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2§9. M. ardens (Cope) Uaj.— Southern Bed-fin. 



Body elongate, little compressed and not at all elevated. Head long, 

 conic, and pointed. Mouth large, oblique, the lower jaw scarcely longer, 

 the maxillary reaching to opposite the eye. Eye rather large, 3| in head. 

 Scales moderate, silverj'^, not closely imbricated. Lateral line decurv^cd. 

 Dorsal fin as in the other species ; pectorals falling considerably short 

 of ventrals. Coloration olivaceous ', the scales dark-edged above ; the 

 sides with a brilliant silvery band ; dorsal with a rather small black 

 spot at base in front. Males in spring tuberculate, the entire body and 

 fins brilliant red; crimson in spring, becoming more scarlet later. 

 Young males variously purplish or pinkish. Head 4^^; depth 4i. 

 Scales 9-50-3 ; teeth 2, 4-4, 2. L. 2i inches. Cumberland, Upper Ten- 

 nessee, and Roanoke Rivers. A beautiful inhabitant of the clear 

 mountain streams. 



(Riipsilejns ardens Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila. 1867, 163: Leuciscus ardens 

 Giinther, vii, 257.) 



290. M. puuctulatus Hay. 



Body short, deep, compressed. Back elevated in front of dorsal. 

 Head short and deep. Profile straight or slightly concave. Mouth 

 large, quite oblique, maxillary reaching anterior rim of orbit. Eye mod- 

 erate, 31 in head. Scales small, 25 in front of dorsal. Lateral lino 

 much decurved. Dorsal beginning midway between muzzle and base 

 of caudal. Caudal peduncle compressed. Straw-color ; silvery on sides 

 antl below ; scales above dark-edged ; a dark dorsal line ; a dark ban<l 

 on caudal peduncle ; a small black spot at base of dorsal. Head 4| ; 

 depth 41. D. 8 ; A. 10 or J I ; scales 11-49-3 ; teeth 2, 4-4, 2, with grind- 

 ing surface. L. 2 inches. Tuscumbia River, Mississippi. {Hay.) 



(Hay, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1860, 508.) 

 tt A black apot ou the upper anterior part of the dorsal. 



291. m. rubripiniiis Hay. 



Body long and slender, much compressed. Mouth large, oblique, tbo 

 lower jaw somewhat projecting, the maxillary reaching the vertical from 

 the front of the eye. Eye large, 3^ in head, slightly longer than snout. 

 Scales small, especially along the back, somewhat higher than long, but 

 not so closely imbricated as in M. hellus. Lateral line much decurved. 

 Dorsal far back, midway between pupil and base of caudal and consid- 

 erably posterior to ventrals ; pectorals not reaching ventralg, the latter 

 to ven:. Dark ; scales above all with black points ; a plumbeous lateral 

 band, ending in a vague caudal spot; a narrow dorsal l)and ; a black 

 spot on the upper anterior jjorfion of tlie dorsal and also on the anal, 



