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32. Etheostoma obeyeuse sp.nov. Related to Etheostoma flabellare Raf., but with thicker and 
blunter head and different coloration. Head, 3£; depth, 5£ (4£ to 6). D. VIII-X, 12-13. A. 
II, 8 (7-9). Lateral line, 44 (42-45). Length, 2£ iuches. 
Etheostoma obeyense. 
Body rather slender, somewhat compressed, the back not elevated in adults, more so in 
the young. Head moderate, heavier, and less pointed than in E. flabellare. Interorbital 
space narrow ; eye about as long as snout, 4 in head, the maxillary extending nearly to 
below its middle. Mouth rather small, little oblique. Jaws subequal, premaxillaries not 
protractile, the skin on middle of forehead continuous with that on tip of snout; teeth 
rather strong. Head, nape, and breast naked. Margin of first dorsal rounded, its longest 
spine 2 in base ; second dorsal larger than first, its margin nearly straight, the anterior ray 
about 14 in base ; caudal moderate, equal in length to caudal peduncle, also to base of first 
dorsal, its margin subtruncate; anal smaller than second dorsal and placed opposite or 
slightly behind that fin ; pectorals equal in length to base of second dorsal ; ventrals equal 
in length to base of anal. Lateral line almost straight, beginning at upper edge of pre- 
opercle and extending backward, slightly descending, to past middle of first dorsal, developed 
on about. 12 scales. 
Color of adult male light-olive ; dorsal region marked with seven dark crossbars, the 
first being on the nape and the last on the end of the caudal peduncle; on the sides are 
10 or 11 irregularly shaped dark spots. Top of head dusky or black. Fins of adult males 
a dusky white. Black spot on membrane of first 3 or 4 dorsal spines, vanishing posteriorly; 
second dorsal with faint traces of bars; caudal plain; margin of anal jet black; pectorals 
faintly barred; ventrals dusky or black. The female and younger specimens are similarly, 
but more deeply, colored. Black humeral scale very large and distinct, as in E. flabellare. 
The anal, pectorals, and ventrals of the female and younger specimens are plain white, 
while the dorsals and caudal are distinctly barred. On the cheek is a smooth, light-colored 
area, extending from below the eye obliquely upward and backward to a distance twice the 
length of eye, and terminating at upper edge of preopercle. [This characteristic was by 
mistake not shown in the above cut.] This area is constricted into two parts, the anterior 
somewhat the larger, and everywhere bounded by a silvery band. 
Very abundant in all the streams. In Indian Creek 21 specimens were taken; Spring 
Creek, 36 ; Smith Creek, 23 ; Albany Branch, 130. In all, 210 specimens were secured. 
33. Stizostedion canadense (C. H. Smith). “Spotted trout.’’ (In.) Common in the lower course 
of this stream. 
Columbia City, Indiana, November 4 , '1891, 
