250 CONTRTBUTIONS TO NOETH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY IV. 



'118. IV. occideiitaiis (Baird & Girard) Jordan. 



Body moderately elongate. Snout subcouical, rather tapering. 

 Moutli oblique, the maxillary not reaching orbit. Eye large, 4 in head. 

 Brownish above ; sides silvery ; the belly speckled with gray. D. 10 ; 

 A. 11. Tulare Valley, California. {Girard.) 



{LcHcosomiis ocddentalis Baird & Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pbila. 1854, 137 : Lux- 

 ihis occidentalis Girard, U. S. Pac. R. R. Surv. x, 280: Abramis occidenialis Giintlier, vii, 



;505.) 



art. Aual rays about 13 (12-14). 



419. I¥. chrysoleticus (Mitch.) Jor. — Golden Shiner ; Bream. 



Body moderately elongate, strongly compressed. Head short, sub- 

 conic, compressed, the profile somewhat concave. Mouth small, ob- 

 lique, the upper lip on the level of the upper part of the pupil, the max- 

 illary not reaching the front of the eye. Eye moderate, about 4 in head. 

 Fins medium. Color clear greenish above; sides silvery, with bright 

 golden retlections; fins yellowish ; the tips of the lower tins sometimes 

 orange in spring males. Head 4^ ; depth 3. D. 8 ; A. 13 ; scales 10- 

 51-3; teeth 5-5. L. 12 inches. Xew England to Dakota and Texas; 

 everywhere abundant in bayous and weedy ponds. One of the most 

 familiar and characteristic of our Cyprinidoi. 



{Ciiprinus chrysoleiicaa Mitch. Rept. Fish. N. Y. 1815, 23: Abramis versicolor DeKay, 

 N. Y. Fauna, Fish. 191: Leucosomus americanus Storer, Fish. Mass. 283: Stilbe amerieana 

 Cope, Cypr. Peuu. 1866, 389 : Leuciscus, Leucosomus, Luxilus, Plargijrus, Siilbe, Siilbius, 

 or Abramis americanus of various authors (not Cijprinus americanus L.): Luxilus seco 

 Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1856, 203: Abramis americanus Giinther, vii, 305; 

 Jordan, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. x, 65.) 



a. Anal rays about 16 '(15-18). 



420. ]\. americanus (L.) Jov.— Southern Bream. 



Body moderately elevated, very strongly compressed. Head rathei 

 broad and flat between the eyes. Mouth small, quite oblique, the max- 

 illary barely reaching the eye. Eye very large and prominent, anterior, 

 about 3 in head. Dorsal fin short and very high, almost falcate, well 

 back. Anal fin high and long. Scales rather large, the lateral lint 

 running very low. Color pale olive, with silvery lustre ; lower fins red 

 in the males in spring. Head 4J; depth 3^. D. S; A. 16; scales 8-43- 

 2; teeth 5-5. L. 12 inches. Elvers of the South Atlantic States; locally 

 abundant. 



{Ciiprinus americanus Linn. Syst. Nat.: Leuciscus hosci Cuv. & Val. xvii, 313: Xotc- 

 migonus ischanus Jordan, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y. 1876, 364; Jordan, Bull. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus. X, 65.) 



