FISHES OF MISSOURI AND ARKANSAS. 
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Three specimens from Osage Fork of the Gasconade, more abundant in Lock Fork 
of the Gasconade. 
30. Lepomis palUdus (Mitchill). 
Little Piney, Big Piney, Gasconade, and Osage Fork. 
31. Lepomis megalotis Rafinesque. 
Osage Fork of the Gasconade, one specimeji. 
32. Micropterus dolomieu Lao^pode. 
Gasconade, Little Piney, and Osage Fork, rather common. 
33. Micropterus salmoides (Lacdp&deJ. 
Scarce in the Pineys and tlie Osage Fork; common in the Lock Fork of the Gas- 
conade. 
34. Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque. 
Lock Fork of the Gasconade, one specimen. 
35. Etheostoma blennioides Rafinesque. 
Lock Fork, Osage Fork, Little Piney, and Gasconade, scarce. 
36. Etheostoma uranidea Jordan & Gilbert. 
Gasconade and Little Piney, two specimens. 
37. Etheostoma caprodes Rafinesque. 
Osage Fork and Lock Fork of the Gasconade, scarce. 
38. Etheostoma aspro (Cope & Jordan). 
Gasconade and Little Piney, not common. 
39. Etheostoma cymatot^nia Gilbert & Meek. 
Cheeks and opercles scaly, scales 71 in one specimen from Osage Fork. D. XII, 12. 
One specimen from Little Piney and one from the Osage Fork. 
40. Etheostoma flabellare Rafinesque. 
Jones Creek, Little Piney, and Osage Fork. 
41. Etheostoma punctulatum (Agassiz). 
Jones Creek, Big Piney, Osage Fork, and Lock Fork, scarce. 
42. Etheostoma cceruleum Storer. 
Found in all streams, but much less common than the following. The color is 
much mottled on some female specimens. Dorsal spines 10 to 11. 
426. Etheostoma cceruleum spectabile (Agassiz). 
Found in all streams, but in much larger numbers tlian E. coeruleum. Dorsal 
spines 9 to 11. This and the preceding form grade into each other. 
43. Etheostoma microperca Jordan & Gilbert. 
One specimen from Jones’ Creek; not different from specimens from Indiana. 
44. Cottus bairdi Girard. 
Common in the Big Piney; less common in the Little Piney ; scarce in the Osage 
and Lock Forks, and in Jones’ Creek. 
III. — THE OSAGE RIVER. 
The tributaries of this river visited were the Marais, the Xiangua and the Sac. 
The Marais River near Dixon, Mo., is a rather small stream which empties into 
the Osage near its mouth. It was visited in time of low water and was found to con- 
sist of long deep holes with little running water between them. The bottoms of the 
