Jordan and Evermattn. — Fishes of North America. 189 



j. Head rather largo, stout, broad .ibuvt', 4 to nearly 5 in body; suout 

 little iirojecting beyond the mouth. 

 k. Dorsal fin low and small, its first ray when depressed reachiDg 

 uiiddlo of last, the number of rays 12; mouth small. 



CONGESTTM, 312. 



kk. Doi'sal fin rather IukIi and jiointed, its first ray about reach- 

 ing tip of last, its rays but U ; mouth rather small. 



AUSTUINi;M,3l;i. 



kkk. Dorsal fin larger and longer, its rays usually 13. 



I. Dorsal fin with its free margin nearly straight; lower fin- 

 always red in life. 

 m. Body oblong or rather elongate, the )jaik little ele- 

 vated. Al'REOI.UM, 314. 

 mm. Body stout, the back much elevated. 



KOBUSTUM, 31.'). 



\l. Dorsal fin with its free margin always more or les.'i in- 

 cised or concave; lower fins pale. 

 n. Head moderate, 4^ in body; back not elevated. 



MACROLEPIDOTUM, 310. 



»H. Head very short and blunt, 5 in body; back elevated. 



CKASSIIABRE, 317. 



J. Head short, low and small, conic, 5 to 5)^ in body; mouth very 



small, the snout much projecting beyond it; caudal lobes 



apparently e<iual. lesueuri, 318. 



u. Caudal fin with the upjier lobe more or less produced and falcate; 



snout much projecting beyond the small mouth; head small and 



conic, about S}^ in length; dorsal fin with the free border incised, 



the first rays produced. 



0. Lower fins red in life; eye small, 5 in head. brevicep.'^, 319. 



00. Lower fins pale; eye larger. conis, 320. 



hh. Caudal with the lower lobe distinctly longer than the upper, and jet black, 



the 2 lower rays abruj)tly i)ale; upper lobe red; body elongate; 



mouth moderate. piecilurum, 321. 



gg. Dorsal fin small, its rays 10 to 12 in number; body elongate, subterete, or 



slightlj' compressed; liead shortish; mouth moderate. 



J). Scales 6-50-6, 18 before dorsal; dorsal with its free edge concave; color 



nearly plain brownish, tips of dorsal and caudal somewliat dusky. 



UUPISCARTES, 322. 



py. Scales 6-43-5, 15 before dorsal; series of jiale streaks along rows of scales; 



tips of dorsal and caudal inky black. cervinum, 323. 



304. MOXOSTO.II.V P.^PILLOSIMI, (Cope). 

 (White JIillet.) 



Body comparatively stout, the dorsal region somewhat elevated and 

 rounded, the depth 4 to 4^ in length, the head about the same. Eye rather 

 large, high up and well back, the preorbital space being longer than in 

 most species ; top of head flat. Dorsal rays 12 to 14. Scales rather large, 

 t)-42-5. Lips moderate, deeply incised, the folds more broken up than in 

 other species. Caudal lobes equal. Color silvery ; back with smoky 

 shading; lower fins more or less reddish. Size moderate, length 1 to 

 2 feet. Coastwise streams from the Dismal Swamp in Virginia to the 

 Ocmulgee River, Georgia; common. (rapUlosiiN, bearing papilla'.) 



Ptyclioslomii.'! papillnfitf. Cope, Proc. Am. Phil. Soc. Phila., 1870, 470, Catawba and Yadkin 



rivers. North Carolina. 

 MoTosloma papilliisKiii, Jordan, Bull. I'. S. Nat. Mus., xii, 134, 1878; JORDAN & Gilbert, Synopsis, 



137, 1883. 



