Jordati and Evermann. — Fishes of North Jlmertca. 205 



a. Scales in lateral line about 73. 



6. Length of top of head g distance to origin of dorsal liii; moiitli r;ither largo, maxillary 



not (Hiito reaching the eye. oknatim, :j2G. 



hb. Length of top of head ]/, distance to origin of dorsal fin; mouth smaller, maxillary 



reaching vertical from anterior nostril. pricei, 327. 



««. Scales in lateral line 49 to 55. anomalum, 328. 



on«. Scales larger, 45 to 47 in lateral line. formosulum, 329. 



3-26. CAiMPOSTOMA ORNATUM, Girard. 



Head 3|; depth 4; eye 4. D. 8; A. 8: lateral liue 72 ; 41 before dorsal. 

 Body rather stout; head moderate, the snout iirojectiug and somewhat 

 acute; mouth small, the maxillary not reaching to front of eye. Colora- 

 tion of male, brilliant, precisely as in C. anomalum, the scales of back 

 mottled. Like C. anomahnn in all respects except the much smaller scales. 

 Chihuahua River, Mexico. Our specimens obtained recently by A. J. 

 Woolman. {ornatus, adorned.) 



Qimpostoma onialum, Girard, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1856, 176, Chihuahua River, Mexico. 

 (Type, No. 77. Coll. J. Potts.) Gunther, Cat., vii, 183, 1868 ; Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 149, 

 1SS3. 



3-27. CAMPOSTOMA PRieEI, Jordan & Thoburn, new species. 



Head 3i in adult male; depth 4; eye 51; D. 8; A. 8; scales 10-75-9, 32 

 before dorsal; teeth 4-4. Body stout, moderately compressed; head large, 

 conical, with large tubercles, each with a central spine; mouth small, 

 maxillary reaching vertical from anterior nostril, j distance to eye, or 3^ 

 in head. Dorsal fin opposite ventrals, its first ray | distance from snout to 

 base of caudal; anal basis short, 3 in head. Length of top of head nearly 

 half distance from tip of snout to origin of dorsal (| in ornatum). Scales 

 rather small, deep, somewhat crowded anteriorly. Color as in C. anoma- 

 hon; brownish, with brassy luster on back and sides; scales above pro- 

 fusely speckled with black, the color arranged in longitudinal bauds, 

 quite evident back of the dorsal; less black below; a vertical black band 

 behind opercle; a distinct black spot at base of caudal; a broad band of 

 black across dorsal fin, and traces of a similar band on anal; fins all 

 flushed with red (in spring males). Very close to C. ornatum of the Chi- 

 huahua River; the head longer, the snout longer, and the mouth and eye 

 smaller. Springs in the Ciiiricahua Mountains in Southern Arizona, trib- 

 utary to the Rio Yaqui, locally very abundant. The waters of these 

 springs are lost on the desert, very rarely overflowing into the river. The 

 tyi)e a single specimen, 3^^ inches long, taken by Mr. W. W. Price, in 

 Rucker Canon, Chiricahua Mountains, in southern Arizona. (Named for 

 William Wightraan Price.) (Type, No. 1552, L. S. Jr. Univ. Mus.) 



3-28. CAMPOSTO.MA ANOMALUM (Rafinesque). 



(Stone-roller ; Stone-lugger ; Steel-backed Chub ; Mammy ; Dough-belly.) 



Head 4i ; depth 4? . D. 8 ; A. 7 ; scales 7-53-8 ; teeth 4-4, or 1, 4-4, 0. Body 

 stoutish, moderately compressed, the antedorsal region becoming swollen 

 and prominentintheadult. Snout moderately decurved. Scalesdeep, rather 

 small, and crowded anteriorly; maxillary not reaching to opposite the 

 front of the eye. Color brownish, with a brassy luster above, the scales 



