188 coNTRir.rTiONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY iv. 



Y;ir. 4-y:iii<'tis Cope. 



S.-ales dt' the dorsal and ventral regions very small, 31-40 in front of 

 tin- dorsal hn. Scales 10- 10-4. Coloration extremely dark ; bine-black 

 above; iins ohietly black. Lake Superior. 



ri/ni/citx Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sei. Phila. 1807, 1GO. ) 



2O 1. JI. *t'leilC Jordan. 



I'.ody elongate, compressed. Head short and stont, rounded above. 

 Month terminal, oblique, the lower jaw included. Mu/zle. blunt and 

 short. Eye very large, 3 in head, wider than snout and than interor- 

 bital space. Dorsal liu ven "high. Lateral line little decnrved. Dright 

 steel-bine above, with a very distinct silvery band overlying a plum- 

 beous shade ; a dark spot at base of caudal ; a dark vertebral line ; 

 cheeks, belly, and iris white; Iins plain, probably red in spring. Head 

 4.]: depth 4i. Scales 4-40-3 ; teeth 2, 4-4, 2. Lake Superior. 

 (Luxilus st Icnc Jordan, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. x, GO, 1877.) 



lecies of moderate size, with the scales short and doep, but less closely imbricated. 

 than in the preceding ; body elongate, not much elevated; month large, 

 oblique, the lower jaw projecting; dorsal I'm inserted behind vent nils. 



262. JI. COCCOgenis (Cope) Jordan. L'I (l-flnrl-cd Shiner. 



Body elongate, compressed, not at all elevated. Head straight and 

 rather pointed. Mouth huge, very oblique, the premaxillary nearly on 

 a level with the pupil, lower jaw projecting beyond upper, maxillary 

 reaching past front of eye. Eye very large, 3A in head. About L'O scales 

 in trout of the dorsal tin. ]>ack olivaceous; the scales dark-edged; 

 belly and sides silvery, rosy in spring males; a dusky scapular band: 

 a scarlet bar like a brand down the line of the preopercle : nm/./le and 

 upper lip red : a red axillary spot ; outer half of dorsal black, lower halt' 

 yellowish; outer part of caudal dusky, base paler : a taint lateral streak 

 and a dark vertebral line; lower Iins white ; snout swollen and tnbereu- 

 late in >pring males; females silvery, with only traces of red markings. 

 Mead I : depth \\. Scales 7- H'-3 ; teeth 1', -1-1, 2. 1.. " in. -lies. Cum- 

 berland to Savannah Ifivers; abundant in the mountain streams. 



Hyptiltpis OOCQOgmieCope, l'\<-. Acad. Nat. Sei. I'hila. l-<i?, ItiH: l.< -m-ixi /<* 



i ; lint In r, \ ii. _'.">:;._) 



.11. zociisfius . 



I'.ody rather stout, compivvxrd. the back somewhat elexatcd, the 

 t'orm that ol'a young Mimtilii* i-nni H/I/S. Head heavy, broad and llattish 

 abo\-e. the pi'olile eveidy drsceiiding. .Month large, but smaller than 

 in <_-<>fro ; i<-nix, obiiijin-. the ja\\s nboiit equal, the upper lip opposite the 



