7. Lateral line scales more than 60 8 



Lateral line scales less than 55 10 



8. Lateral line incomplete j more than 80 scales in lateral line 



Finescale Dace 

 Pfrille neogaea (Cope) 



Lateral line complete j scales fewer than 80 in lateral line 9 



9. Intestine short, with a single main loop, and less than twice as long 



as body 3 body with a single dusky lateral band 



Pearl Dace 

 Margariscus margarUa (Cope) 



Body with two black lateral bands j intestine elongate, with two cross- 

 wise coils in addition to the primary loops, and more than twice as 

 long as the body 



Northern Redbelly Dace 



Chrosomus eos (Cope) 



10. Lateral line much decurvedj anal fin falcate j abdomen behind pel- 

 vic fins with a fleshy keel over which the scales do not pass 



Golden Shiner 

 K:^-^^.. ■ ""^SzEj \ Notemigonus crysoleucas (Mitchill) 



Lateral line not greatly decurvedj anal fin scarcely falcate j abdomen 

 behind pelvic fins rounded over and sealed 11 



1 1 . First dorsal ray more or less thickened, separated by membrane from 

 first well developed ray, and with a thicker coating of adipose tis- 

 sue j a dark spot, faint in young and some females, at front of dor- 

 sal fin near, but not at basej back flattish (these characters conspic- 

 uous only in adults) 



Fathead Minnow 

 Pimefhales -promelas Rafinesque 



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