250 rONTKIIU'TIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY - IV. 



118. N. occideiitalis (Baird A- Girard) Jordau. 



.Body moderately elongate. Snout subconieal, rather tapering. 

 Mouth oblique, the maxillary not reaching orbit. Eye large, 4 in head. 

 Brownish above; sides silvery; the belly speckled with gray. D. 10; 

 A. 11. Tulare Valley, California, (Girard) 



(Lfiicimiiiiuis nrridi'iilnlix Bui rl & Girard, 1'roc. Acad. Xat. Sci. 1'liila. 1854, 137 : Lux- 

 HHX tK-r'uh-iitnlix <i Irani. F. S. 1'ac. R. R. Surv. x, '280: Abramis occidaitiilix Giinther, vii, 



::(i:.. > 



. Anal rays about 13 (12-14). 



IIJ). IV. clirysoloiicus (Mitch.) .Tor. Golden Shiner; Bream. 



Uody moderately elongate, strongly compressed. Head short, sub- 

 cm lie, compressed, the profile somewhat concave. Month small, ob- 

 lique, the upper lip on the level of the upper part of the pupil, the max- 

 illary not reaching the front of the eye. Eye moderate, about 4 in head. 

 Fins medium. Color clear greenish above; sides silvery, with bright 

 golden reflections; tins yellowish; the tips of the lower tins sometimes 

 orange in spring males. Head 44; depth 3. D. 8; A. 13; scales 10- 

 51-3; teeth 5-5. L. 12 inches. New England to Dakota and Texas; 

 everywhere abundant in bayous and weedy ponds. One of the most 

 familiar and characteristic of our Cyprin'uhv. 



(CilliriniiH fhrijxolfitciiH Mitch. Kept. Fish. X. V. 1 .-'!.">, 23: Abramis rernicolor DeKay, 

 N. Y. Fauna. Fish. 1D1 : Liwottomux (umricnuus Stover, Fish. Mass. '283: Stillieaniericana 

 ('HIM-, Cypr. 1'ciin. LSoO, 3. W 9 : Lfiifinciin. Leucosomua, LusUim, I'lnri/i/ru.*, Slilbc. ^lilliiittt, 

 or Almimix aincriruititH of various authors (not Cyprian* americanus L.): Luxiluit xc<-o 

 (Jiraid, I'roc. Acad. Xat. Sci. Phila. IH.'iti, -203 : Abramin americanus GUuthcr, vii, 305; 

 Jordan, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. x, G5.) 



a. Anal rays about 10 (15-18). 



12O. N. amcriraiiiis (L.) Jor. Southern lircam. 



I>ody moderately ele\ated, very strongly compressed. Head rathei 

 broad and Hat between the eyes. Mouth small, quite oblique, the max 

 illary barely reaching t lie eye. Eye very large and prominent, anterior, 

 about ." in head. 1 )orsal tin short and very high, almost falcate, well 

 back. Anal tin high a*id long. Scales rather large, the lateral lint 

 running very low. Color pale olive, with silvery lustre; lower tins red 

 in the males in spiing. Head I. 1 ,: depth 3.\. 1 >. S ; A. 1(1; scales S-43- 

 _' : teeth 5-5. L. 1 L' inches. K'ivers of the Soul h At hint ie States ; locally 



abundant. 



HUH rimniiH Linn. S\.-i. Nat.: /.ruc'turux lioxci Cuv. iV Val. xvii. 31:5: Xote- 

 isi-lntniix .Jordan. Ann. Lyi'. Xat. Hist. N. Y. 187(1, I'.dl: .Jordan. Hull. U.S. 

 Nat. Mils. \. (;.">.) 



