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Insertion of dorsal fin well behind tliat of ventrals midway between 

 front of orbit and base of caudal. Tip of ventrals reaching vent. Pec- 

 torals a little shorter than ventrals, their tips not reaching- base of the 

 latter. Dorsal fin about half higher than long ; anal fin long and high, 

 its free margin somewhat concave, its base 1^ in head. 



Color, in alcohol, dark brown above, a pale (rosy in life ?) band about 

 as wide as pui)il running from upper part of eye straight back to mid- 

 dle of upper lobe of caudal fin ; below this is a broader burnished 

 dusky band, broader than eye, which extends from tip of snout along 

 sides of body and terminates in a distinct black spot at base of caudal. 

 Belly paler. A broad black band extending obliquely across dorsal 

 fin ; tips of anterior rays of anal fin dusky ; ventrals, pectorals, and cau- 

 dal pale, nearly plain. 



The above description is based upon seven adult specimens collected 

 by Mr. W. J. Taylor, in a tributary of the Altamaha (Suwannee) River, 

 at Kashville, Ga. 



All are in good condition. They vary in length from 1,^ to 1.^ inches. 



This species, in its technical characters, resendjles N. ruhrifroyis and 

 other typical species of Nofrojris. It has, however, the deep coloration 

 of the subgenus AlhiirnopH^ resembling in this respect, N. chrosomvs, N. 

 iutipinnis and other species with the anal fin short. 



4. Notropis alabamae, sp. iiov. 



Head 4J ; depth 5. D. 85 A. 10. Scales 8-53-4. Teeth 2, 4-4, 2. 

 Length (35,297, Montgomery, Alabama), 2| inches. I 



Subgenus Lithrurus, Jordan. 



Body more elongated than in K. ardens and JV. lythrurns*; the back 

 little elevated ; the anterior profile regularly and very gently curved from 

 tip of snout to front of dorsal. Caudal peduncle long, rather slender. 

 Head small. Mouth rather large, terminal, oblique, the lower jaw pro- 

 jecting. Maxillary reaching vertical from front of eye, its length 3 in 

 head. Eye large, 2f in head. Interorbital space tlattish, its width about 

 equal to diameter of eye. Teeth 2, 4-4, 2 (probably with a narrow 

 grinding surface). 



Scales small, smaller and much crowded anteriorly; the exposed sur- 

 faces on the sides deeper than long; 24 scales on median line of back 

 before dorsal. Lateral line considerably decurved. 



Insertion of dorsal slightly behind that of ventrals and midway be- 

 tween anterior part of orbit and base of caudal. Tips of ventrals reach- 

 ing vent, their length 1^ in head. Dorsal fin higher than long, its ante- I 

 rior rays extending beyond tips of posterior ones when the fin is de- 

 Hexed. Outer rays of caudal twice as long as inner. Anal fin long, its j 

 height moderate. Length of pectorals 1^ in head, their tips not reach- ■ 

 iug ventrals. 



*Notrojns lithrnrus, Jordan, uom. sp. iwv.=^MinnilHS dipla'mius, Jordan & Gilbert, 

 Synopsis Fish. N. Am., p. 197 ^Hypsilqns dipla^mitis, Cope, not SemolUiis diplceviiits, Rafi- 

 nesque. 



