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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
16. Etheostoma aspro (Cope »fe Jordan). (Var.) 
Several specimens, similar to those from the Eoanoke. Scales 62, 62, 64. Com- 
pared with E. peltatum from the Neuse, these specimens have smaller scales, and 
the blotches on the sides coalesce into a nearly continuous black band, nearly as wide 
as eye, its edges uneven. In some the cheeks are naked, in others scaly. 
17. Etheostoma quiescens (Jordan). 
The original typo of this species came from Allapaha River, a tributary of the 
Suwanee Eiver in sonthern Georgia. The four specimens taken at Zuni agree with 
this type except in the form of the body. This is very slender in the Suwanee speci- 
men, but ratlier stout in those from the Blackwater. 
Head 3f in length (4^ with caudal) ; depth 4f (4f). D. XI-12, A. II, 7. Scales 3- 
54-8. Pores on 27 scales. Length If inches. Body not greatly elongate, compressed, 
the back elevated, the back higher and the tail shorter than in E. eos. Maxillary 
extending to front of pupil ; jaws equal ; preopercle a little crenulate above. Cheeks, 
opercles, and whole top of head closely scaled : breast and nape scaled ; snout, jaws, and 
))reorbital naked; lateral line running very high as in E. fusiforme, from which this 
species is chiefly distinguished by the scaly crown, a character seeu also in E. tuscumbia, 
a species not closely related to E. quiescens. Caudal If in head; pectoral as long as 
head. Color dark brown, the pale parts chiefly bright red in life; back with some 
dark markings; side with a broad black lateral band, mottled and interspersed with 
red; an area of red along lateral line; some black spots on lower part of side; a black 
si)ot at base of pectoral ; three black bars about eye ; four black spots in a cross series 
at base of caudal, the middle ones largest. Fins checkered ; dorsal, anal, and caudal 
finely barred; ventrals, anal, and pectorals plain. 
E.— THE ROANOKE RIVER. 
The Eoanoke Eiver has its sources in the Blue Eidge Mountains in southwestern 
Virginia, from which region it flows southeastward through the uplands, and ultimately 
passes into the lowland region of east North Carolina. Its mouth is a broad estuary, 
Eoanoke Sound, which opens into Albemarle Sound. The general character of the 
river basin is similar to that of the James. Our examinations of this river were all 
made near the source of its main branch, the Staunton Eiver, in Montgomery and 
Eoanoke Counties, Virginia. The work was here done under very favorable circum- 
stances, and it is probable that so far as the fishes of the upland course are concerned, 
our list is nearly complete. The water of most of the tributaries of the Upper Eoanoke 
is very clear, and the streams are extremely picturesque. Collections were made at 
the following points: 
1. Bottom Creelc, about 5 miles south of Alleghany Springs, August 3 ; tempera- 
ture 77°. 
The infant Eoanoke is formed by the union of two mountain streams. Bottom 
Creek and Lick Fork, which come together on the west side of Bent Mountain, some 
4 miles above Alleghany Springs. Of these streams the larger, Bottom Creek, was 
examined by us. Its waters are very clear, forming a succession of rapids and deep 
pools, the swift places having the bottom lined with a river weed {Podostemon eerato- 
phyllus). The water is, however, warm, scarcely colder than that of the river. The 
fishes are substantially the same as those in the river below. The only difference 
