and its Tributaries. 23 



the end of that appendage coated with tenacious clay, when 

 first taken. 



What it subsists on I have never been able to discover from 

 any thing contained in the stomach. In the specimens which 

 I have examined, a quantity of thick, muddy mucus only, 

 was contained in the stomach, except that in two there were 

 a number of Tceiiia or Tape-worms. Each of these parasites 

 was about two inches in length when extended, and was 

 made up of numerous joints about a line in length. 



Two drawings, with descriptions of this fish, were publish- 

 ed in the American Journal of Science, Vol. XII. one by Dr. 

 Hildreth, another by a Mr. Clements. These authors proba- 

 bly overlooked the minute teeth, which, in recent specimens, 

 are thickly invested with a tenacious mucus, but are more 

 evident when the specimens are dessiccated. 



LuxiLus. Rafinesque. 

 L. erythrog aster. Raf. The Red-belly Shiner. 



Luxilus erythrog aster. Rafinesque. Ichthyologia Ohiensis, p. 47. 

 *' " Kirtland. Report on the Zoology of Ohio. Catc- 



logue, p. 169. 



PL II. Fig. %. 



Head short, rather obtuse. Eyes circular ; irides golden 

 yellow ; pupils black. Jaivs equal. 



Body full, sub-cylindrical, slightly compressed laterally. 

 Lateral line curved downwards along the abdomen, but up- 

 wards as it approaches its base. 



Caudal Jin bi-lobed ; dorsal, anterior to the anal fin. 



Length, from three to four inches. 



Color. Fins a delicate yellow, back dark olive, with an 

 interrupted black stripe through its centre ; sides with two 

 black stripes, the upper extending from the caudal fin to the 

 base of the head ; the lower from the tail to the operculum, 

 and interruptedly along the base of the head, across the iris, 

 to the tip of the nose. The space between these black 

 stripes, white and silvery ; the abdomen white, occasionally 



