292 Bulletin 47, United States National Museum. 



eye; lateral Hue complete, eveuly aud gently decurved to above origin 

 of anal ; a couspicuons black spot at base of middle caudal rays ; a 

 silvery lateral band, its dorsal margin distinct. Manitoba; comuion; 

 obtained at Winnipeg, Brandon, Fort Qu 'Appelle and Medicine Hat. 

 (Eigoumann »S: Eigenmann.) {scojni, broom ; fero, I bear.) 



Notropis scojnjWus, EigEnmann & EiGENMANN, AmcT. Nat., FL-bruaiy, 1893, 153, Winnipeg. 

 481. NOTROPIS TELESCOPUS (Cope). 



Head 4^-; depth 4f to 5i ; eye very large, longer than muzzle, 2J in 

 head. D. 8 ; A. 10 ; scales 5-38-3. Body elongate, not much compressed; 

 snout short, sharp; 13 scales before dorsal; dorsal fin inserted about mid- 

 way between snout and base of caudal, a little behind ventrals. Mouth 

 very oblique; mandible not projecting. Color pale greenish; the dorsal 

 scales extensively dark-edged, the two uppermost rows of scales running 

 into outline of back. Length 4 inches. Tennessee Eiver ; in cold moun- 

 tain streams, very abundant ; with N. leiiciodus, making the bulk of the 

 small minnows in the Holston River. {TTjXiaKOTxoq, far-seeing.) 



Photogetiis telescopus, Cope, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1867, 165, Holston River, Virginia. 



(Coll. Cope.) 

 XeiicwcHs telescopus, GCnther, Cat., vii, 252, 1868. 

 Minniltts telescopus, Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 201, 1883. 



Kepresented in the Ozark region by 



481a. NOTROPIS TELESCOPUS ARCANSANUS, Meek. 



Head 4| ; depth 5 to 5i ; scales 5-35 to 38-3, 15 before dorsal. A. 10 or 

 11. Eye 2i in head, the pointed snout 3|. Smaller than the eastern form 

 aud darker, the dorsal farther back, midway between nostril and base of 

 caudal; slightly behind ventrals. White River and Little Red River, 

 Arkansas. 



Notropis telescopus arcansatius, Meek, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., ix, 1889, (1891), 133, ^^'hite Rivef, 

 Eureka Springs, Arkansas ; Mammoth Springs, Arkansas. (Coll. Metk .t Drew.) 



482. NOTROPIS SOCIUS (Girard). 



Head 4; depth 4i; eye 3. D. 8; A. 10. Lateral line 33. Allied to 

 Notropis swaini, but deeper; the eye smaller, maxillary past front of eye; 

 lower jaw longest. Silvery, the sides without dark dots ; fins plain. 

 Live Oak Creek, southwestern Texas, (socitts, social.) 



Albimius socius, Girard, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1856, 193, Live Oak Creek, Texas. (Tyius 

 No. 70. Coll. Pope.) 



483. NOTROPIS NOTEMIOONOIDES, Eveimann. 



Head 4 to 4J; depth 4 to 4J. D. 8; A. 10 or 11; scales 10-41-3, 29 

 before dorsal; teeth 2, 4-4, 2, hooked, creuate, with moderate grinding sur- 

 face. Body slender, greatly compressed, the back somewhat elevated, 

 the form much as in Ahramix (Xoieinigonuti) crysolcucas; snout pointed, 

 equal to eye, which is 3i to 3A in head; caudal peduncle long. Fins 

 moderate; dorsal well behind ventrals; anal long; pectorals falcate, not 

 reaching ventrals. Yellowish, silvery below; upper parts dusted with 



