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Pectorals not reaching the ventrals; the latter attaining the anal. 

 The caudal is furcated for more than one-half its length. Caudal pedun- 

 cle slender, 3^ times in the length of the body. 



Scales in very regular rows, anteriorly somewhat higher than long ; 

 the rows 5 or 6-40-3. 



Color in spirits pale yellow above, sides silvery, and golden yellow 

 below. Above and on the caudal ijeduucle the scales with a narrow 

 dusky edge, giving these parts of the body a regularly checkered appear- 

 ance. A dusky band runs along the lateral line, back on the rays of 

 the caudal, and forward over the opercle, through the eye, to the snout. 

 Sometimes this band is almost black. Just above this band are two or 

 three longitudinal rows of black dots, one of which dots is located at 

 the tip of each scale. Below the lateral line is another similar row of 

 dots. There is also a row of black points along the lateral line. The 

 anterior rays of the dorsal fin are largely black, and there is also a 

 black spot on the posterior rays. 



This is an elegant and very interesting species. Its oblique mouth and 

 rounded muzzle give it a peculiar appearance. It appears to be widely 

 distributed through the State. I have one specimen from Artesia, sev- 

 eral from Macon, and one from Enterprise. 



Genus MINNILUS, Eafluesque. 



38. Minnilus dilectus (Girard) C. & J. 



Minnilm dilectus, Joudan, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila. 1877, 80. 

 Alburnus dilectus, GiRARD, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1856, 193. 

 Alburnellus dilectus, Girard, Pac. R. R. Surv. vol. x, 259. 



Nolropis athennoides, Jordan, Bull. 111. Lab. Nat. Hist. No. 2, 60 ; Bull. U. S. 

 Geol. Surv. vol. iv, No. 2, 422. 



A single specimen of a Minnilus, or Alburnellus, answering well enough 

 to Girard's description cited above, was obtained at Enterprise. 



Subgenus Lythrueus, Jordan. 



39. Minnilus punctulatus, Hay, sp. no v. (No. 27,430.) 



Body short, deep, and compressed. The back elevated in front of the 

 dorsal. Depth in the length 4;^. The head is short and deep, 4f in the 

 length. The profile is straight, or even a little concarve; the snout 

 pointed. Mouth large and quite oblique ; the lower jaw longer than 

 the upper. The maxillary reaches back to a perpendicular from the 

 anterior rim of the orbit. 



The eye is of medium size, being contained in the length of the side 

 of the head 3.^ times. 



The scales are very small. There are 10 to 13 horizontal rows above 

 the lateral line, and 3 below it ; 48 to oO scales along the lateral line, and 

 25 or more in front of the dorsal. The lateral line is much decurved 

 above the ventrals. 



Teeth, 2, 4-4, 2, usually with an evident triturating surface. 



