[23] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA. 



\N Albur)io2)8 Girard. 



227. Notropis anogenus' Forbes. Vw. 



228. Notropis spectrunculus Cope. Vs. (205) 



229. Notropis illecebrosus- Girard. Vw. 



230. Notropis? fretensis^ Cope. Vn. (207) 



231. Notropis longirostris Hay. Vs. (208) 



232. Notropis nitidus^ Girard. Vsw. 



233. Notropis deliciosus^ Girard. Vw. (213) 

 233b. Xotropia deliciosus sframiiieus CoTpe. Ve. (209) 

 233 c. yotro^na delidosus Jon giceps Co])e. Ve. (211) 

 233 d. Xotropis deliciosus rohiceUita Coite. Vn. (210) 



234. Notropis procne Cope. Ve. (214) 



235. Notropis gilberti " Jordan. Vw. 



1 Notropis anogenus Forbes. Bull. 111. Lab. Nat. Hist., 1885, 138. Fox R., Ills. 



-For description of tliis species see Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1885. The original types 

 of X. illecebrosus closely resemble those of N. bhnnius, differing especially in the 

 form of the anterior suborbital which is in this species very narrow. The snout is 

 less convex than in N. blonnius. Abundant in Western Arkansas. We are unable to 

 find Girard's type of Alburnops ahumardi, and regard that species as doubtfully a syn- 

 onym of A. illecebrosus. 



^A doubtful species, unknown to me. 



•*Moniana )iitida Girard, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1856, 201, eroneously referred, in 

 the Synopsis (p. 175), to the synonymy of Xotropis deliciosus. From the latter species 

 Girard's types differ mainly in the larger, more oblique, and less inferior mouth. The 

 following description is from the original type, from Cadereita, Nnevo Leon: 



Head, 3f ; depth, 3f ; D. 8; A. 7; scales, 5-32-4. Body, stout, rather deep; eye, 

 smallish, 3J in head; about equal to snout, and about i less that interorbital 

 area, which is quite flat; margin of upper lip on level with pupil; mouth rather 

 large, oblique ; snout little pointed ; maxillary reaching slightly past vertical from 

 front of oHbit, its length about 3^ in head; lower jaw shorter than upper, included 

 when the mouth is closed ; origin of dorsal slightly nearer tip of snout than base of 

 caudal ; about 12 scales in front of dorsal ; tips of rays of dorsal all coterminous 

 when the fin is deflexed ; length of longest ray of dorsal 1^ in head ; base of fin 

 scarcely 2 in head; anal similar to dorsal ; longest, ray 2 in head; base, 3 in head; 

 pectorals reaching | distance to ventrals. If in head ; ventrals reaching f distance 

 to anal, 1|- in head ; teeth, 4-4, little hooked ; color, brownish, a faint silvery band 

 along sides, little wider than diameter of eye, a very small faint dark spot at base of 

 caudal ; fins all plain. Two specimens from Cadereita. 



5 The types of Moniana deliciosa Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 185G, 199, are 

 identical with the species described in the Synopsis as Cliola missuriensis. This form 

 differs from iV. stramineus Cope only in the somewhat greater size of the scales, there 

 being 32 to 35 in the lateral line in deliciosus, 34 to 38 in iV. stramineus. The latter, in 

 our view, represents a slight variety found from Wisconsin to Tennessee, the true 

 deliciosus ranging from Iowa to Texas. 



Hjjbopsis longiceps Cope, from Virginia, appears also to represent a slight variety of 

 X deliciosus, with a more distinct dark lateral stripe, a rather longer preorbital region 

 and slightly higher fins. Cope's type had the scales 5-33-2. A specimen from Fair- 

 fax. Va., has lat. 1. 36. The identification of Rafinesque's Minuilus microstomus is too 

 uncertain to warrant the use of his name. 



Hybopsis volucellus Cope is unknown to me. It will probably prove to represent a 

 variety of X. deliciosus with rather higher fins than usual. 



'^ Xotropis (jilberii Jordan & Meek, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1884. It is abundant with 

 X. deliciosus in the streams of Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri. From the latter it is readily 

 distinguished by the smaller eye and soiled coloration. 



