. The fishes of North and Middle America [microform] : a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Fishes; Fishes; Poissons; Poissons. rwwr â W^w^) â ' I rv! t'i t : ; i i â i ; I ' : â â. 1038 Bulletin 47, United States National Museum. spiuouB dorsal separated from the soft dorsal by the lenj^th of tli» Hiiout; outline of the spinous dorsal gently curved, the first spine ^ lon<rr than last spine, and f length of middle spine, which is 1} in head; Itasi^ of soft dorsal longer than that of anal, its r


. The fishes of North and Middle America [microform] : a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Fishes; Fishes; Poissons; Poissons. rwwr â W^w^) â ' I rv! t'i t : ; i i â i ; I ' : â â. 1038 Bulletin 47, United States National Museum. spiuouB dorsal separated from the soft dorsal by the lenj^th of tli» Hiiout; outline of the spinous dorsal gently curved, the first spine ^ lon<rr than last spine, and f length of middle spine, which is 1} in head; Itasi^ of soft dorsal longer than that of anal, its rays of about etiual longtli,!; iu head; anal about as large as soft dorsal, its spines subequal; vtntralH moderately separated, about equal to pectorals, which are 1^ in lieail. VertebriB 18 + 22 = 40. Color yellowish olive, everywhere v:if,'uely blotched with black. Top of head, dorsal, anal, and ventral tins entirely black in male, paler in female; base of pectoral and caiidtil finH, branchiostegal membranes, cheeks, and sides posteriorly hlackish; scales everywhere finely puuctulate with brown, the sides witli a tew larger black specks. Length 5 inches. Northern Indiana to'IV'iincsHoe and Texas, the typical form above described being common in wecdy brooks from northern Indiana southward in the Wabash Hasin tlniiiigli Kentucky and Tennessee to the Washita and Saline rivers, ArkaiiHiis. Strongly resembles Hadropterua aajrro, but duller in color, and easily dis- tinguished by tho united gill membranes and the serrulate pi'eii]iercle. {(iKiepbg, dusky.) Iladroplerus icienu, Swain, Proc. U. S. Nat. Miis., 1883, 252, Bkan Blossom Creek, Monroe County, Indiana. (Coll. Jordan & Swain.) .â Vteimlirma Hciemm, JounAN, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., vui, 1«88 (1890), IGO, 1G4, mid M7; Bm- , Cat., I, 80. Represented in streams of Texas by 1437a. HADROPTflKUS 8CIERIIS SERRULA, Jordan A Gilbert. Close to HadropteruH scierua, but with smaller scales, 68 to 71 in tlie lateral


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