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black; spots on auterior part of sides so arranged as to form about 16 

 obtxise angles fitting into each other, the angles opening forward, thus, 

 ^, these markings on alternate scales; tip of lower jaw with dark 

 specks; fins pale, dusted with dark specks. Rio Neches, near Palestine, 

 Texas, and streams about Houston. (Xotemigonus; Eidoc, likeness.) 



Notrojw nnlemigoiioiiles, EvEUMAXN, Bull. U. S. Fish Conim., xi, 1891, (May 25, 1892), 81, Neches 

 River, Palestine, Texas, and Sims Bayou, Houston, Texas. (Type, No. 45559. 

 Coll. Evermann, Scovell, & Gurley); Evermanii it Kendall, Bull. U. S. Fish Conim., xii, 

 1892 (1891), 103, pi. xviil, fig. 2. 



484. NOTROPIS STILBIUS, Jordan. 



Head 44 ; depth 5; eye 3. D. 8; A. 10; scales 5-37-2; teeth 2, 4-4, 1. 

 Body rather slender. Head rather long, somewhat pointed. Mouth 

 large, oblique, the maxillary reaching eye. Eye very large, greater than 

 snout and interorbital width. Fins ratber high ; the ventrals reaching to 

 opposite last rays of dorsal. Color pale green; side with a broad silvery 

 band, on which are many dark punctulations ; these are numerous just 

 behind shoulder girdle and at base of caudal, where they form an evident 

 spot, a mark which will u.sually distinguish this species from the related 

 ones; cheeks pure silvery; lips dusky. Length 3 inches. Alabama River 

 and tributaries ; common. (ari/dTj, shining.) 



Nolropis ftUhhix, JoKPAN, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 1876, 343, Etowah and Oostanaula 



rivers, Rome, Georgia. (Type, No. 31132. Coll. Jordan & Gilbert.) 

 MiiinilHs slilbius, Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 201, 1883. 



485. XOTROPIS ATHERIXOIDES, Rafinesque. 



Head 4|: depth 5| : eye 3i. D. 8; A. 11 ; scales 5-38-3, 15 before dorsal; 

 teeth 2, 4-4, 2. Body long and slender, compressed, the back not elevated. 

 Head blunt, conic, proportionately shorter than in related species. 

 Mouth moderate, very oblique, upper lip on level of upper part of pupil; 

 maxillary about reaching front of eye. Eye large, rather longer than 

 snout. Fins low; dorsal well behind ventrals; tips of ventrals extending 

 to beyond middle of dorsal. Lateral line decurved. Color translucent 

 green above ; sides bright silyery; scales above faintly punctate, but not 

 enough so to render them dark-edged, nor to form blotches along sides; 

 a faint dark vertebral line; males in spring with the snout rosy. Length 

 4 to 6 inches. Great Lake region and Ohio and Mississippi valleys, and 

 north to Winniijeg. Abundant in lakes, quiet places, and river channels ; 

 very variable. Next to X. arije, the largest and handsomest species of this 

 type, (atherina, the silverside; tidog, resemblance.) 



Notrojns atheriiiohles, Rafisesqve, Amer. Month. Mag. & Crit. Rev., 1818,204, Lake Erie. 



Minniltts (linemvs, Rafinesque, Ichth. Oh., 45, 1820, Ohio River. 



Albnmm nthtlhis, Agassiz, Lake Superior, 3G4, 1850, Lake Superior. 



Alhttnms nitidus, Kirtland, Cleveland Ann. Sci., 1854, 44, tributaries of Lake Erie. 



AWunielhis jaruhifi, Cope, Cypr. Penn., 387, 18CG, St. Joseph River and Dowagiac 



River, Michigan. 

 Leiicisois nibeUiis, Gunther, Cat., vii, 254, 18G8. 



Leucisais copii, GCn'ther, 1. c, 255, substitute for jaculut, preoccupied in Leucisctis. 

 Minnilus rubellui and dinemiis, JoRDA>f & Gilbert, Synopsis, 202, 1883. 



