31. CYPKINID^ PHOXINUS. 243 



imbricated. Lateral line incomplete or wanting. Dorsal liu behind 

 veutrals. Anal basis short. Si)ecies of small size and brilliant colora- 

 tion ; found both in Europe and America. {<pi)^r^u^^ a minnow; from 

 9?(yc"s, taperinji:.) 



"Scales very wiiiall, 75-90 in the lateral liue. 



103. P. iioo?4:cCMS Ciipf. 



Body short and thick, little compressed, the back little elevated. 

 Head very lari;e and broad, the muzzle blunt. Mouth moderate, quite 

 oblique, the lower Jaw projecting-; maxillary reaching to beyond front 

 of orbit; upper lip on the level of the middle of the pupil. Fins mod- 

 erate. Dorsal well backward, much nearer caudal than snout, some- 

 what behind ventrals. Pectorals large. Scales very small, almost 

 imbedded in the skin. Lateral line decurved, very short, not extend- 

 ing to ventrals. Back and belly scaly. Eye large, 3i in head. Color 

 very dark; back i^lain, almost black; a black band through snout and 

 eye to caudal; above this a pale band; below this abruptly white; belly 

 and lower lins crimson in spring males; pectorals dusky. Head 3|; 

 depth 44. D. 8; A. 8; scales 18-80-11; teeth 2, 4-5, 2. L. 3 inches. 

 Michigan to Iowa; not common. 



(Cope, Cy\n\ Peiin. 186(), 375; Giintlier, vii, 5^47.) 

 "* Scales moderate, 40-45 in tlie lateral line. 



404. P. flaniUlCUS .Jordan & Gill)ert. 



Body moderately stout, slenderer and more compressed than in P. 

 neogmuH. Head rather short and deep, the upper outline rounded, the 

 muzzh^ rather blunt. Eye large, 3^^ in head. Mouth small, oblique, the 

 .jaws about equal, the uppei- lip on the level of the pupil, the max- 

 illary extending to the front of the orbit. Scales much larger and more 

 loosely iml)ricated than in tlu^ other species. Back and belly scaled. 

 Lateral line short, decurved, on 14 scales, not rea(5hing base of ventrals. 

 Fins small, the dorsal well backward. Back dark ; a black lateral baud, 

 formed of dark specks; above this a pale band ; the belly below this jjale; 

 bright scailet red in the males in spring. Head 4; depth 4. D. 8; A. 8; 

 scales 7-43-5 ; teeth 2, 4-5, 2. L. 2^ inches. Tennessee River. 



(Jordan &. Gilbert, Man. Vert. E. U. S. ed. 2, 1878, 303; Jordan &. Brayton, Bull. 

 U. S. Nat. Mn8. xii, (U;.) 



405. P. milncrianus Cope. 



"Form elongate, chin slightly beyond upper lip. Pharyngeal teeth. 

 2, 5-4, 2. Scales in 15 longitudinal rows between the dorsal and ven- 



