..The fishes of Illinois . ngth. Size small, not found over 3 inches, Color a uniform darkbrown, thickly and rather coarsely flecked with black, except on breastand belly; dorsal, adipose, caudal, and anal fins specked with black muchas body, but with narrow edgings of pale. Head short and moderatelybroad, its length 3 .8 to in body; its greatest width in opercular region,narrower forward, to in body; interorbital space to inhead; eye moderate, to 6 in head; upper jaw longer than lower; bar-bels short and robust, the maxillary pair falling considerably short of gill-ope
..The fishes of Illinois . ngth. Size small, not found over 3 inches, Color a uniform darkbrown, thickly and rather coarsely flecked with black, except on breastand belly; dorsal, adipose, caudal, and anal fins specked with black muchas body, but with narrow edgings of pale. Head short and moderatelybroad, its length 3 .8 to in body; its greatest width in opercular region,narrower forward, to in body; interorbital space to inhead; eye moderate, to 6 in head; upper jaw longer than lower; bar-bels short and robust, the maxillary pair falling considerably short of gill-openings. Distance from snout to dorsal 2 .8 to 3 in length; dorsal spineshort, scarcely half the height of fin, 2 .4 to 3 .4 in head. Caudal long andsomewhat .tapered terminally. Anal fin short, of 15 to 16 rays. Pectoralspine moderate, its length 2 to in head, slender towards base andwidening outward, the tip acute; the upper surface comparatively flatand the diagonal grooves inconspicuous; the anterior edge with 2 or 3.
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