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that on the dorsal suggesting the jieeuliar spot of the other Lythruri; 
tip of snout black} fins pale olivaceous, red in the males. Males in 
spring with the head and autedorsal region profusely tuberculated. 
Ilead 41 ; depth 5i. D. 8 } A. 10 } scales 8-45-4 } teeth 2, 4-4, 2, with very 
narrow or obsolete grinding surface. L. 2i inches. Tennessee and Ala- 
bama Eivers. 
{Nototrupis Uruti Jordan, Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. N. Y. 1876, 342.) 
** Scales comj)arative]y large, not higher than long, and not closely imbricated } 
scales in front of dorsal large; teeth without grinding surface. (Minnilua.*) 
b. Anal fin long, its rays 14. 
295c M. oligaspis (Cope) Jor. 
“ Under jaw projecting a little beyond ujiper, maxillary extending to 
opposite posterior nostril. Head conic in j)rofile, with muzzle com- 
jtressed, one-fifth of length to notch of caudal. Eye 31 in length of 
head. Operculum higher than long. Fins short (exceiit anal)} ventrals 
anterior to dorsal. D. 1,8} A. I, 14. Scales rather large, 5-41-2 } lat- 
eral line with a long, gentle anterior deflection. Above reddish } sides, 
of head and broad lateral band silvery} body medially yellowish.’^ 
{Cope.) L. 2 inches. Kansas. Perhaps a member of some other genus. 
{Alburtius oligasph Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1864,282: Abramis?' oligaspia 
GUnther, vii, 309.) 
bb. Anal fin moderate, its rays 10 or 11. 
c. Scale.s above lateral lino in about 9 series. 
296. M. iiE9st»ratalis (Grd.) Jor. 
A short, deep species, like a Notemigonus. Maxillary reaching orbit. 
Lateral line deflexed. Olivaceous} sides silvery. Head 4} depth 4. 
I>. 8} A. 11 } scales 9-?-4. L. 3 inches. Arkansas Eiver. {Girard.) 
{Albuniua iinibratUis Grd. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1856, 193: Alburnellus umbraiilia 
Grd. U. S. Pac. R. R. Surv. x, 260.) 
Ct. Scales above lateral line in .5-7 seiies. ‘ 
d. Ventral fins reaching beyond middle of dorsal. 
29'?. M. sccpticMS Jordan &. Gilb. sp. uov. 
Body short and deep, comiiressed and somewhat elevated. Head 
rather large, deex), bluntish, resembliug the head of Minnilus cornutus. 
Mouth moderate, terminal, oblique, lower jaw slightly included, upper 
lip opposite middle of eye, the maxillary extending to front of orbit. 
Eye very large, longer than snout, 3 in head} interorbital space broad, 
flattish. Scales large. Lateral line much decurved. Fins moderate} 
* Alburnelhia Girard. Proc. Acad. Nar. .Sci. Phila. 1856, 193. 
