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Genus Hypsilepis Baird. 

 Head and body thick, the former large and short, with tuber- 

 cles in the breeding season. Scales higher than long. Lateral 

 line submedian, little decurved. 

 Hypsilepis cornutus* Grd. ex Mit. Roach ; Red-fin. (Perley.) 

 Hypsolepis cornutus, Storer, Mem. Am. Ac. vi, 284, pi. 21, fig. 3. 

 D. 8, A. 9, P. 15, V. 8. 



Genus Semotilus Raf. 

 Head and body thick, elongated. Scales quadrate or oblong. 

 Lateral line submedian, little decurved. 



Semotilus pulcliellus * Gill. Roach-dace. (Perley.) 



Cheilonemus pulchellus, Storer, Mem. Am. Ac. vi, 286, pi. 22, fig. 2. 

 D. 9-10, A. 9-10, P. 16-17, V. 8. 



Genus Rhinichthys Ag. 

 Head and body thick, elongated. Scales oblong. Lateral line 

 nearly straight, and generally with a black band extending from 

 snout to caudal. 



Rhinichthys atronasus * Ag. ex Mit. Brook minnow. 



Argyreus atronasus, Storer, Mem. Am. Ac. vi, 288, pi. 21, fig. 4, 

 D. 8, A. 8, P. 14-15, V. 8. 



CATASTOMID^E Gill-. 

 Catastomidjs (Heck.) Gill. 

 Dorsal short, above ventrals. 



Genus Catastomus (Les.) Ag, 

 Snout long. Lateral line present, nearly straight. Lips pa- 

 pillated. 



Catastomus Bostoniensis * Les. Sucker. 



Catastomus Bostoniensis, Storer, Mem. Am. Ac. vi, 290, pi. 22, fig 3. 

 D. 14-16, A. 9, P. 18, V. 10. 



Genus Moxostoma (Raf.) Ag. 

 Snout short. Lateral line obsolete. Lips plicated. 

 Moxostoma oblongum Ag. ex Mit. Chub. (Perley.) 



Catastomus gibbosus, Storer, Mem. Am. Ac. vi, 291, pi. 22, fig. 4. 

 D. 15-17, A. 9-10, P. 10, V. 10. 



ORDER APODES. 

 ANGUILLID^E Kaup. 

 Body with patches of oblong scales diagonally disposed. 



