31. CYPRINID^ MINNILUS. 
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each snrronuded by a diffuse blotch ; tip of rentrals and edge of pec- 
torals dark ; vertical fins red. Head 4i ; dei)th 4. D. 8 ; A. 11 ; scales 
8-45-3. L. 21 inches. Chickasawha Eiver, Mississippi. 
(Hay, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1880, r)09.) 
IttNo distinct black spot on the dorsal. 
a. Body short and deep. 
292. M. foeBBiis Hay. 
Body short, deep, cousiderably compressed. Dorsal region elevated. 
Head short. Muzzle short, rather pointed, the profile somewhat con- 
oave. Mouth large, oblique, the maxillary extending to opposite the 
front of orbit, the lower jaw jirojecting. Lateral line much decurved. 
Scales crowded forwards, 25 in front of dorsal. Dorsal midway between 
snout and caudal, behind ventrals ; pectorals not reaching ventrals, the 
latter to vent. Caudal peduncle slender. Dusky above, with a nar- 
row dark dorsal line; sides silvery, with jilumbeous streak; no spot 
at base of dorsal; fins mostly black-tipped; belly flame color in life; 
fins orange at base. Head 4i ; depth 3|. D. 8 ; A. 10 or 11 ; scales 
7 _ 41 _ 3 - teeth 2, 4-4, 2, “sharp-edged, but with a masticatory surface”. 
L. 2J inches. Tombigbee River, Mississippi. {Hay.) 
(Hiiy, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1880, 510.) 
<ia. Body slender and elongate. 
293. HI. BBsatutisiiis (Cope) Jor. 
Body slender. Orbit large, 3i in head, scarcely larger than length 
of muzzle, equal to interorbital width. Olivaceous above; the scales 
brown-shaded ; a i)lumbeous lateral band ; sides and below bright sil- 
r'ery ; a dark spot at base of caudal. Males with the muzzle and chin 
red. Head 4i; depth 6. D. 8; A. 11; scales 7-44-3; teeth without 
grinding surface. L. 2i inches. Neuse River. {Cope.) 
{Alburnellits matutinus Cope, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. Phila. 1870, 4G5.) 
294. M. 1be*hs Jordan. 
Body slim, compressed. Head small, short, moderately deep, flatfish 
above. Mouth rather large, very oblique, the lower jaw slightly pro- 
jecting. Eye very large, longer than snout, 3 in head, the maxillary 
about reaching its front. Scales small, loosely imbricated, their outlines 
extremely indistinct. Fins moderate. Coloration very pale translucent 
green; scales of back finely punctate; sides with a very distinct me- 
tallic blue band formed of dark punctulations, this band passing 
through the eye and snout and forming a most characteristic color- 
marking ; a streak of black dots along the bases of dorsal and anal, 
