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rather shorter tbau the long muzzle, i)hiced nearly midway in head, 

 about 3^ ill head. 



Mouth ratlier large, inferior, the lips much thickened, Suclver-like ; 

 upper jaw extremely protractile; the lower with a conspicuous internal 

 fringe of papillae. 



Barbels extremely long, probably longer than in any other of our 

 Cyprinoids; their length § to | the diameter of tlie eye. 



(Scales moderate, pretty closely imbricated, 5-40-3 ; 15 or 10 in fiont 

 of dorsal. Lateral line continuous, slightiy deliected foiward. 



Fins rather small, high, and short. Dorsal 1, 8, originating slightly 

 behind the base of the ventiah?, as in C. labrosiifi and C luonach'ds. Anal 

 1, 7. Caudal deeply forked, its peduncle long and slender. 



Coloration, in spirits, quite pa!c ; a small, round, black spot at base 

 of caudal : dorsal scales d.irk-edged : some dark points along caudal 

 peduncle, forming a dark steak: muzzle punctate. Large s|>eGit!iens 

 with a large dark i)atch on the last rays of dorsal, as in C. monachus 

 and the species of Codoma: base of dorsal fin with dark points. Chee!:s 

 and opercles silvery. 



In the spring, the male fishes are profusely tuberculate on the head 

 and neck, and the fins are flushed with crimson. Teeth 1, 4-4, ], hooked, 

 without masticatory surface. 



The largest specimens taken were nearly three inches long, but m(ist 

 were less than two. 



This species is abundant in SaUida River. It appears to be distinct 

 from C. Jahrosus, that s|)ecies having larger scales and some other poinl.s 

 of difference. C. labr<;,sus, monachu;,, and zancmus differ from their con- 

 'geners in the backward position of the dorsal and in the gri^ater devel- 

 opment ol the lips. 



24. Ceraticiitiiys laivrosus Cope. 



Ceratichthijs lahrosus Copk (1870), Proc. Am. Pliilos, Soc. 458. 



Professor Coi)e found this species not uncommon in the upper v/aters 

 of the Catawba. We did not lind it in the Saluda or the Ennoree. 



25. CERATLCiri'IIY.S IIYl'SINOTUS CopC. 

 CcraticlilliijH hijimvotuH Cow. (1870), Proc. Am. Philos. Soc. 458. 



This species is not uncommon in the Saluda. Breeding males are 

 violet-tinted, and the tins are quite red. The head is more or less rosy 

 and tuberculate above. This species has a very small barbel, and might 

 easily be taken for a Uydrophlox of the rubricroceus type. 



