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very short and obtuse. Second dorsal beginning 

 before the anal and extending to the tail in a curve. 

 All the lower fins rounded. Pectorals with i and 7 

 raj^s, spine equal and acute. Abdominal fins with 8 

 rays. All the fins fleshy and fat. Head flat above, 

 barbs unequal. Belly convex. Hind part of the 

 body compressed. 



XXV Genus. Toter. Hypentelium, Hypentele. 



Body pyramidal slightly compressed, with very 

 minute scales. Vent posterior. Head scaleless near- 

 ly square, mouth terminal protruded beneath, tooth- 

 less, lower jaw shorter with five lobes, the middle 

 one larger, lips very small. Abdominal fins anterior, 

 removed from the vent, with nine rays, dorsal fin 

 anterior opposed to them. 



This genus belongs to the family of Cyprinidia, 

 and is next to my genus Exoglossum, with which I 

 had united it; but this last differs from it by an 

 oblong body, flat head, lower lip trilobe not pro- 

 truded, abdominal fins and dorsal fin medial, &c. 

 The name expresses the character of the lower lip. 



82d Species. Ohio Toter. Hypentelium macrop- 

 teruin. Hypentele macroptere. 



Forehead sloping truncate tuberculated. Body 

 silvered, variegated, [H. 363] and reticulated with 

 blackish, lateral line straight and faint. All the 

 lower fins elongated, the pectorals reaching the ab- 

 dominals, the anal with 10 rays and reaching the 

 tail, dorsal fin with 12 rays, tail forked. 



Exoglossum macropterum. Raf. in Journal Acad. 

 Nat. Sc. of Philad. Vol. i, page 320. tab. 17 fig. 4. 



[6g] It is found near the falls and is only a small 

 fish 2 or 3 inches long. Its vulgar name is Toter or 



