31 CYPRINID^. MINNILUS. 191 



eral lines ; top of bead and upper portion of clieets metallic green -, 

 males with the belly dark crimson, tbe wbole body more or less flushed ; 

 snout and antedorsal region tuberculate ; fins plain. Head 4 ; depth 

 o. I). 8; A. 8; scales G-39-3 ; teeth 2, 4-4, ti (1, 4-4, 1, according to 

 Cope, but we find 2, 4-4, 2 in numerous specimens). L. 2^ inches. Santee 

 Basin, in North and South Carolina. 



{Ilijhop-iis chloroccphalm Cope, Proc. Amer. Pliil. Soc. Pliila. 1870, 4G1.) 



26§. M. ciiilitivus (Cope) J. & G. 



Aspect more clupeoid. Head broad behind. Occiput convex. Muz- 

 zle acuminate, greater than interorbital width. Eye large, 3 in head, 

 longev than muzzle, maxillary extending beyond anterior rim of orbit, 

 l>remaxilhiries opposite middle of pupil. Lateral line strongly decurved. 

 Dorsal fin small. Olivaceous ; dorsal scales brown-edged ; sides and 

 below pure white ; males with tlie lips vermilion ; a vermilion band 

 through dorsal and one through anal fin. Head 4; depth 5^. T). 8; 

 A. 8 ; scales 7-36-2 -, teeth 2, 4-4, 2. L. 2 inches. Yadkin River, North 

 Carolina. {Cope.) 



{Hijhopsis fhiUiicus Cope, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. Pbila. 1870, 462.) 



2S9. M. cSialybacMS (Cope) J. & G. 



Dody moderately elongate, with rather abruptly elevated back and 

 slender caudal peduncle. Head flat above, rather narrow, muzzle 

 rather poiuted. Mouth oblique, the lower jaw rather the longer. Lat- 

 eral line decurved. Eye large, 3 in head. Eighteen scales in front of 

 dorsal. Brownish above 5 a broad, black, shining lateral band from 

 muzzle to base of caudal ; a light band above it on the muzzle 5 belly 

 straw-colored, bright orange in spring males ; fins plain. Head 0^. 

 1). 8; A. 8; scales G-35-3 ; teeth 2, 4-4,2. L. 2 inches. Delaware 

 Ttiver, probably the smallest of the genus. {Cope.) 



{Ilijbopsis chah/bceu8 Cope, Cypr. Penn. 1866, 383.) 

 27©. M. chrosoaiaus Jordan. 



Form (;hubby, little compressed, the back somewhat elevated, cau- 

 dal peduncle not much co}itracted. Head rather large, rounded above, 

 the snout somewhat poiuted. Mouth moderate, oblique, the upper jaw 

 1 1 le longer. Eye 3^ in head, as long as muzzle. Scales everywhere large, 

 10 before the dorsal fin. Lateral line little decurved. Clear hj'aline 

 green in life, with blue reflections ; belly, etc., clear silvery ; a scarlet 

 bar across dorsal, anal, and base of caudal ; a narrow scarlet band from 

 ui)per edge of oi)ercles straight to caudal ; below this a silvery band ; a 

 row of black dots along the lateral line, forming a small, distinct spot at 



