..The fishes of Illinois . 2 .3 to2 . 8 in its length. Color of sides and upper parts light green, finely blotchedwith darker; back with 8 or 9 small and rather obscure quadrate blotchesof clove-brown color; sides with 9 to 11 clove-brown bars, short and some-what broken, extending above lateral line half way to back and belowit half way to belly (the bars are greenish in pale specimens), squarishblotches of rusty red alternating with the bars; belly greenish yellowto almost white, overlaid between base of pectoral and anal fin with anorange band or a row of blotches of same color; sides and t
..The fishes of Illinois . 2 .3 to2 . 8 in its length. Color of sides and upper parts light green, finely blotchedwith darker; back with 8 or 9 small and rather obscure quadrate blotchesof clove-brown color; sides with 9 to 11 clove-brown bars, short and some-what broken, extending above lateral line half way to back and belowit half way to belly (the bars are greenish in pale specimens), squarishblotches of rusty red alternating with the bars; belly greenish yellowto almost white, overlaid between base of pectoral and anal fin with anorange band or a row of blotches of same color; sides and top of headwith dark brown vermiculations and bands of brown; a band of brownbefore eye and one below it; upper half of spinous dorsal, except margin,a brilliant orange, above and below which is clove-brown to light green;pectorals, soft dorsal, and caudal fins barred brown in the rays; ventrals *A List of the Native Fishes of Illinois, with Keys, by Thomas Large. State Fish Comm., Sept. 30, 1900, to Oct. 1, >>.i pq •?•>* -X vV ll fl -6 i— 0 jp 1 33 B^E .^ ** ^v jd V4B to llr 1 *> *#] 5 5 :»| ?0 till ?MPS : s •a o <J ETHEOSTOMA 307 and anal almost plain white. Females and males in late-summer colormuch lighter, fall specimens often suggesting Boleosoma nigrum. Thelarge size and peculiar shade of the rusty-brown to rusty-red blotcheswill usually serve for the recognition of this species. Head 3 . 7 to 4, lesspointed than E. jessice, the muzzle rather blunt, scarcely decurved; widthof head 1. 8 to 2 .1 in its length; interorbital space not much wider thanhalf of eye, 6 to 8 in head; eye nearly round,-3 .3 to in head; mouthrather small, nearly horizontal, subterminal, maxillary reaching to frontof orbit; cleft 3 . 6 to 4; lower jaw included; gill-membranes scarcely con-nected, distance from muzzle to angle usually less than times thatto back of orbit. Dorsal fin VIII-XI, 9 or 11; spinous and soft portionsseparated by a space somewhat
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