70 VERTEBRATE ANIMALS OF THE UNITED STATES 



C4 In southern California L. orcutti. 



bo In the Great Basin region. 

 Ci Lateral line present. 



di Scales less than 65 in lateral line. 



ei Rays of anal fin 8 L. lineatus 



eo Rays of anal fin 9 L. egregius. 



tz Rays of anal fin 10 to 13 L. hydrophhx. 



do Scales very small, 80 in the lateral line L. alicice. 



09 Lateral line absent L. phlegethontis 



ba Along the Mexican border L. niger. 



a2 In the eastern and central States. 

 bi Lateral line complete. 



Ci In the southeastern States L. vandoisulus. 



Co In the Great Lakes and upper Mississippi region L. elongatus. 



Cs In northern Minnesota L. nachtriebl. 



bo Lateral line more or less incomplete. 



Ci Scales 80 in the lateral line L. neogcEus. 



C2 Scales 52 to 58 in the lateral line L. margarita. 



C3 Scales 43 in the lateral line L. flammeus. 



L. crassicauda (Baird & Girard). Length 300 mm. ; head 4; depth 3 ; 

 color brownish; scales 9-56-7; body short, compressed, deep: Cahfornia, 

 common in the Sacramento and San Joaquin. 



L. hicolor (Girard). Length 300 mm.; head and depth 3.75; color 

 dusky above, silvery below; scales 13-60-7; teeth 2, 5-5, 2; dorsal fin over 

 ventrals: Klamath Lakes, Oregon. 



L. lineatus (Gir.). Chub. Length 350 mm.; head and depth 3.5; 

 color blackish, the scales dotted and with dark edges which form lines; 

 rays of dorsal fin 9; scales 10-55 to 63-5; mouth very oblique: Great 

 Basin of Utah; Yellowstone Park; Snake River basin; common. 



L. alicicB (Jouy). Length 150 mm.; head 4.25; depth 3.75; color 

 bluish olive above; sides silvery; scales very small, 19-80-12: Great 

 Basin of Utah; very common. 



L. niger (Cope). Length 300 mm.; head and depth 3.75; color dusky 

 above; scales 80: Rio Grande basin and the Mexican border. 



L. egregius (Gir.). Length 85; head 2>-^', depth 4.25; color blackish 

 with 2 parallel, lateral dark bands separated by a light one which meet 

 on the caudal peduncle, and a broad red band; belly golden, reddish in 

 male; rays of anal fin 9; scales 12 or 13-52 to 56-6 to 8: northern Nevada; 

 very common in Lake Tahoe. 



L. hydrophlox (Cope). Length 125; head 4.3; depth 4; color dusky, 

 with a dark lateral band between 2 silvery ones; in males the dark band 

 and belly being red ; rays of dorsal fin 9 ; anal 10 to 13 ; scales 1 2-58-5 : Salt 

 Lake basin; Snake River; very common. 



