202 PEOCEEPIXGs! OF r>sl TED STATES NATIONAL MrSElT*. 



termiua]. verv oblique, the upper jatr not projecting Wvoud iLe lower : 

 Maxillary reaching vertical fix»m front of c«"liit, 3^ in head. Eye ex- 

 tremely larii^e, from 2^ (in sj»ecimeiis 2 in. long^i to 3 (3 in. long"^ in 

 bead. 



Teeth I. 4-4. 1. wiih narrow, groove-like grinding snrlace, the inner 

 e>dge of grix>ve of ihe three lArgie;>i teeth very isirongly and coarstely 

 crenate, the ouier eilge entire : tooth of inner ix>w with well-marketi 

 grintiing surface, bnt without crenations. The pharyngeal lH>nes and 

 teeth are slender and fragile. 



Origin of dorsal fin directly over, or slightly in advance* of, ventr:Us. 

 a little nejirer snoui than l^ase of nieilian caudal rays. Highcist dorsal 

 ray f^i length of head,- equal to distjin«.^l>etweeu insertions of j>einorals 

 and ventrals. Caudal fin equaling length of head. Petnorals scanx^ly 

 reaching veutrals; the latter about to vent, I>orsal and anal fins with 

 outer naargins strt^ngly concave, owing to length of anterior rays. 



Scaler? large, loosely imbricated as in X. itt'nmin<tns : latertil line com- 

 plete, quite strongly decurveii anteriorly. 12 or 13 scales in front of 

 dorsjil fin. 



Head 3{ in leugth: depth 4|^ (4J in young^. D, 6j A. 7. L;it. 1, 

 3tl|. 



Color olivaceous on Kick, sides s- -^ery. whitish below ; scales of back 

 narrowly and conspicuously niargint*ti with dusky : a very narrx^w, dark 

 vertebral streak ; head above with dusky areas. Middle of sides with 

 a steel-colored streak forme*! by a band of coarse dark sj>ecks overlying 

 the silvery : this l>aud is continued forwaiti acitvss oj>ercles and around 

 front of snout. Fins unmarked : no dark points ;iloug l»ase of anal. 



This species is represented by 10 si>eoimeus fn.mi 2 to o inches long, 

 taken at various jx^ints on Salt Creek, in Bn>wu County. Indiana : and 

 also by about 30 specimens taken by Mr. W. P. Shannon in Flat Eock 

 Creek, Eush County, Indiana, 



19. Notxopis analostanus GnL 

 Everywhere very abundant. 



20. Notropis comutus Mitoi. 



Apparently much less abundant in the East Fork of TVhiie Eivex 

 than in the West Fork. 



21. Notropis diplaE'mitis Eaf. 

 Generally distributed. 



22. Notropis rDbrL&ons Cope. 



One six^imen from White Eiver. 



23. Ericvmba bnccata Coi>e. 



White River. Xot seen in the tribnraries. 



