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males olivaceous, obscurely marked. Head 4^ ; depth 4^. D. 8; A. 8; 

 scales G-41-3 ; teeth 1, 4-4, 1, usually with entire edges. L. 5-G inches. 

 Cumberland Elver to Savannah Eiver; abundant in the mountain 

 streams. Known by its large size and the peculiar yellowish band 

 across the caudal. 



{Efipnilepls (jalactunis Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila. 1867, 160 : Leuciscus Iceniiiclci- 

 evsis Giinther, vii, 251. ) 



240, C. etirystoina Jordau. 



Body elongate, compressed, tapering toward the snout and the long 

 caudal peduncle. Head moderate, larger than in C nwea, rather 

 pointed, wide on top ; snout rather long. Muzzle large, quite oblique, 

 the premaxillaries on the level of the pupil ', upper jaw slightly the 

 longer. Eye moderate, 3 J in head. Scales moderate, rather closely 

 imbricated, but less so .than in C. analostana. Pectorals not reaching 

 ventrals, the latter about to vent ; vertical fins not especially elevated. 

 Color olivaceous, the sides bright silvery, a round black spot, nearly 

 as large as eye, at base of caudal; dorsal blotch rather faint; dorsal 

 fin chiefly yellowish green, ferruginous above, the extreme tip milky 

 white; caudal fin rusty, with milk-white tips; lower fins milk-white. 

 Snout and front in males tuberculate; minute tubercles on sides of 

 tail. Head 44; depth 4J. D. 8; A. 8; scales 6-39-3; teeth 1, 4-4, 1, 

 with narrow grinding surfaces, the edges of which are usually crenate. 

 L. 3i-4 inches. Chattahoochee Eiver. 



(Photogenis eurystomus Jordan, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y. 1876, 356, exclusive of the 

 smaller specimens mentioned, wliich are Minnilus zonistius; not Codoma eurystoma Jor- 

 dan, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. xii, 42 = Minnilus zoninUus : Pltutor/enis leucopus Jordau &, 

 Brayton, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. xii, 41, 1878.) 



250. C. nivea (Cope) J. & G. 



Body regularly fusiform, the dorsal outline more arched than the 

 ventral. Head conic. IMuzzle obtuse, not projecting. Mouth nearly 

 terminal, slightly oblique, maxillary reaching front of eye. Eye 3^ in 

 head. Coloration very pale, a narrow bluish baud along the caudal 

 peduncle, forming a faint spot at the root of the caudal. Dorsal fin in 

 the males considerably elevated, largely dusky on its last rays, the rest 

 of the fin creamy; the tips of the dorsal, the tips of the caudal, and the 

 whole of the anal with milk-w^hite jiigment. Males with the snout and 

 ante-dorsal region covered with small tubercles. Head 4^ ; depth 5^. 

 D. 8; A. 8; scales 6-39-3; teeth 1, 4-4, 1, with narrow grinding sur- 

 face. L. 2| inches. Basin of the Santee, Korth and South Carolina. 



(Hyhopsis nivcus Cope, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. Phila. 1870,460: Photoycnis niceus Jor- 

 dan & Brayton, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. xii, 20.) 



