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232 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY IV. 



367. S. <'l<»Bag'£ilus (Kirtlaiul) J. & G. — Eed-sided Shiner. 



Body elongate, compressed. Head long, rather pointed. Mouth very 

 large, oblique; the lower jaw notably projecting, with a small knob at 

 the symphysis; upper lip on the level of the pupil; maxillary extending 

 to the middle of the orbit; posterior angle of opercle acute. Eye mod- 

 erate, nearly 4 in head. Scales very small. Fins short and high, the 

 dorsal somewhat behind ventrals. Lateral line decurved. Color dark 

 bluish; the scales mottled with paler; sides with a broad black baud; 

 belly more or less silvery; the front half of the lateral band bright 

 crimson in spring males; the belly and lower fins more or less reddened; 

 a dark vertebral band. Head 4; depth 5. D. 8; A. 9; scales 10-70-5; 

 teeth 2, 4-5, 2. L. 5 inches. Great Lakes and Upper Mississippi Val- 

 ley, chiefly from Pennsylvania to Minnesota. « 



{Luxihis clongatus Kirtland, Rept. Zool. Ohio, 169, autl iu Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist, 

 iii, .'>o9 : Leuciscus elongatus Giiuther, vii, 245: Clviostovius elongatus Girard, Proc. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci. Phila. 1856, 212: Gila elongata Jordan, oOO: Clinostomus proriger Cope, Cypr. 

 Peun. 375: Leuciscus xrroriger Guntlier, vii, 245: Gila prorigcr Jordan, 300 (may be a 

 dift'ei-ent species ; sides more compressed and more silvery ; Lat. 1. 63 ; teeth 2, 4-5, 1 ; 

 common, with the other.) 



36§. §. vrtndOBSuUis (Val.) Jor & Gill>. 



Body oblong, deep and compressed. Head rather large. Mouth 

 large, oblicjue, the lower jaw projecting, and the mandible extending 

 to the pupil. Eye moderate, 3J in head. Lateral line decurved. Color 

 bluish green; some of the scales of the back irregularly darker, pro- 

 ducing a mottled appearance; no dark lateral band; males in spring 

 witli the region behind the head and above the pectorals as far back 

 as the anal of a bright rose-red, brightest anteriorly. Head 3§; depth 

 3|. D. 9; A. 8; Lat. 1. 53; teeth 2, 5-5, 2. L. 5 inches. Virginia to 

 Georgia ; abundant. 



(Leuciscus randoisulus Cny. & Val. xvii, 1317: Clinostomus affinis Girard, Proc. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci. I'hila. 1856, 212: Leuciscus vandoisuJus Giinther, vii, 256: Leuciscus affinis 

 Gunther, vii, 2.57: Clinostomus affinis Cope, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1868, 228: 

 Gila vavdoisula Jordan & Brayton, Bull. U. S.' Nat. Mus. xii, 24.) 



369. S. cstor Jordan & Brayton. 



Body elliptical-elongate, compressed, the caudal peduncle rather long, 

 but not so long as head. Head very long and large, flattish, but not 

 broad above. Mouth larger than in any other of our Cyprinidw, very 

 oblique, the upper jaw on the level of the pupil, the maxillaries ex- 

 tending to opposite the middle of the orbit, the length of the gape a 

 little more than half the length of the head, the lower jaw considerably 

 the longer. Eye rather large, less than snout, 4 iii head. Scales mod- 



