79. ABKAMIS. 305 



6. Abramis microlepis. 

 De Filipin, Viaggio in Persia, p. 358. 



D. 12. A. 19. L. lat. 82. L. traiisv. 15/15. 

 The height of the bodj^ is one-third of the length. Lateral line 

 " in medio corporis." {De Fil.) 

 Hirer Kur. 



7. Abramis americanus. 



The Shiner. 



Cyprinus americanus, L. Stjst. Nat. i. p. 530 ; Lacep. \. pi. 15. fig. 4. 



clirysoleucas, Mitch. Trans. Lit. & Philos, Soc. Neio York, i. 



p. 459.' 

 Leuciseus chiysoleucas, Storer, Report, p. 88. 

 Stilbe chrysoleucas, Dekaii, Fattn. Netv York, Fish. p. 204, pi. 29. 



fig. 91. 

 Abramis Tersicolor, Dekay, I. c. p. 191, pi. 32. f. 103. 

 Leuciseus boscii, Cuv. 8f Vul xvii. p. 313, pi. 504. 



americanus, Storer, Mem. Avier. Acad. ii. p. 408. 



Leucosomus americanus, Storer, I. c. v. p. 283, pi. 21. fig. 2 (generic 



diagnosis erroneously copied from Heckel). 

 (Leucosomus chrysoleucas, Heckel, in Russegger''s Reisen, i. p. 1042, 



is some other fish.) 



D. 10. A. 16. y. 10. L. lat. 51. L. transv. 10|/6. 



Body somewhat eleyated, its depth being about one-third of the 

 total length (without caudal). Snout obtuse, with the mouth ter- 

 minal, the jaws being eyen in front. Back not keeled. There are 

 three longitudinal series of scales between the lateral line and yentral 

 fin. The anal fin commences immediately behind the vertical from 

 the last dorsal ray. 



United States. 



a. Adult. Massachusetts. Presented by Th. Moore, Esq. 



h-d. Half-grown: skins. Ohio Canal. From Mr. Parnell's Col- 

 lection. 



e~(). Half-grown : skins. Lake Erie. From Mr. Parnell's Col- 

 lection. 



h-i. Young. United States. From Mr. ParneU's Collection. 



8. Abramis occidentalis. 



Leucosomus occidentalis, Baird ^- Girard, Proa. Acad. Nat. Sc. 



Philad. 1854, p. 137. 

 LiLxilus occidentalis, /. c. 1856, p. 203; U. S. ^ Pac. R. R. Exp. 



Fishes, p. 280. 



D. 13. A. 14. 



The height of the body is one-fourth of the total length (with 

 the caudal), the length of the head one-fifth. Snout subconical, 

 rather tapering ; cleft of the mouth oblique. Yellowish beneath, 

 speckled with grey. (Girard.) 



California. 



