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



257. C XEElttura Jordan. 



Body moderately elongate, subfasiforra, heavy forwards. Head heavy, 

 somewhat elongate, rounded above. Mouth large, oblique, the lower 

 jaw included, maxillary reaching almost to orbit, premaxillary on level 

 of upper part of pupil. Eye large, 3f in head. Fins all rather low, the 

 height of the dorsal fin, even in the males, only two-thirds the length of 

 head ; caudal fin large. Color dark steel-blue ; silvery below ; a faint 

 black spot at base of caudal; scales above dark-edged. Males with 

 'the fins mostly bright crimson ; the dorsal largely black at its upper 

 posterior part ; dorsal, anal, and caudal fins with white pigment ; belly 

 and bases of the lower fins likewise pigmented ; head and caudal pe- 

 duncle tuberculate in spring. Head 4; depth 3f. D. 8; A. 10; scales 

 6-39-3 ; teeth 1, 4-4, 1. L. 3 inches. Altamaha Basin, Georgia ; locally 



abundant. 



{Minniliis xwnurus Jordan, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1877, 79: Codoina xwimra 

 Jordan, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. xii, 52.) 



25§. C. pyrrBiomelas (Cope) J. & G. 



Body deep and compressed. Head stout, rather blunt. Mouth ob- 

 lique, the jaws about equal, maxillary reaching front of orbit. Eye 

 large, 3| in head. Pectorals barely reaching ventrals, the latter to 

 anal; dorsal fin greatly elevated, its height in the male as great as 

 length of head ; caudal very broad and long, its peduncle stout and com- 

 pressed ; anal fin large and long. Coloration of the males dark steel- 

 blue above ; the scales darker edged ; the belly abrui)tly milky white ; 

 head pale reddish ; snout, tip of lower jaw, and iris scarlet ; dorsal dusky 

 at base, the usual large black blotch above, red in front, and broadly 

 milk-white at tip ; tips of the caudal milk-white, next to this a dusky 

 crescent, a wide crescent of bright scarlet inside of the black, extend- 

 ing into the two lobes of the fin ; base of caudal pale ; anterior region 

 and sides of caudal peduncle with rather large tubercles. Females 

 duller. Head 4 ; depth 3f . D. 8 ; A. 10 ; scales G-35-3 ; teeth 1, 4-4, 1. 

 L. 3^ inches. Santee Basin ; very abundant. The most ornate of our 

 Cyprinidcc. 



{Phoiogenis ■purrhomelas Cope, Proc. Amcr. Phil. Soc. Phila. 1870, 463: CocJoma pyr- 

 rhomelas Jordan & Brayton, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. xii, 22, 1878.) 



259. C Iiypseloptea'a (Gliuther) J. & G. 



Body short, much compressed, the back elevated. Head short, flat- 

 tened above, the muzzle pointed. Mouth large, very oblique, the jaws 



