310 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY IV. 



dorsal and anal elevated in the males. Teeth in a broad band, the 

 outer series considerably enlarged and canine-like. Coloration brown- 

 ish olive, with a broad, dark purplish-black lateral band running from 

 tip of snout through eye to base of caudal; darker in males than in 

 females: young specimens have the edges of the. band serrated; a few 

 series of small black dots along- the sides of the back; dorsal, caudal, 

 and anal fins dotted with black; top of head with a conspicuous trans- 

 lucent spot in life; concentric stria? on scales, strong. Head 4; depth 

 4i. 1). 0; A. 11; scales 34-11. L. 2-3.} inches. Michigan to Alabama 

 and Texas, generally abundant in ponds and canals. 



(Srmotiliti: ! noiatiif Kal'. It-h. Oh. 18JO, 8<i: ]'<rrilin niirumi Stmvr, Synopsis, 178: 

 Fuiidiilici IcncUun B. Jt G. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 1'hila. 185:3, 389: Zygoim-tr* jmlclicUiis 

 (iir.inl, IVoc. Ac-ad. Nat. Sci. I'liila. H."> ( .>, GO: Fu>ulnlnx uiiri'iix Cope, I'roc. Ac-ail. Nat. 

 Sci. I'liila. 1~ I."., ?s : lln-,1 ,,-hilnx ]>nl:'!i: llua Giiuther, vi, 314: IltqrtuchiluN aim it* (.iiiu- 

 ihcr. vi, :;!.">; Jordan, Man. Vert. '-J(i4.) 



**Body short and deep. (Micr'tuHua Gill.) 

 551. E. attrHatBis .Jordan A. I'.rayton. 



Body short and stout, compressed, especially posteriorly. Head 

 moderate, broad and flattened above. Dorsal fin well back, moderately 

 high; anal I'm rather larger ; paired fins small. Coloration dull olive; 

 no stripes or bars; scales slightly dark-edged; a large jet-black blotch 

 on e;:'-'i side just, above and somewhat in front of the vent, due to the 

 black peritoneum showing through the translucent sides; dorsal and 

 anal I'm-; speckled. Teeth small, the outer little enlarged. Head -1; 

 depth 4. D. 8; A. 8; scales 30. L. 1J inches. Xeuse lliver, North 

 Carolina. 



(Jord.-n vV Hraytmi, Bull. T. S. Nat. Mas. xii, H7s, 84.) 



3.>*J. K. :aclaiiops (Cope) .lor. 



Hod;, .ather short and deep. Head broad; eye as long as snout, 

 :\.\ in head, L' in interorUital width; teeth in a band, the outer series 

 rcely enlarged. l ; ins short. Yellowish brown; scales darker edged ; 

 body ui.liont distinct longitudinal stripes or bars; belly golden; a very 

 consp:e:;oiis jet Mack spot just hclow the eye, and conllneiit with it in 

 the adult; dorsal and caudal lins with series o f black dots; caudal very 

 large. Head .T:-; depth :'..\. D. 7: A. >; scales L'8-7. L. 1.V, iuelies. 

 Neusc Kiver (('<>!>'') to Southern Illinois (I-\>rl>rs) and .Mississippi (Hay), 

 locally abundant. 



( //<( l, t ii //is- in Imi'i'n Cope. I'roc-. Ani-'i. I'liil. Soc. 1>7(>, .l.'>7; Jordan, Bull. 111. Lab. 

 :..', I-;-: Ha; , Proo. U. s. N.-it. Mus. i n, r ( ()i.) 



