190 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY IV. 
rather hclow pupil, maxillary reaehiug beyond front of orbit. LateTal 
line somewhat deciirved. Nineteen scales in front of dorsal. Dorsal in- 
serted somewhat behind ventrals. Females plain olivmceous. Males 
dark steel-blue, a dark lateral band of coaly iiunctulations, which is 
usually distinct on the anterior i>art of the body, and passes through 
the eye around the snout ; tins all rich, clear red, the dorsal crimson, 
the caudal pink, the lower fins scarlet ; head pale red, the lower jaw 
tlushed as if bloody; eyes bluish or flushed with red ; a lustrous streak 
along sides; silvery below. In high coloration the whole body is more 
or less red. Males with the head and antedorsal region dusted with 
fine white tubercles. Head 4; depth 4J. D. 8; A. 9; scales 7-38-3; 
teeth 2, 4-4, 2, the edges of the grinding surface often serrate. L. 24 
inches. Headwaters of the Tennessee and Savannah Rivers. A sur- 
l)assiugly beautiful little fish, abounding in rock-pools at the foot of 
cascades. 
( riijhopsis ruhricrocem Cope, Jonru. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1868, 231 : Hydroph Jox rubri- 
(rocens Jordan & Braytoii, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. xii, 32, 1878.) 
2C6. M. SsitipaBaBiis Jordan & Brayton. 
Body stout and rather strongly compressed, the dorsal region some- 
what elevated, the outline of the back sloping each way from the dorsal 
fin. Head short and rather deep, broad and flattish above, the muzzle 
moderately rounded. Eye rather large, 3| in head. Mouth rather large, 
but smaller than in the preceding, quite oblique, the maxillary reaching 
to orbit. Mandible included. Eighteen scales in front of dorsal. In 
life clear olive, with very intense green dorsal and vertebral lines ; an 
intense metallic blackish band along sides; below this the sides are 
bright silvery ; the whole body in the males bright, clear red, the color 
of red berries; fins all bright golden yellow ; tip of lower jaw black. 
Head 4^; depth 4|-. D. 8; A. 8; scales 7-40-3; teeth 2, 4-4, 2. L. 3 
inches. Oconee River, Georgia. 
{Ilydi'ophlox Jiitipuuiis Jordan &. Brayton, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mns. xii, 36, 1878.) 
207. ciBloi'OcepSialiis (Cope) Jor. & Gill). 
Body stout, with deep caudal peduncle. Head broad, with descend- 
ing muzzle. Mouth oblique, the maxillary reaching beyond line of orbit, 
premaxillary opposite lower margin of ])ui)il. Eye large, 3 in head. 
Interorbital space greater than muzzle. Lateral line moderately de- 
curved. Sixteen scales in front of dorsal. Color olivaceous, every- 
where dusted with blackish specks, which form a lateral band, which 
terminates in a dusky spot at base of caudal; green vertebral and hit- 
