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Geims PIIOTOGEXIS Cope. 



7. PnOTOGKMS GALACTURUS [Cope) J. & IS. 

 Unpnilepis galacturita CoPK (1870), Pioc. Ac. Nat. Sc. KiO 



The most a!)tui(l;iMt li>Ii in tlio Tiigaloo. Our specimens were very 

 ])ale ami dull colored, but they are not otherwise diil'ereiit iVoiii speci- 

 mens of /'. (jiiUiclurun Horn the Tennessee and Cuuiberlaud liivers. 



Genus HYDROPIILOX Jordan. 



S. IIVDKOrilLOX UUBRICROCliUS [Cope) J. tt B. 

 Uf/bopul!) riibricrocciis Coi'io {l>:6i), Journ. Ac. Nat. Sc. 'S)\. 



This suipassingly beantifiil little lish abounds in the rock-pools of the 

 smaller tributaries of the Tny:aloo. In Toccoa.CreeU, it is very abnii- 

 tlant, far ontnumberinj^ all other species. We obtained many si)eci- 

 mens fiom tlic pool at the loot of Toccoa lalls. 



The life-colors are as follows: Dark steel-blue; u dark lateral band of 

 coaly punctiilatioJis, which is usually distinct on the anterior half of 

 body, and pusses through the «'ye around the snout. All the tins ot a 

 rich clear retl ; the dorsal rather crimson, the caudal i)ink, the l(>wer tins 

 full bri<j:ht scarlet. Head all pale scarlet-red, the lower jaw Hushed, as 

 if bloody, a lustrous streak alonjj; the sides, below which is a distinct 

 silvery lustre. Eyes silvery, somewhat flushecl with red. In hi;.'h 

 coloration, the entire body becomes more or less red. This red pij;- 

 ment becomes more evident when a fish is first placed in alcohol. First 

 ray of dorsal dusky on anterior e<lge. 



Top of heail and wh<;le ante-dorsal region in males dusted with line 

 "White tubercles. 



Female specimens are pale olivaceous nr silvery. 



Te.'th 2, 1-4, '2, with Uiast icMfmy sui r:ice, till- e(l';<> of which is UNUiIly 



crenate. 



Tliis species and the jyrecedinj;' wei<> hitherto known only from the 

 liead waters of tiie T<Minessee Kiver. 



Genus CERATICIITIIYS nainl. 

 9. Cekaticiithvs KtuRirnoNS Jordan. 



NocomiH ruhrifronH J oiiVAS (U'77), Aim. N. V. I.yi cum Nat. Hist. '.Y.'>0. 



A few specimens of this spe(;ies wcie t;du'n. They were brighter iu 

 color than the oiiginal tyjies liom the Ocmnlgee. The muzzle was in 

 the males br ght red, and the lins somewhat ro.sy. 



