dc:description"FIGURE 1. Live specimens of Vexillichthys n. gen. atripinnis. A. young in typical coloration (90 mm SL, Salt Lick Creek at Bugtussle Road crossing, Monroe Co., KY, 36.65654°, -85.92124°) and B. nuptial specimen, probably female (147 mm SL, Long Hungry Creek, at KY 1333 crossing, Allen Co., KY, 36.67412°, -86.04397°). Specimens uncataloged. Photos by M. Thomas.";
dc:description"FIGURE 2. Preserved nuptial male specimen of Vexillichthys n. gen. atripinnis in dorsal, lateral, and ventral views. AUM 12812, 71.6 mm SL. Photos by J.W. Armbruster. Scale = 1 cm.";
dc:description"FIGURE 5. Ventral view of right pectoral fins of A. Thoburnia rhothoeca, AUM 61433, 94.7 mm SL and B. Vexillichthys n. gen. atripinnis, AUM 12812, 133.7 mm SL. Unbranched pectoral fin rays numbered with lowercase Roman numerals and first two branched rays numbered with Arabic numerals. The specimen in B is a large, nuptial female and pads are present on all four of the numbered rays with even some thickening on the third branched ray (numbers are approximately in the center of the pads). Photos by J.W. Armbruster. Scale = 1 cm.";
dc:description"FIGURE 4. Dorsal view of crania of A. Hypentelium nigricans, AUM 86410, 259.5 mm SL, B. Thoburnia rhothoecum, AUM 86411, and C. Vexillichthys n. gen. atripinnis, AUM 86412. 109.7 mm SL. DE—dermethmoid (lines are to a lateral lamina), F—frontal, FPF—frontoparietal fenestra, LE—lateral ethmoid (lines are to the base of the bone), and SOC—supraorbital crest (lines are to a lateral lamina). Photos by J.W. Armbruster. Scale = 1 cm.";
