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eral lines j top of head and upper portion of cheeks metallic green ; 

 males with the belly dark crimson, the whole body more or less flushed ; 

 snout and autedorsal region tuberculate ; fins plain. Head 4 ; depth 

 5. D. 8 ; A. 8 ; scales 6-39-3 ; teeth 2, 4-4, 2 (1, 4-4, 1, according to 

 Cope, but we find 2, 4-4, 2 in numerous specimens). L. 2 J inches. Santee 

 Basin, in North and South Carolina. 



(Hybopais chlorocephalus Cope, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. Pliila. 1870, 461.) 



26. UI. chaliticus (Cope) J. & G. 



Aspect more clupeoid. Head broad behind. Occiput convex. Muz- 

 zle acuminate, greater than interorbital width. Eye large, 3 in head, 

 longer than muzzle, maxillary extending beyond anterior rim of orbit, 

 premaxillaries opposite middle of pupil. Lateral line strongly decurved. 

 Dorsal tin small. Olivaceous ; dorsal scales brown-edged ; sides and 

 below pure white ; males with the lips vermilion ; a vermilion band 

 through dorsal and one through anal fin. Head 4 ; depth 5i. D. 8 ; 

 A. 8 ; scales 7-36-2 ; teeth 2, 4-4, 2. L. 2 inches. Yadkin River, North 

 Carolina. (Cope.) 



(Hybopsis chillticus Cope, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. Phila. 1870, 462.) 



2S9. M. chalyfoams (Cope) J. & G. 



Body moderately elongate, with rather abruptly elevated back and 

 slender caudal peduncle. Head flat above, rather narrow, muzzle 

 rather pointed. Mouth oblique, the lower jaw rather the longer. Lat- 

 eral line decurved. Eye large, 3 in head. Eighteen scales in front of 

 dorsal. Brownish above ; a broad, black, shining lateral band from 

 muzzle to base of caudal 5 alight band above it on the muzzle; belly 

 straw-colored, bright orange in spring males ; fins plain. Head 3|. 

 D. 8 ; A. 8 5 scales 6-35-3 ; teeth 2, 4-4, 2. L. 2 inches. Delaware 

 River, probably the smallest of the genus. (Cope.) 



(Hybopsis chalybcem Cope, Cypr. Perm. 1866, 383.) 

 27. UI. chrosoanus Jordan. 



Form chubby, little compressed, the back somewhat elevated, cau- 

 dal peduncle not much contracted. Head rather large, rounded above, 

 the snout somewhat pointed. Mouth moderate, oblique, the upper jaw 

 the longer. Eye 3^ in head, as long as muzzle. Scales everywhere large, 

 16 before the dorsal fin. Lateral line little decurved. Clear hyaline 

 green in life, with blue reflections; belly, etc., clear silvery; a scarlet 

 bar across dorsal, anal, and base of caudal ; a narrow scarlet band from 

 upper edge of opercles straight to caudal ; below this a silvery band ; a 

 row of black dots along the lateral line, forming a small, distinct spot at 



