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a. Anterior dorsal rays witli a black spot. vigilax, 398. 



aa. No black spot on doreal fin. smithii, 399. 



39S. ClilOLA TIOILAX (Baird k Girard). 



Head 4i ; depth U ; eye large, 3* in head. D. 8 ; A. 7 ; scales 8-42-6 ; teeth 

 4-4, with grinding surface, and slight hook. Body stout, somewhat 

 compressed, broad and Hat above, with deep caudal peduncle. Head broad 

 and flat above, with an angle at the temporal region. Muzzle broad and 

 obtuse, less truncate than in Pimephalcs notains. Mouth rather small, but 

 larger than in Pimej^lKilcs, horizontal, terminal, the jaws about equal, max-' 

 illary not reaching to opposite anterior margin of eye. Dorsal inserted 

 above ventrals, nearer snout than caudal. Scales before dorsal small and 

 crowded, as in rime2)halci!, in about 28 series. Dusky yellowish; sides 

 silverj', with an obsolete dark lateral band, which terminates in a jet- 

 black spot ; a very distinct black spot on anterior rays of dorsal about 

 halfway up. Length 3 inches. Strongly resembles rimeijhahtinotatus, 

 but more silvery, less plumbeous, and the black spots more sharply defined. 

 The spring males have little if any black pigment. Ohio to Georgia, 

 Iowa and Texas, very abundant ; southwest as far as the Rio Grande. 

 'vigilax, watchful.) 



Ceratichlh!i^>igila.r, Baird & Girarp, Broc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 18.'i3, 390, Otter Creek, North 

 Fork of Red River, Arkansas. (Coll. Capt. Geo. B. McCIellan.) 



Clkila fii/Uax, Cl'mJa relax, San Pedro Creek, tributary of Rio San Antonio (Tyjie, No. 30. 

 Coll. Lieut. A. \V. Whipiilc), and Cliala firux, Rio Leon, tributary of Rio San Antonio, 

 Texas, GmARi), Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1856, 192; and in Pac. R. R. Surv., x, 2.57, 258, 

 1858. C. vii-ax is said to have scales " a good deal smaller," but no data are given ; the types 

 of all three are now lost. 



Hybopsis titdilaniis, Cope, Cypr. Penn., 381, 18CC, Detroit, Michigan. 



Albiirnops fanrocephalus, Hay, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1880, 503, Chickasawha River, Enter- 

 prise, Mississippi. (Type, No. 27439. Coll. Hay.) 



Leucisi'ii.Hiiililaiiiiti, GuNTUEK, Cat., vir, 259, 18G8. 



Ihiptiriiiirn^ tiulitmiuf, Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 200. 



Cliola titdiUiiia, taurocq>huh(, and vijjiUix, JouitAN & Giluert, Synopsis, 165, IGC, and 1G9, 1883. 



399. CLIOLA SMITHII, Evermann A- Cox. 



Head 4; depth 3|; eye 4; snout 4; interorbital width 3. D. 1,8; A. 



7; scales 9-47-6, 27 before the dorsal. Teeth 4-4, not hooked, grinding 



surface slightly developed. Intestine not long. Body short and stout, 



compressed; head moderate; mouth small, terminal, slightly oblique; 



maxillary not reaching eye; preorbital broad. Back considerably arched; 



caudal peduncle deep, its least depth 2 in head. Origin of dorsal fin over 



ventrals, nearer snout than base of caudal. Color, above densely covered 



with fine black specks, giving a general blue-black appearance; sides with 



a broad plumbeous bund 3 as broad as eye, darkest and best defined on 



caudal peduncle ; sides below this band with a few scattered specks 



anteriorly ; lower part of caudal peduncle pale ; top and upper parts of 



sides of head bluish-black ; dorsal, anal, and pectorals with a few dark 



specks; other fins plain. Length 2i inches. Southern South Dakota, 



known only from Prairie Creek near Scotland. (Named for Dr. Hugh M. 



Smith, Chief of the Statistical Division of the U. S. Fish Commission.) 



Cliola smithii, Evermann & Cox, Kept. U. S. Fish Coinni., xix, 189.5, Prairie Creek, Scotland, 

 South Dakota. (Type, No. 45G81. Coll. Evermann, Kutter, & Cox.) 



