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Body rather elongate, moderately compressed, the back a little ele- 

 vated. Snout bluutish, not very short, 3£ in head, its profile gently 

 decurved; jaws equal; month rather oblique, the maxillary 3 in head, 

 reaching to opposite front of eye; interorbital space flattish, a little 

 broader than eye; eye large, 3£ in head, smaller than in X scabriceps, 

 which this species resembles in many respects. Preorbital broad ; first 

 suborbital narrow; scales large; lateral line gently decurved. Fins all 

 rather high; pectorals nearly reaching ventrals. Insertion of dorsal 

 distinctly behind ventrals, midway between nostril and base of caudal. 



Color transluceut green ; sides bright silvery, with few punctnlatious. 

 Uo caudal spot. 



This species was found to be rather common in Reed Creek, a tribu- 

 tary of the Kanawha, near Wytheville, Ya. 



6. Hybopsis watauga Jordan & Evermanu, sp. nov. (Type No. 39929, U. S. Nat. 

 Mus.) 

 Allied to R. dissimilis (Kirtland), but with smaller scales, the body more slender, 

 the coloration less varied. 



Head, 4i, in length; depth, 5£ to 6. D. 7. A. 7. Scales -4-52-4, 20 

 to 24 before dorsal. Length of type, 4 inches. 



Body elongate, subterete, the back little elevated] head rather long 

 and low, flat on top, the anterior profile blunt, decurved. Lips thick ; 

 barbel evident ; mouth horizontal, wholly inferior, the maxillary reach- 

 ing to opposite posterior nostril, 4 in head. Snout, 2f in head. Eye 

 very large, placed high, its diameter 3^ in head, a little less than length 

 of snout; preorbital long and broad. Scales small, those before dorsal 

 and on belly reduced in size ; breast naked. Insertion of dorsal before 

 that of ventrals, slightly nearer snout than base of caudal. Pectoral 

 long, 1£ in head ; other fins all small. Lower pharyngeals weak; the 

 teeth 4-4, small, short, hooked, with slight grinding surface. 



Color olivaceous above, side with a dark bluish lateral stripe not so 

 wide as eye, passing around the suont ; on this stripe are eight to twelve 

 rounded blackish spots, diffuse and not so large as eye, one of these at 

 base of caudal ; a dark speck on front of opercle ; a few dark spots each 

 as large as a scale on back, especially on back of tail. Fins pale. 



Comparing this species with H. dissimilis we find the scales smaller 

 (40 to 44 mR. dissimilis, 18 before dorsal), the body more elongate (depth 

 usually 5 in the latter), aud the color less variegated. In most speci- 

 mens of if. dissimilis the back and sides are covered with irregular dark 

 spots, some of the scales being dusky. About six specimens of this 

 species were taken in the north fork of the Holston Eiver at Saltville, 

 Va., and two in the Watauga River at Elizabethtown, Tenn. This 

 species is probably widely diffused, having been hitherto confounded 

 with H. dissimilis. The specimens from the White River, Eureka 

 Springs, Ark., scales 49 or 50, should be referred to E. watauga. The' 

 other specimens of this type accessible to the writer belong to E.-'di^ 

 similis. These represent the following localities : Spring ; Creek, 1 'Hot* 



