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mouth almost vertical. Dorsal and anal fins with 

 nine rays. 



Length from four to six inches: vuglar names, 

 Silverside, vShiner, White Chub, &c. Common in 

 the streams of Kentucky. Mouth large, upper jaw- 

 almost vertical, yet longer than the lower. Iris 

 white. Pectoral fins with 14 rays, reaching almost 

 the abdominals, which are oboval and white. Tail 

 forked as usual with 24 rays. Scales large. 



47th Species. Baiting Fallfish. Rntihis com- 

 pressus. Rutile appat. 



Diameter one seventh of total length : silvery, back 

 fulvous, sides compressed, lateral line .straight, 

 raised upwards at the base, snout rounded, mouth 

 hardly diagonal, nearly horizontal. Dorsal and anal 

 fins with nine rays. 



[II. 241] A small fish from two to four inches long, 

 called Fall-fish Bait-fish, Minny, &c. It is found 

 in the Alleghany Mountains in the waters of the 

 Monongahela, Kenhaway, and even in the Potomac. 

 The name of Fall-fish arises from its being often 

 found near falls and ripples. Body more compressed 

 than in the other species, as much so as in the genus 

 Minnibis. Scales large, lips a little fleshy. Iris sil- 

 very gilt. Fins transparent, the pectoral with 14 rays 

 and not reaching the abdominal, tail with 32 rays. 



48th Species. Roundnose Fallfish. Rutilus Am- 

 blops. Rutile amblopse. 



Diameter one sixth of total length : silvery, head 

 fulvous above, snout round: sides with an opaque 

 band, lateral line straight: pectoral fins with 12 rays 

 and reaching the abdominal fins. Dorsal and anal 

 fins with 10 rays. 



Length one or two inches. Vulgar name White 



