138 0)Nn;i!'.rTIONS TO NORTH AMi::;iCAN ICHTHYOLOGY - IV. 



silvery: back with smoky shading ; lower (ins white. Size large; 

 lies a length of about - feet. Xorth Carolina to Georgia. 



. 1'i'ic. A::IIT. I'hil. S.H-. I'hila. l^TD^Ti); Jordan, Man. 

 Vert. 318; Jordan. Hull. f. S. N.-il. Mus. xii, i:M.) 



" hips distinctly plivate. 



t Lower lip infolded, /\->h a ;>e:l wh;Mi viewed. from below, \vith a distinct median 

 crease, in \viiich the t \vo halves u(' the lip meet, forming an acute an 

 month small. 



<(. l>o:--al large. \vith 1.V17 developed rays. 



133. JI. vc9:ii:aoti (Cope) Jordan. 



I'.:)ily stout, deep, compressed, the back elevated, the depth '*>-[ in 

 length. Head short, heavy, ilattish and broad above, .'5';-!' in length. 

 I )cpt h of checks halt' the length of the head. Eye rather lar^e, midway 

 in head, l-~> in its length. Muzzle rather prominent, blunt ish, over- 

 han-'i n-- the very small mouth. Fins very large. Dorsal long and high, 

 its height live-sixths the length of the head, its free border straight. 

 Pectorals nearly reaching ventrals. Color silvery ; smoky above; lower 

 tins red. Si/..- large. Upper Mississippi Valley to Georgia and south- 

 ward. 



(rii/<-!i<ixlthii'iN nlnttix and roUapsus Cope, Proc. Anier. 1'hil. Soc. I'hila. l^?n, 171 17'J; 

 . Man. Verl. :J17; Jordan, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. xii, 13J.) 



u. Dorsal moderate, with 12-14 developed rays. 



h. Head comparatively large, about -1 in length; dorsal rays usually 1'^. 



15 1. ITI. bilCCO (Cope) Jordan. 



He. id short and very wide through the operdes. Hat above. Hody 

 stout, the back somewhat elevated, depth 4 in length. Muzzle sub- 

 truncule, slightly iirojecting. Scales (j-l()-~t. Olivaceous silvery be- 

 low; dorsal lin dusky. Kansas. (Coj>> .} 



(rtil<-liiixtinnti.i luffo Copi'. llayden's (Jeol. Snrv. \','\om. I 7 J, V.\7 : Mii.n>xli>in <-nn- 

 in .lordati. Hull. I" S. Nat. Mus. xii. ]'.''.': prol>al)l\ not <'<tttix!<n>tim i-niKji-i.titx ]',. A 

 (',. I'roc. Acad. Nat. Sci. I'hila. 1^.')4, '27, which Professor Cope thinks is a I'orin of .U. 

 i-itt<]iiil,itn,,i. he having oli! ained it in Texas and Ari/ona.) 



155. JI. i>acJ3<';s4' (Cope) Jordan. 



Head rather long, 1J, in length, llattish ab(\c. Body elongate 1 , more 

 neailx c\ lindrical, little compressed. .Mu//l<- ti'iincate. Olivaceous, 

 Sometimes with TOWS of faint spots along the series of scales. Dorsal 

 and caudal tins black-edged. Si/.e ipiile small, llesembles ,17. ccrri- 

 HKin, but the i ..... i!h entirely different. Great IVdee Kivei-. (<'<>J><'-) 



I" oho tomut fiiili' ir-i-. I'roc. Am. 1'hil. Soc. I'hila. l-'-7li ) . 171: Jordan, Man. Vert. 



::I7: Jordan, r.nll. r. s. \ a i. Mus. \ii. l:::;.) 



bl>. Head very small, alionl ." in length. 



