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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
43. Etheostoma scierum (Swain). T. 
Very abundant in Tippecanoe Eiver; the largest specimens yet seen ; the largest 
about 5 inches in length. Colors dark, and the body very iilump, much as with E. 
aspro in Yellow River. Scales 68 ; cheeks and opercles scaly ; breast usually so ; 
base of caudal with 3 to 4 dark sjiots in a cross-series. In E. aspro there is usually a 
single spot at base of caudal, more distinct than in E. scierum. 
44. Etheostoma evides (Jordan & Copeland). T., E. 
Not rare. Scales 55. 
45. Etheostoma camurum (Cope). T. 
Several fine specimens. Colors in life : Sides light brown, with 12 to 15 very nar- 
row greenish lines running from pectorals to caudal ; three rather plain vertical bars of 
the same color, but much broader just back of the pectorals, faint traces of 5 or 6 
others between them and the tail ; about 50 to 60 small deep orange spots scattered 
irregularly over the sides ; axils dusky ; belly pale bluish green ; throat and chin 
deeper blue; top of head and cheeks light brown, more or less mottled with darker. 
Spinous dorsal uniform light brown, or greenish ; soft dorsal deeper brown with a 
series of reddish spots near the top ; above these a pale line above which is a still 
darker line forming the border of the fin, and same as soft dorsal; pectorals pale 
brown, darkest on outer half; veutrals same, but outer half a little darker than pec- 
torals; caudal light brown with some dark near the middle, a reddish brown bar near 
the tip; outside this a pale bar, the extreme tip of the fin being a pale green. Scales 
53; snout bluntly decurved. 
46. Etheostoma maculatum Kirtland. T., D. 
One specimen of this lare species taken in Deer Creek, and four in Tippecanoe 
River. Scales 56; cheeks without the dark spots found in its nearest relative E. 
rufolineatum. 
47. Etheostoma Species nova. T. 
Four specimens of this handsome little fish taken in Tippecanoe River. 
They apparently belong to an undescribed sjiecies, closely allied to E. cceruleum, 
but with the head more pointed, the lower jaw more prominent, the dark cross bands 
nearly vertical, and the scales thickly dusted with dark points. We wait until larger 
specimens are obtained before giving it a name. 
48. Etheostoma cceruleum Storer. M., E., T., D., B. 
Very common. 
49. Etheostoma flabellare (Eaflaesque). T., D., B. 
In cold waters ; rather scarce. 
50. Cottus bairdi Girard. B. 
Scarce. 
Q.— THE LOWER WABASH RIVER. 
Towards its junction with the O hio the Wabash becomes a large river with moder- 
ate current, the water not very clear, and the bottom covered with gravel and sand 
in which grow many water plants. The tributary streams are mostly sluggish and 
yellow with clay and mud. The fish fauna of the Lower Wabash was found to be un 
exiiectedly rich, its most striking feature being the abundance of several species 
