31. CYPRINID^ MINNII.US. 195 



caudal; muzzle and base of dorsal red in the males. Head 4|. D. 8; 

 A. S; scales 5-39-3. L. 3 inches. Holston Kiver. {Cope.) 

 {Photojenis leuciodus Cojie, Proc. Acad. N:it. Sci. Phi la. 1867, 165.) 



bb. Dorsal inserted behind vcnlrals. 



281. M. altgpinnis (Cope) Jor. 



Body rather short and deep. Head short, comi^ressed. Eye very 

 large, longer than snout, 2| in head. Ventrals extending to beyond 

 last rays of dorsal, reaching anal. Dorsal elevated, its height equal to 

 half 'its distance from the snout. White; a lateral silvery band, strongly 

 ]»unctate with black; a black band across eye and snout. Head4i; 

 depth 5. D. 8; A. 9; scales 5-3G-2. L. 2^ inches. Yadkin River, 

 Korth Carolina. {Cope.) 



(Alburnellus aU'qnnnis Cope, Proc. Amer. Phil. See. Phila. 1870, 404.) 



28'.>. M. ainabJIis (Grd.) Jor. 



Body elliptical, rather deep. Head short and rather deep, with large 

 eye, which is considerably longer than snout, 3 in head. Mouth termi- 

 nal, oblique, tho premaxillary opposite middle of pupil, the maxillary 

 barely reaching the front of eye. Snout moderately pointed. Lateral 

 line decurved. Fins moderate. Dorsal somewhat behind ventrals. 

 Color olivaceous ; sides silvery ; a dusky blotch at base of caudal. Head 

 3|- ; depth 41. D. 8; A. 9 or 10; scales 5-38 ^-S. L. 2^ inches. Rio Le- 

 ona, a tributary of Rio Nueces, Texas. (Girard.) 



{Alburnua amdblUs Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1856, 193: Alburnellus amdbilia 

 Girard, U. S. Mex. Bound. Snrv. Ichth. 51.) 



283. in. nic^iralops (Grd.) Jor. 



Very similar, but represented as having the head shorter, deeper, 

 and more obtuse, the premaxillary below the level of the pupil, the 

 maxillary extending to beyond the front of eye. Olivaceous; sides 

 silvery; no black caudal spot. Head 4^; depth 4^. D. 8; A. 9; scales 

 probably as in the preceding. L. 2 J inches. Rivers of Texas. (Girard.) 



(Alhtirnus mfcjalops and socina Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1856, 193: Albur- 

 iidluH mifjalops and socius Girard, U. S. Mex. Bound. Stirv. Ichth. 52.) 



** Scales .small, about 55 in the lateral line. 



•-:84. M. bBViUatU!^ (Cope) J. «fe G. 



Body .stout, the dorsal region arched. Muzzle narrow, not promi- 

 nent, very obtusely descending. Mouth horizontal, the maxillary reach- 

 ing, the front of the orl)it. Eye 4 in head, narrower than the flat inter- 

 orbital space. Dorsal inserted slightly behind ventrals; pectorals 



