31. CYPRINIDiE CLIOLA. 1G5 



tt Edges of teetli more or less serrate or creuatc ; dorsal slightly beliind ventra].s 



(MoNiAXA Girard). 

 gihiosa, forbesi, leonina, Inirensis, deUciosa, aurata, fonnosa. 

 ** Teeth 1, 4-4, 1. • 



1). Teeth with the edges serrate or cronate, usually without griuding sur- 

 face. (Cyprinella Girard.) 

 c. Dorsal tin without consx^icuous black blotch ou its upper posterior 

 rays. 

 d. No coHspicuous black spot at base of caudal. 



e. Body very deep, compressed, the depth forming about a third of 



the length itmhr'osa, hubaliiia, gtinnlnoni. 



ce. Body slenderer, the depth 3iV-4^iu leugtli. 



suavis, lepida, hiUingdana, macrostoma, Judihunda. 



dd. A conspicuous black spot at base of caudal notata, venusta. 



cc. Dorsal fin elevated, with a conspicuous black blotch ou its posterior 

 rays (often obsolete iu the young). 



/. A coDsi^icuous black spot at base of caudal calliura. 



ff. No consi)icuous black spot at base of caudal. 



(). Teeth without griuding surface ivltipplti. 



gg. Teeth with narrow griuding surface analostana. 



bi. Teeth w'ith entire edges in the adult. (Ekogala Jordan.) 

 h. Teeth with narrow grinding surface ; anal short. 



galactura, eurystoma, nivea, 

 lih. Teeth without distinct grinding surface. 

 j. Anal fiu short, of 8 or 9 rays. 



k. A conspicuous dark blotch on upi)er jiosterior rays of 



dorsal. . 



7. Adult males with the fins chiefly red ; a conspicuous 



black spot at base of caudal. ..calUstia, trichroistia. 



II. Adult males without red. 



TO. A very conspicuous black sjiot at base of caudal. 



siig mat lira. 

 m7n. No conspicuous black spot at base of caudal. 



caritlea, chlorintia. 

 JiJc. No dark blotch ou upper posterior part of dorsal. . 



zonata. 

 jj. Anal fin long, of 10 or 11 rays ; fins high. 



xainura, pyrrhomelas, hgpscloptcra. 



§ Scales not especially deeper tlian long, not closely imbricated. 

 * Teeth 4-4 ; species of small size. 



t Teeth with grinding surface more or less developed.* {Hijbopsis Cope, non 

 Agassi z.) 

 a. Scales in the lateral line 43 or 44. 



202. C. tsiditana (Cope) J. «& G. 



Form ami general appearance of Hyhorhynchus notatus. Head flat 

 above. Muzzle very obtuse. Mouth small, inferior, liorizoutal. Fins 

 low. Scales rather small, 27 in front of the dorsal. Olivaceous above; 

 dorsal scales narrowly black-edged ; no vertebral band ; sides and be- 

 low silvery; usually a dusky band along sides, ending in a dark caudal 



* Several of the species iu this section are of doubtful validity, and some of tliem 

 may prove to belong to Uijhognalhus. 



