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BULLETIN OP THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
32. Etheostoma pagei Meek. 
Etheostoma pagd Meek. American Naturalist, November, 1894, 957. 
This interesting darter was described by Dr. Meek from 2 specimens obtained by him in 
the Spring Branch on the IT. S. Pish Commission grounds at Neosho, and was named for Mr. 
W. F. Page, superintendent of the Government fish-hatchery at that place. The original 
description is as follows : Head, 34 in length of body ; depth, 4 to 4|; eye, 3^ in head; snout, 3|; 
dorSiil fin Avith 9 or 10 spines and 12 or 13 soft rays; anal spines 2; soft rays, 7 ; scales, 8-56 to 
61-13. Body robust; snout abruptly decurved, but not blunt; mouth rather large, terminal, 
maxillarjr reaching vertical from pupil; premaxillaries not protractile; lips thick; gill mem- 
Ijranes not connected ; cheeks, opercleSj and breast naked ; nape scaled ; lateral line imperfect, 
developed on only about 12 scales. Color of male : Belly bright red, extending on side to 
upper rays of pectoral tins; above the red is a yellowifsh band on the sides about as wide as 
diameter of eye; upper part of body oliA^aceous, with darker markings, each scale being 
Xjrovided with a black spot, these making faint lateral streaks along the rows of scales; 
about 9 dark blotches on the side, resembling faint bars. Caudal and .soft dorsal fins barred; 
pectorals faintly barred; anal and ventrals xilaiu ; a dark numeral scale. The female has the 
under parts whitish, the sides olivaceous, much mottled with darker; otherwise as in the 
male. Length, 2 inches. Only the types known. 
33. Etheostoma coeruleum spectabile (Agassiz). Bainbow Darter. This is the most abundant darter 
in Spring Branch and in Shoal Creek. It is also common«iu Indian Creek. Of 24 examples 
examined by ns all are of the small brook form described nsUjiectabile. The males were all 
extremely brilliant in life. The aver.age length of the 24 specimens is 2J- inches. 
34. Cottus bairdi Girard. Blob; Miller’s Thumb. Four specimens from Indian Creek, 2 to 3J inches 
long. Common in Shoal Creek. 
