354 NEW SPECIES OF FRESH-WATER FISHES. 



vicinity of Spartanbargh, S. C. About Spartanburgh, this is one of the 

 common food- fishes. 



Specimens of Moxostoma rupiscartes (identified by me as M. cervinum) 

 have been taken by me in the Saluda River at Greenville, S. C, in the 

 Chattahoochee at Gainesville, Ga., and in the Ocmulgee at Flat Shoals, 

 Ga. In the James, Roanoke, Tar, and Neuse Rivers we found the 

 genuine M. cervinum. 



4. Notropis macdonaldi Jordan & Jenkins., sp. nov. (Type No. 39S59, U. S. Nat. 



Mus.) 



Subgenus Luxilua Rafinesque, allied to X. zondtua (Agassiz), and less closely to 

 X. megalops Raiinesque. 



Head contained 3^ times in length to base of caudal ; depth, 4f . D. 8. 

 A. 9 or 10. Scales, 7-39-2. Length of largest specimen 5 inches. 



Form more elongate than that of A. megalops, the head longer and more 

 pointed, the form of body and head much as in N. zonatus, but the body 

 still more slender. Body elongate, compressed, the back a little ele- 

 vated; anterior profile gently curved from snout to front of dorsal, a 

 little more convex on snout. Eye moderate, a little shorter than snout; 

 in adult, 44, in head. Mouth large, terminal, oblique, the lower jaw some- 

 what projecting; maxillary extending to opposite front of eye, as in zona- 

 tus, its length 2^ iu head. In N. megalops of the same size the snout is 

 much more obtuse, and the maxillary is less than one-third of head. 



Scales less crowded than in A. megalops, the exposed surfaces less nar- 

 rowed ; scales before dorsal small, in 17 to 20 rows. Lateral line de- 

 curved. Insertion of dorsal somewhat behind that of ventral, nearer 

 to base of caudal than to snout. Fins moderate; free margin of anal 

 concave; pectoral not quite reaching ventrals, the latter scarcely to 

 vent. Teeth, 2, 4-4, 2, with narrow grinding surface and a hook. 



Color iu spirits, greenish, with a broad, diffuse lateral band of plum- 

 beous silvery; a dark streak along back ; no caudal spot; fins plain. In 

 life the snout and chin are red, as are also the axils of pectorals and ven- 

 trals ; the space between the rami of the lower jaw retains the orange 

 color in alcohol. The scales of the upper part of the body and head 

 are profusely punctate with black. The boundaries of the scales are 

 not very well defined. 



Numerous specimens of this species were obtained from the Shen- 

 andoah River at Waynesboro, Va., from North River, at Loch Laird,Va., 

 and from Buffalo Creek, near Lexington, Va. The two streams last 

 mentioned flow into the James below the Natural Bridge. 



We have named this species in honor of Col. Marshall McDonald, the 

 efficient head of the U. S. Fish Commission. 



5. Notropis kanawha Jordan & Jenkins, sp. nov. (Type No. 39928, U. S. Nat. 



Mas.) Allied to If. illecebrosus (Girard). 



Head, 4f in length ; depth 4f. D. 8. A. 9. Scales 4J-37-2, 16 scales 

 before dorsal. Teeth 4-4, hooked, with grinding surface. Length of 

 type, 3£ inches. 



