31. CYPRINILML M1NN1LUS. 201 



the dorsal well behind ventrals, the tips of the ventrals extending to 

 the last dorsal ray. Caudal peduncle moderate. Coloration very pale j 

 sides with a bright silvery baud ; scales with very little dark edgiug ; 

 a dark line at base of dorsal; males iu spring with the snout profusely 

 tuberculate. Head 3i| ; depth 4. D. 8 ; A. 10 ; scales G-38-3 ; teeth 2, 

 4-4, 1. L. 3 inches. Saluda River, South Carolina. 



(Notropls photogenis ("pale variety") Jordaii & Brayton, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. xii, 

 M, 1878.) 



298. Id. pliotogeuis (Cope) Jor. 



Body inore slender, compressed. Head moderate. Mouth quite ob- 

 lique, lower jaw scarcely projecting ; maxillary about reaching orbit. 

 Back broad. Dorsal fin inserted behind middle of body, a little behind 

 veutrals. Lateral line deeur ved. Eye large, 3 in head. Color oliva- 

 ceous, with brown vertebral and dorsal lines ; sides and below bright 

 silvery; cheeks silvery. Head 4|; depth 5. D. 8; A. 10; scales 6-40-3. 

 L. 3 inches. Alleghany region, Pennsylvania, to North Carolina, on 

 both sides of the mountains ; abundant and variable. Var. engraulinus 

 Cope is slenderer, the depth 6 in length, the head 3f . 



(StjitaUax photoi/i'iii* Cope, Proc. Acacl. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1854,280: Photogenis leucops 

 Cope, Proc. Acacl. Nat. Sci Phila. 1867, 1(54 : Leuciscus photogenis Giinther, vii, 252.) 



299. 31. telescopus (Cope) Jor. & Gilb. 



Very near the preceding, but with the dorsal fin inserted about mid- 

 way between snout and base of caudal, not much behind ventrals. Eye 

 longer than muzzle, 2f in head. Mouth very oblique, mandible not pro- 

 jecting. Color pale greenish ; the scales extensively dark-edged above. 

 Head 4J ; depth 5. D. 8; A. 10; scales 5-38-3. L. 3 inches. Ten- 

 nessee River. 



(Photogenis telescopus Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1867, 16*> : Leuciscus telescopus 

 Giiuther, vii, 252.) 



300. M. stilbius Jordan. 



Body rather slender. Head rather long, somewhat pointed. Mouth 

 large, oblique, the maxillary reaching to the eye. Eye very large, 

 greater than snout and than iuterorbital width, 3 in head. Fins rather 

 high ; the ventrals reaching to opposite the last rays of the dorsal. Color 

 pale silvery green ; sides with a- broad silvery baud, on which are many 

 dark punctulatious ; these are numerous just behind the shoulder-girdle 

 and at the base of the caudal, where they form an evident spot; cheeks 

 pure silvery; lips dusky. Head 41 ; depth 5. D. 8; A. 10; scales 

 6-37-2 ; teeth 2, 4-4, 1. L. 3 inches. Alabama River. 



stilbiux Jordan, Aim. Lye. Nat. Hi^r. N. Y. 1^76, '34'.'-.) 



