198 CON TIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY - IV. 



289. ITI. ardCMS (Cope) Hay. ^oiiilieni L'cd-Jin. 



Body elongate, little compressed ;uul not at sill elevated. Head long, 

 conic, and pointed. Month large, oblique, the lower jaw scarcely longer, 

 the maxillary reaching to opposite the rye. Eye rather laru < -, .">.', in head. 

 Scales moderate, silvery, not closely imbricated. Lateral line deeurved. 

 Dorsal tin as in the other species; pectorals falling considerably short 

 of ventrals. Coloration olivaceous; the scales dark-edited above ; the 

 sides with a brilliant silvery band; dorsal with a rather small black 

 spot at liasc in trout. Males in spring tubercnlate, the entire body and 

 fins brilliant red; crimson in spring, becoming more M-ailet later. 

 Young males variously purplish or pinkish. Head 41; depth U t . 

 Scales 0-5()-:> ; teeth 2, 4-4, 12. L. L'- inches. Cumberland, Upper Ten- 

 -ce, and Uoanoke Tiivers. A beautiful inhabitant of the deal- 

 mountain streams. 



(/7f/;;s<7f//i's ardena Cope, Proc. Ao:ul. Xat. Sci. Phila. 18ii7, 103: Leuciscus ardent 

 (Jiinthcr, vii, x5:>7.) 



290. .11. puuctulatus Hay. 



Body short, deep, compressed. Back elevated in front of dorsal. 

 Head short and deep. Prolile straight or slightly concave. Mouth 

 large, quite oblique, maxillary reaching anterior rim of orbit. Eye mod- 

 erate, .;.', in head. Scales small, I.'.") in front of dorsal. Lateral line 

 much decurved. Dorsal beginning midway between muzzle and base. 

 of caudal. Caudal peduncle compressed. Straw-color; silvery on sides 

 and below; scales above, dark-edged; a dark dorsal line; a dark band 

 on caudal peduncle; a small black spot at base of dorsal. Head Ir. ; 

 depth -I.',. 1). S; A. 10 or 11 ; scales 11-10-:!: teeth U, 4-1, L', with grind 

 ing surface. I/. 12 inches. Tuscumbia River, Mississippi. (Hay.) 



T. S. \.-ii. Miis. l-:~n. .",08.) 



': A l>!:i'-i. .-|nt. mi I In- npprr jinlrrinr p.-irt <if i.lic dor.-al. 

 *J91. .11. riiht ipiunis ll:iy. 



lIod.N long and slender, much corn])) o^cd. Month large, oblitjue, the. 

 lower jaw somewhat project ing, the maxillary reaching the, verl ical from 

 the I'mui of the eye. Kye large. :;. I in head, sliglitly longer than snout. 

 Sr.iies small, especially along the hack, somewhat higher than long, but. 

 not ^o c|o>rly imbricated as in .17. hrlliin. Lateral line much decurved. 

 l)oi>,d far back, midway between pupil and l>a.>e of caudal and consid- 

 ei-all\ posterior to ventrals; pectorals not reaching vent nils, t he latter 

 to veil . 1 >ai iv ; scales above all with black points ; a plumbeous lateral 

 liaml, ending in . u- caudal >poi ; i nairou dorsal l>and ; a. black 



spot on the upper anterior portion of the dorsal and also on the anal, 



