I02 VERTEBRATE ANIMALS OF THE UNITED STATES 



F. diaphanus (LeSueur) (Fig. 45). Length 100 mm.; head 4; depth 

 4.8; color olivaceous; sides silvery, with about 20 dark vertical bars; 

 rays of dorsal fin 13; anal 11; scales 45-15; body rather slender: eastern 

 and central States from Maine to Cape Hatteras; westward to Colorado; 

 common in streams and ponds; also in the mouths of rivers. 



Subspecies of L. diaphanus 



F. d. menona Jordan & Copeland. Rays of dorsal fin 12; anal 10; 

 scales 48-12; bars very distinct; back spotted: Ohio River to the 

 Mississippi. 



F. zebrinus Jordan & Gilbert. Length 75; head 3.5; depth 4.5; 

 color greenish above; sides silvery, tinged with yellow and with 14 to 

 18 dark vertical bars; rays of dorsal fin 14 to 15; anal 13 or 14; scales 

 60-21 : South Dakota to western Iowa, Texas and New Mexico; common 

 in tributaries of the upper Arkansas. 



F. seminolis Girard. Head 4.2; depth 6; color olive green; scales 

 with dark edges which form several longitudinal streaks and sometimes 

 faint cross bars; rays of dorsal fin 17; anal 13; scales 52: rivers and 

 swamps of eastern Florida; common. 



F. catenatiis (Storer). Length 150 mm.; head 4; depth 4.5; color 

 bluish or greenish, with an orange spot on each scale forming thus 

 regular lines; rays of dorsal fin 14; anal 15; scales 50: Tennessee and 

 Cumberland Rivers and in the Ozark region, in mountain streams; 

 abundant. 



F. stellifer (Jordan). Length 100 mm.; head 3.75; depth 5; color 

 blue above, silvery below, with large orange spots irregularily placed; 

 rays of dorsal and anal fins 13 ; scales 53 : Alabama River basin. 



F. lineatus (Garman). Head 3; depth 4.25; color brownish above 

 dotted with brown; rays of dorsal fin 11; anal 14; scales 36-12: north- 

 eastern Wyoming. 



F. rathbuni Jordan & Meek. Length 65 mm.; head 3.8; depth 4.5; 

 color pale green, with small irregular oblong dark brown spots scattered 

 over head and body; rays of dorsal and anal fins 11; scales 38-12: 

 eastern North Carolina; common; not in salt water. 



F. albolineatus Gilbert. Length 85 mm.; head ^.7,; depth 3.6; color 

 dark brown; sides plumbeous, with whitish streaks in males and narrow 

 black lines in females; rays of dorsal and anal fins 10 or 11; scales 42: 

 Tennessee basin in Alabama. 



F. macdonaldi (Meek). Length 65 mm.; head 3.6; depth 4.5; color 

 greenish, with no distinct markings; rays of dorsal fin 11; anal 12 to 



