250 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY IV. 
418. IV. occideiltalis (Baird A Girard) Jordau. 
Body moderately elongate. Snout subconical, rather tapering. 
Mouth oblique, the maxillary not reaching orbit. Eye large, 4 in head. 
Brownish above; sides silvery; the belly speckled with gray. D. 10; 
A. 11. Tulare Valley, California. [Girard.) 
{Leucosomm occidcnfalis Bair<l & Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pbila. 18,14, 137 : Lux- 
ihiH occidentaUs Girard, U. S. Pac. R. R. Surv. x, 280: Abramis occidentalis Giinther, vii, 
301.) 
aa. Anal rays about 13 (12-14). 
419. IV. clirysolowcus (Mitcb.) Jor. — Golden Shiner; Bream. 
Body moderately elongate, strongly compressed. Head short, sub- 
conic, compressed, the protile somewhat concave. Mouth small, ob- 
li(pie, the upper lip on the level of the upper part of the pupil, the max- 
illary not reaching the front of the eye. Eye moderate, about 4 in head. 
Fins medium. Color clear greenish above; sides silvery, with bright 
golden retleetions; tins yellowish; the tips of the lower tins sometimes 
orange in spring males. Head 44; depth 3. H. 8; A. 13; scales 10- 
51-3; teeth 5-5. L. 12 inches. Xew England to Dakota and Texas; 
everywhere abundant in bayous and weedy ponds. One of the most 
familiar and characteristic of our Cyprinidcc. 
{Ci/prinus chrijsoleiicHs Mitcb. Rept. Fisb. N. Y. 1815, 23: Abramis versicolor DeKay, 
N. Y. Fauna, FiMi. 191: Leucosomns amcricanus Storer, Fisb. Mass. 283: Sfilbe americana 
Cope, Cypr. Penn. 18G6, 389 : Leuciscus, Leucosomns, Luxilus, Vlargyrus, Stilbe, Stilbius, 
or Abramis americanus of various authors (not Cyprinus americanus L. ): Luxilus seco 
Giraid, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pbila. 1856, 203: Abramis americanus GUutber, vii, 305; 
•, Jordau, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. x, 05.) 
a. Au,al rays about 10 (15-18). 
430. IV. aillCl’iciiiius (L.) Jor. — Southern Bream. 
Body moderately elevated, very strongly compressed. Head rathei 
broad and tlat between the eyes. ]\Iouth small, quite oblique, the max- 
illary barely reaching the eye. Eye very large and prominent, anterior, 
about 3 in head. Dorsal tin short and very high, almost lalcate, well 
back. Anal tin high and long. Scales rather large, the lateral line 
running very low. Color i)ale olive, with silvery lustre; lower tins red 
in the males in spring. Head44 ; dei)th34. D. 8; A. IG; scales 8-43- 
2; teeth 5-5. L. 12 inches. Eivers of the South Atlantic States ; locally 
abundant. 
{Cyprinus americanus Linn. Syst. Nat.: Tjcuciscus bosci Cuv. As Val. xvii, 313: Xotc- 
miyonus ischanus Jordau, Aim. Lyc. Nat. Hist. N. Y. 1870, 304; Jordan, Bull. U. S. 
Nat. Mus. X, 05.) 
