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H. nuchalis, Agassi/.. Silvery Minnow. (Agassiz, Airier. Jour. Sci. Arts, 1855. Hy- 



bognathua argyriMs, Jordan.) 



Genus l >ionda, ' rirard. 



I). Meeki, Jordan and Gilbert. A Silvery Minnow. Neoslio river. (Jordan, 1884.) 



Genus Pimephales, Rafinesque. 

 P. promelas, Raf. Flat-Head, Black-Head Minnow. (Raf. Ich.Oh.) P. promelas wzr. 

 eonfertus Girard. Kansas river. ( Hybor hynchua confertus (?) and Pimephales maculosus 

 (?) Girard, Proc. Acad. Sri., 1856.) 



P. notatus (Raf.), Agassiz. Blunt-Xosed Minnow. ( Minnilus notatus Raf., Ich.Oh. 

 and Oatostomus melanolus Raf., Ech. Oh.) 



( ienus < lliola, Girard. 

 C. vigilax, B. & G. Silver Fin. This is the only species in this genus. ( CeraUehthys 

 vigilax, Baud & Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1853. Cliola rigilax, rclo.r and 

 vivax, (rirard in same and in Pac. R. R. Sur.) 



Genus Notropis, Rafinesque. 

 "This genus now takes the place of Cliola and minnilus in the Synopsis of Fishes of 

 North America." — Jordan. 



N. hudsonius, Jordan. Spawn Eater. "Not hitherto known from west of Lake Mich- 

 igan. Color darker and gape wider than in Eastern specimens. Perhaps a geographical 

 variety." — Dr. Jordan. Kansas river branches. (Clupea hudsonia. De Witt Clinton, 

 Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 1824. Hudsonius fluviatilis Girard, Proc. Acad. Sci. Phila. 

 1856.) 



N. billingsiana (Cope ), Jordan and Gilbert. "Dedicated to Joshua Billings, Esq., 

 author of original observations on 'The Briny Codfish.'" Kansas river and Missouri 

 river at St. Joseph. (Cijprinelln billingsiana Cope. Hayden's Geol. Sur. Ter. Wyoming, 

 1870, 1872.) 



N. megalops, Rafinesque. Shiner, Red-fin, Dace, etc. Given as minnilus cornutus. 

 Mitchell in the Synopsis of Fishes of N. A. 



N. camurus, Jordan and Meek. Silver Fin. Neosho river and Western Missouri. 

 (Cyprinella Whipplei Girard, Proc. Acad. Sci. Phila. 1856, and Pac. R. R. Surv. X. 270.) 

 N. lutrensis, Jordan. "This species takes the place of Cliola forbsei, gibbosa, pulchella, 

 iris, jugalis, gracilis, etc., of the Synopsis." — D. S. Jordan. Very abundant. 



N. lineolatus, Agassiz. This is the Chola lineolata Ag., of the Synopsis. Marais des 

 Cygnes river. 



N. bubalina (Girard), Jordan and Gilbert. Is the Cliola umbrosa Grd., of Synopsis. 

 [OyprineUa wmhrosa Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1856, and Pac. Rid. Surv. X, 

 266.) 



X T . deliciosa, Girard. Straw-colored Minnow. Is the Cliola Missuriensis Cope, of the 

 Synopsis. Somewhat common in Kansas river branches. ( Hayden's Geol. Surv., Wyom- 

 ing, 1870-72, Hybopsis Missuriensis < 'ope.) 



X. topeka, Gilbert, sp. nov. A new species, discovered by Prof. F. W. Cragin, of 

 Washburn College, Topeka, and published in the Bulletin of the Washburn Natural 

 History Survey of Kansas; also taken by Prof. D. S. Jordan in Missouri river at St. 

 Joseph, in August, 1884. 



X. rubifrons (Cope), Jordan. Rosy-faced Minnow. Kansas and Missouri rivers. 

 A beautiful species. (Alburnus rubifrons Cope, Proc. Acad. Sci., Phila., 1865. Notropis 

 rubifrons, Jordan, 296.) 



X. umbratilis (Girard), Jordan. This is the Minnilus nigripinnis Gilbert, given as a 

 new species in his notes in the Bulletin Washburn Natural History Survey. (Albur- 

 nus umbratilis Crd. Proc. Acad. Sci., Phila., 1856. Alburnellus umbratilus Grd. Pac. 

 Rid. Surv., X, 260.) 



