. Fishes. Fishes. Percoidea, or Perch-like Fishes 527 with alternate bands of dark blue-green and orange-red, most exquisite in their arrangement. In the South, Hadropteriis nigrofasciatus, the crawl-a-bottom of the Georgia rivers, is a heavily built darter, which Vaillant has considered the ances- tral species of the group. Still more swift in movement and bright in color are the species of Hypohomus, which flash their showy hues in the sparkling brooks of the Ozark and the Great Smoky Mountains. Hypohomus aurantiacus is the best-known species. Diplesion blennioides, the green-sided darter, i
. Fishes. Fishes. Percoidea, or Perch-like Fishes 527 with alternate bands of dark blue-green and orange-red, most exquisite in their arrangement. In the South, Hadropteriis nigrofasciatus, the crawl-a-bottom of the Georgia rivers, is a heavily built darter, which Vaillant has considered the ances- tral species of the group. Still more swift in movement and bright in color are the species of Hypohomus, which flash their showy hues in the sparkling brooks of the Ozark and the Great Smoky Mountains. Hypohomus aurantiacus is the best-known species. Diplesion blennioides, the green-sided darter, is the type of numerous species with short heads, large fins, and coloration. Fig. 415—Green-sided Darter Diplesion blennioides Rafinesque Clinch River. Family Percidm. of Speckled green and golden. It abounds in the streams of the Ohio Valley. The tessellated darters, Boleosoma, are the most plainly colored of the group and among the smallest; yet in the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931. New York, H. Holt and Company
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