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one and one half scales in width. This is bordered above on the 

 muzzle, forming an arc from orbit to orbit, by an orange band,, 

 which is strongly margined above by the brown of the top of the 

 front. Opercular and suborbital regions below the black band,, 

 pure silvery. (Rearranged from Cope) 



Head four and one fifth; depth four and one fifth; eye three. 

 D. 8; A. 7. Scales 5-36-3; teeth 4-4. Body rather slender, 

 the caudal peduncle somewhat contracted; head moderate, the 

 muzzle very obtuse; mouth oblique, the jaws about equal, upper 

 lip opposite lower part of pupil; eye large, longer than snout; 

 lateral line developed for a very short distance. 13 scales- 

 before dorsal. Length 1^ to 2 inches. 



This little minnow has no common name. It is found from 

 Massachusetts to Maryland and is abundant in tributaries of the 

 Delaware river. On account of its conspicuous colors, it is a 

 useful bait for game fishes, specially the black bass. 







78 Notropis anogenus Forbes 



Notropis anogenus FORBES, Bull. 111. Lab. Nat. Hist. 138, 1885; MEEK, Ann. 

 N. Y. Acad. Sci. IV, 304, 1S88, Canal near Montezurna, N. Y.r 

 JORDAN & EVERMANN, Bull. 47, IT. S. Nat. Mus. 259, 1896. 



Head four and one fourth; depth four and two fifths; eye three 

 and one fourth. D. 8; A. 7. Lateral line 34 to 37, 13 before dor- 

 sal. Teeth 4-4. Very similar to N. h e t e r o d o n, but with 

 the lateral line usually complete; the mouth very small and very 

 oblique, almost wholly anterior; the lower jaw included, the 

 upper lip above level of pupil; snout very short, blunt, shorter 

 than eye. Dusky; a dusky lateral band through eye, ending in 

 a faint black spot at base of caudal; a black speck above each 

 pore of lateral line; chin black. Length 1^ inches. Western 

 New York (Cayuga lake, Meek) to northern Illinois; rather 

 scarce. (After Jordan and Evermann) 



According to Meek the species is quite common in the canal' 

 near Montezuma N. Y. It is the smallest of all the Cayuga 

 lake fishes. 



79 Notropis cayuga Meek 



Notropis cayuga MEEK, Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. IV, 305, 1888, Cayuga Lake*. 

 N. Y.; JORDAN, Bull. V. S. F. C. IX, 17, 1891; JORDAN & EVERMANN,, 

 Bull. 47, U. S. Nat. Mus. 260, 1896. 



