198 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY IV. 
289. M. ardeiJS (Cope) Hay. — Soulhem Jicd-fin. 
Body elongate, little compressed and not at all elevated. Head long, 
conic, and pointed. Mouth large, oblicpie, the lower jaw scarcely longer, 
the maxillary reaching to opposite the eye. Eye rather large, 3i in head. 
Scales moderate, silvery, not closely imbricated. Lateral line decnr\ ed. 
Dorsal fin as in the other species; iiectorals falling considerably short 
of ventrals. Coloration olivaceous ; the scales dark-edged above ; the 
sides with a brilliant silvery band ; dorsal with a rather small black 
spot at base in front. Males in spring tuberculate, the entire body aud 
fins brilliant red; crimson in spring, becoming more scarlet later. 
Young males variously ])urplish or i)inkish. Head 4i; depth 4i. 
Scales 0-50-3 ; teeth 3, 4-4, 2. L. 2i inches. Cumberland, Upper Ten- 
nessee, and Roanoke Rivers. A beautiful inhabitant of the clear 
mountain streams. 
(Hiipsilepifi ardens Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 18(37, 163: Leiiciseus ardent 
Giinthtr, vii, 257.) 
290. M. piauetuBatoiS Hay. 
Body short, deep, compressed. Back elevated in front of dorsal. 
Head short and deep. Profile straight or slightly concave. Mouth 
large, quite oblique, maxillary reaching anterior rim of orbit. Eye mod- 
erate, 31 in head. Scales small, 25 in frout of dorsal. Lateral line 
much decurved. Dorsal beginning midway between muzzle and base 
of caudal. Caudal peduncle compressed. Straw-color; silvery on sides 
and below; scales above dark-edged; a dark dorsal line ; a dark band 
on caudal peduncle ; a small black spot at base of dorsal. Head 4| ; 
depth 41. I). 8 ; A. 10 or 1 1 ; scales 11-49-3 ; teeth 2, 4-4, 3, with grind- 
ing surface. L. 2 inches. Tuscumbia River, Mississippi. {Say-) 
(Hay, Proc. IT. S. Nat. Mus. 1880, ,508.) 
1t A black spot on the upper anterior part of tlie dor.sal. 
291. HI. ru8>i’gpinBiES Hay. 
Body long and slender, much compressed. Mouth large, oblique, the 
lower jaw somewhat projecting, the maxillary reaching the vertical from 
the front of the eye. Eye large, 3^ in head, slightly longer than snout. 
Scales small, esiiecially along the back, somewhat higher than long, but 
Jiot so closely imbricated as in M. hcUus. Lateral line much decurved. 
Dorsal far back, midway between pupil and base of caudal and consid- 
erably posterior to ventrals; pectorals not reaching ventrals, the latter 
to veil’. Dark ; scales abovm all with black points ; a plumbeous lateral 
band, ending in a vague caudal s])ot; a narrow dorsal band; a black 
.si)ot on the upper anterior portion of the dorsal and also on the anal, 
