'2\'2 (''ivrRIIUTlONS TO H A.MK1MCAN ICHTHYOLOGY IV, 



*"Sp'-ei:-, oi i snhintVrior ami horizontal; the dorsal tin in- 



ly in front of il,.- vi-nir.il.>. ;m<l tin- BCali > uvnerally large and sil- 

 , 

 b. in i!i i \\o-ro\ved ................ cinniiKji, /MI.WM, amblops, rubrifrons, hypxiitotus. 



bit. i ie-n\ved ............... . ......... ilh^iniUix. xt<rltls, irstirali*, i/rliil/ix. 



t' .small iilithe mouth .subinferior and horizontal, with thickened 



lips : the dorsal tin in>erted slightly behind the ventrals, usually with a lilaek 

 hloti'h mi its last rays; scales rather lar-^e, >ilvcry. 



Inlirosutt, zanemus, moitm-lnix. 



, of lai_ vith the mouth anterior, the lower j;iw iucluded; the dorsal 



I'm slightly Behind the ventrals. (Ceraiichthys.) 



<J. hi^iltfattis (Kirt.) Grd. //<# Head; Hh;r I'lntb; Jerkcr. 



Dody rather robust, little elevated, little compressed. Head large, 

 rather broadly rounded above: the snout conical, bluntish. Mouth 

 rather large, subterminal, little oblique, the lower jaw somewhat the 

 shorter, the upper lip rather below the level of the eye, and the maxil- 

 lary not reaching to the front of the eye. Eye small, median, high up. 

 Suborjjitals very narrow; preorbital large. Fins moderate; the dorsal 

 rather posterior, slightly behind the insertion of the ventrals; caudal 

 broad, little forked. Scales large, not crowded anteriorly, 18 rows in 

 front of the dorsal. Lateral line somewhat decurved. Color bluish 

 olive; sides with bright , green and coppery reflections; a curved 

 lnsky bar behind theopercle; scales above with dark borders; belly 

 pale, but not silvery, rosy in spring males; tins all pale orange, with- 

 out black spot. Males in spring with a crimson spot on each side of 

 the head; the adults with the top of. the head swollen, forming a sort 

 of crest, which is sometimes a third of an inch higher than the level of 

 the neck and is eovere.d with large tubercles; young with a dark caudal 

 spot. U.irbel well developed. Head 4; depth 4J-. D. 8; A. 7; scales 

 i-ll-4; teeth 1, 4-4, 1, or 1, 4-4, 0, sometimes 1-k L. G-! inches. 

 IVimM'lvania to the (livat li.isin of ('tali and southward; everywhere 

 iluindani. The most widely diffused of Our CiJi>rhii<l<i'. Western speci- 

 mens usually have the, teeth in two rows. 



(StmvttliiH hiiiHtiiitu* Kirtland, Host. Journ. Nat. llisr. ls.|ii. Hi, 341; Cope, Cypr. 

 : i iiinl her, vii, 17-: Nbcomis ncliru ;iid / Nocomix In lli'ii* Gira.nl, 



Proe. Aead. Nai. Sci. 1'liila. 1 -.".:',, -_'|:; : <'<-r<iti<-litlnjn ri/rlnti* and xtifiwulifiiK Cope, Proc. 

 Acad. K J'liila. 1 -f,.l, >;: -.'7--: i 'I'ntticliflni-i < i/<-lii; (iiint her, vii, 17.-i : Ccrntich- 



: :ih-r, \ ii, 179.) 



327. <'. mirroio^oii t ..pr. 



Body modeiaiel\ stout. Head mneh as in Minn/Ins <:<'>inlu(t, broad, 



the inu// If obtuse, the pi'olile rounded, des(;ending. Month slightly 



oblique, its ;,nj,le opposite front of the orbit. Eye '!] in head. Barbel 



iiuute. Caudal peduncle -li-nder. Yellowish brown, with brown ver- 



