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imbricated. Lateral line incomi^lete or wanting-. Dorsal tin behind 
veutrals. Anal basis short. Species of small size and brilliant colora- 
tion ; fonnd both in Europe and America, ((po-r^u^, a minnow; from 
tapering.) 
* .Scales very small, 75-90 in the lateral line. 
403. P. iieogiEHS Cope. 
Body short and thick, little compressed, the back little elevated. 
Dead very large and broad, the muzzle blunt. Mouth moderate, quite 
oblique, the lower Jaw jirojectiug; maxillary reaching to beyond front 
of orbit; upper lip on the level of the middle of the pui^il. Fins mod- 
erate. Dorsal well backward, much nearer caudal than snout, some- 
what behind ventrals. Pectorals large. Scales very small, almost 
imbedded in the skin. Lateral line decurved, very short, not extend- 
ing to ventrals. Back and belly scaly. Eye large, 31 in head. Color 
very dark; back i)lain, almost black; a black baud through snout and 
eye to caudal; above this a pale band; below this abruptly white; belly 
and lower tins crimson in spring males; pectorals dusky. Head 3f; 
dei)th 4^. D. 8; A. 8; scales 18-80-11; teeth 2, 4-.j, 2. L. 3 inches. 
Michigan to Iowa; not common. 
(Cope, Cypr. Pemi. 1866, 375; Giintlier, vii, 247.) 
Scales moderate, 40-45 in the lateral line. 
404. P. flamiiieus Jordan & Gilbert. 
Body moderately stout, slenderer and more compressed than in P. 
neogmis. Head rather short and deep, the upper outline rounded, the 
muzzle rather blunt. Eye large, 3^ in head. Mouth small, oblique, the 
.laws about equal, the upper lip on the level of the pupil, the max- 
illary extending to the front of the orbit. Scales much larger and more 
loosely imbricated than in the other species. Back and belly scaled. 
Lateral line short, decurved, on 14 scales, not reaching base of ventrals. 
Fins small, the dor.sal well backward. Back dark; a black lateral baud, 
formed of dark specks; above this a pale baud ; the belly below this pale; 
bright scarlet red in the males in spring. Head 4; depth 4. D. 8; A. 8; 
scales 7-43-0 ; teeth 2, 4-.o, 2. L. 2.4 inches. Tennessee Eiver. 
(Jordan Gilbert, Man. Vert. E. U. S. ed. 2, 1878, 303; Jordan & Brayton, Bull. 
U. S. Nat. Mils, xii, 66.) 
405. P. miliieriaiiiis Cope. 
“Form elongate, chin slightly beyond upper lip. Pharyngeal teeth 
2, 5-4, 2. Scales in 15 longitudinal rows between the dorsal and ven- 
