232 ('oxTKnuTioxs TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY iv. 



3G7. S. <>loBi^alll<s ( Kirtlaml ) .1. A; ('. Hrd-xUlrd Shiinr. 



Body elongate, compressed. Head long, rather pointed. Mouth very 

 large. <>l)li(|iic: the lowrr jaw notably projecting, with a small knob at 

 the symphysis; upper lip on the level of the pupil; maxillary extending 



to the middle of the orbit ; posterior angle of operele acute. Kye mod- 

 erate, nearly 1 in head. Scales very small. Fins short and high, the 

 dorsal somewhat behind ventrals. Lateral line decnrved. Color dark 

 bluish: the scales mottled with paler; sides with a broad black baud; 

 belly more or less silvery; the front half of the lateral band bright 

 crimson in spring males; the belly and lower fins more or less reddened; 

 a dark vertebral band. Head 4; depth 5. D. 8; A. 0; scales 10-70-5; 

 teeth l', 4-5, L. 5 inches. Great Lakes and Upper Mississippi Val- 

 ley, chiefly from Pennsylvania to Minnesota. 



(Liixilus rlongattts Kiitlaml, Kept. Zool. Ohio, 169, and iu Boat. Journ. Xat. Hist. 

 iii. :;;;:: Leutiacua elongates Giiniher, \ii.'Jl.~>: CHuoxtomus i'li.ni/atns Giranl, 1'ror. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci. Phila. lf\ r >(, ~Jlv!: Gild cloin/ata Jordan, MO: CUnOBtomus proriger Cope. Cypr. 

 Pciiu. :{?.">: Lniciscus proriger Giinthcr, vii, 245: Gila proriycr Jordan, 300 (may be a 

 dilic-rcnt species; sides more compressed and more silvrr\ : I. at. 1. l'>:'>: tcrth ','. -I-."), 1; 

 coir.inoii. \\ith the other.) 



36W. S. vandoiSliltlts (Val.) Jor & Gilli. 



Uody oblong, deep and compressed. Head rather large. Mouth 

 large, oblique, the lower jaw projecting, and the mandible extending 

 to the pupil. Eye moderate, 3i in head. Lateral line decurved. Color 

 bluish green; some of the scales of the back irregularly darker, pro- 

 ducing a mottled appearance; no dark lateral band; males in spring 

 with the region behind the head and above the pectorals as far back 

 as the anal of a bright rose-red, brightest anteriorly. Head 3^; depth 

 :;-;. !>.!>; A. S; Lat. 1. 53; teeth U, 5-5, L. 5 inches. Virginia to 

 (leorgia; abundant. 



LeudsoiU randoimtluii Cuv. A: Val. xvii. 111?: (.'Huoiitoiim* ujjhiix (lirai'd, 1'roc. Acad. 

 Nai. Sci. I'liila. l-.'.C,, -Jl'J: I.< nt 'mciis rntHlaixiiliix (iiinthcr, vii, i*.">(i: l.i'iicixrux ajjinin 

 fiiinllicr, \ii. '.'.".7: I'liim-tinim:; nffinix C'opc, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. I'liila. l~i;~. 228: 

 C.iln ruiidiiixnlii Jordan iV Uraytmi. I'li-.H. I'. S. Nat. Mils, xii, ','1. 



:iGJ). S. 4'stoi- Jordan A. J'.rayton. 



Body elliptical-elongate, eom]>resscd, the caudal peduncle rather long, 

 bin not so long as head. Head very long and large, flattish, but not 

 broad abo\e. .Month larger than in any other of our Ci/)>rini(l(r. very 

 obli(|iie. the upper jaw on the level of the pupil, the maxillaries ex- 

 tending to opposite the middle of the orbit, the length of the gape a 

 little more than half the length of the head, the lower jaw considerably 

 the longer. ICye rather large, less than snout, -1 in head. Scales mod- 



