240 Bulletin ^7, United States National Museum. 



Gila cslor* Jordan & Bkavton, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., xn, CC, IST.s, Elk River, Estill Springs, 



Tennessee; Stone River, Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 

 Leviixcvsajiiiis, Gi'NTiiF.R, Cat., vii, 2.57, 18G8. 



Gilavandoisula, Jordan & Brayton, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mas., xii, 24, 1878. 

 Leuciactis fiindulnides, GiiNTHEn, Cat., vii, 266, 18G8. 



SiptaliuK vdudoisuhis amd fnndnloldes, Jordan &. Gilbert, Syuopsis, 232, 233, 1883. 

 Sijualius estor, Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 232, 1883. 



378. LEUCISCUS ELONGATUS (Kirtland). 



(Red-sided Shiner.) 



Head 4; depth 5; eye about 4. D. 8; A.9; scales 10-70-5; teeth 2, 

 4-5, 2. Body elongate, compressed ; head long, rather iiointed. Mouth 

 very large, oblique ; the lower jaw notably projecting, with a small knob 

 at the symphysis beyond tip of upper jaw ; upper lip on level of puiiil; 

 maxillary extending to middle of orbit ; posterior angle of opercle acute. 

 Eye moderate. Scales very small. Fins short and high, the dorsal some- 

 what behind ventrals. Lateral line decurved. Color dark bluish; the 

 scales mottled with paler ; sides with a broad black band ; belly more or 

 less silvery ; the front half of the lateral band bright crimson in spring 

 males ; belly and lower fins more or less reddened ; a dark vertebral band. 

 Length 5 inches. Great Lakes and Upper Mississippi Valley, chiefly from 

 Pennsylvania to Minnesota; common in clear streams northward only. 

 (elongatus, lengthened.) 



Luxibis rlongaiiis, KlETLAND, Kept. Zoiil. Ohio, 1830, 109, and in Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist., iii, 33'J, 

 1841, Mahoning River, Trumbull County, Ohio, and Lake Erie, near Cleveland. 



LeuciscKx jiroduflits, Storer, Sj'nopsip, Fishes N. A., 41G, 1S4G, Wabash River. 



Squalittsproriger, Cope, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1804, 280, Michigan. 



Leiwisciis elongatus, Cuvier & Valenciennes, xvii, 494, 1844 ; Guntiiek, Cat., vii, 245. 



Clinostomvs elongatus, Giraed, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1856, 212. 



Clhwslomus proriger. Cope, Cypr. Penn., 375, 1860. 



Letu'isciis proriger, GuNTHEE, Cat., vii, 245; sides more compressed and more silvery; lateral line 

 63 ; teeth 2, 4-5, 1. 



Bqualiits elongatus, Jordan <fc Gilbert, Synopsis, 232, 1883. 



Subgenus PHOXINUS, Rafinesque. 



379. LEUCISCUS NEOG.EUS (Cope). 



Head 4; depth 4J; eye moderate, 31 in head. D. 8; A. 8; scales 18-80- 

 10; teeth 2, 4-5,2. Body short and thick, little compressed, the back 

 little elevated. Head very large and broad, the muzzle blunt, 3 in head. 

 Mouth small, quite oblique, the lower jaw scarcely projecting ; maxillary 



*Lettcisciis exlor, (Jordan & Brayton): Head Z%; depth 4i^; eye 4. D. 8; A. 8; scales 8-50-5 

 teeth 2, 5-4, 2. Body elongate, compressed, the caudal ])edunclo rather long, but not .so long as 

 head. Head very long and large, llattish, but not broad above. Mouth larger than in any 

 other of our Ciipriiiiihi; very oblique, the upper jaw on the level of the pupil, the maxillaries 

 extending to oppusitc middle of orbit; length of ga])e a little more than half length of head; 

 lower jaw considerably the longer. Eye rather large, less than snout. Scales moderate. 

 Lateral line strongly decurved; 23 scales in front of dorsal fin; fins high. Color dark olive 

 above, many scales irregularly darker; sides silvery; no dark lateral band; a broad shade of 

 deep rose color along the sides in spring males, belnw which most of the belly is bright crimson, 

 these red colors brighteft anteriorly; a narrow dark lateral streak like a pencil mark, from 

 head to tail, overlaid by the scales. Length 4 inches. Cunil)erland and Tennessee rivers; in 

 clear brooks; not very common. Perhaps a distinct species, but we are unable to find constant 

 characters for distinction. (Type, No. 31147. Coll. Jordan & Brayton.) 



