31. CYPKINID.E — CLIOLA. 
179 
spot; probably brilliant in life. Head 4i; depth 3^. D. 8; A. 9* 
scales G-40-4. Sugar-loaf Creek, Arkansas. {Girard.) 
K.^ W x! 2700^^^'" U. S. Pac. K. 
y(j. Teetli with narrow grinding surface. ( Phofogenis Cope.*) 
217 . C. apialostaiia (Grd.) J. & C.—Silver-Jin. 
Body moderately elongate, somewhat compressed, the dorsal and ven- 
tral ontlmes regularly and gently arched. Head rather short and deep 
Mouth rather small, quite ohlique, the lower jaw received within the 
upper when the mouth is closed. Eye small, 4J in head. Leaden sil- 
very, bluish in the males; edges of scales dusky ; a diuk vertebral line; 
a argo black spot on the upper posterior part of the dorsal. Paired 
hns and lower part of belly, as well as the tills of the .anal aud caudal, 
and the front and upper parts of the ilorsal, charged with clear satin- 
white pigment in males in the spring; in full breeding dress the dorsal 
pigment with a greenish lustre; no creamy baud at base of caudal; 
males with the head aud front covered with small tubercles. Head 4i- 
depth 4 I). 8; A. 8; scales 3-38-3; teeth 1, 4-4, 1, the edges more 
or less distinctly serrate. L. 4 inches. Pennsylvania and Central Sew 
lork to Mississippi Valley ; abuudaut. 
a««Zosto„« Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat Sci Pliila ISVl r. •; 7 7 ,• 
Kirtlai.,1, Post. Journ. Nat. Hi.st v 27 fit of Pat f D 
Cvnr Penn ‘^71- Tr.i • 7 ’ ^ ken faektensis Co])e, 
e™ ■ p“ ■ 3^: t vii.256: I-l.o,o,e,m sin,oj,en,, CoU 
v^ipr. remi. cJ/S. XcMCisofts s;y7i/ojjten(s Giiutlier, vii,254.) ^ 
“■ T”'!'' ‘I'O •■“hilt). (Erogala .Jonlan.t) 
i. iceth 'jvitli a narrow grmdiug surface; aual short. 
24«. C. sralacttir^i (Cope) J.,& C.— Milky-tailed Shiner. 
Body fusiform, moderately elongate, not greatly compressed. Mouth 
rather large, jaws nearly horizontal, the upper projecting beyond the 
ower. Scales less closely imbricated than in the preceding. Lateral 
hue little decurved. Eye small. Steel blue above, silvery below ; dorsal 
with a black blotch on its posterior rays; caudal tin conspicuously 
creamy yellow at base, then dusky. Males with the belly, paired flu.^ 
aud especially the tips of the vertical tins charged with milk.whitc pb- 
eut in the siiiiug, the head and trout then covered with small tubercles 
In high coloration the anal and cauilal are .sometimes pale reddish. Fe- 
