
with faint indications of dark markings; the other fins plain translucent. 
This darter is related to Etheostoma thalassinum, recorded from the Santee 
River basin in North and South Carolina, and E. inscription, reported from the 
Oconee River, Ga. It differs from these species, however, in several respects. The 
lateral line is slightly arched anteriorly, but complete. Thus, it forms a “ connecting 
link” between the genera Etheostoma, with a straight and complete lateral line, 
