FISHES 103 



14; scales 35-12: tributaries of the Neosho and Gasconade Rivers in 

 southern Missouri. 



F. floripinnis (Cope). Length 65 mm.; head 4.1; depth 5; color 

 olive gray; scales bordered with orange; fins yellow, edge with crimson; 

 rays of dorsal fin 10; anal 13; scales 29-10: Platte and Colorado Rivers 

 in Colorado. 



F. hcnshalli (Jordan). Length 100 mm.; head 3.5; depth 4; color 

 olivaceous; sides with large orange spots which extend onto the median 

 fins; rays of dorsal fin 7 or 8; anal 10 or 11; scales 33-10: rivers and 

 swamps of southern Florida. 



F. ruhnfrons (Jord.). Length 75 mm.; head 3.25; depth 3.75; color 

 dark olivaceous, with a dark orange spot on each scale posteriorly; 

 faint narrow orange bars along the lower and hinder part of the body; 

 rays of dorsal fin 7 or 8; anal 8 or 9; scales 32-11 or 12: streams and 

 swamps of eastern Florida. 



F. sciadicus Cope. Length 65 mm. ; head 3.5 ; depth 4; color uniform 

 olivaceous; rays of dorsal fin 10; anal 12; scales 34-12 : eastern Nebraska 

 and South Dakota; common in grassy streams. 



F. chrysotus Holbrook. Length 50 mm.; head 3.5; depth 3.8; color 

 light olive brown; sides with about 14 indefinite half-bars; rays of dorsal 

 fin 9; anal 11; scales 32 or 33-12: coastwise swamps from South Carolina 

 to Florida and New Orleans. 



F. cingulatiis Cuvier & Valenciennes. Head 3.5; depth 3.75; color 

 olivaceous, with fine dots; scales edged with dusky, forming a few faint 

 longitudinal stripes; about 15 dark vertical bars; fins red; rays of dorsal 

 fin 7; anal 8; scales 34-10: South Carolina to Florida, in coastwise 

 swamps. 



F. nolti (Agassiz). Length 35 mm.; head 3.6; depth 4.5; color 

 silvery, with 6 narrow jet-black lines from head to tail, these being 

 crossed by about 12 cross bars; cheeks orange; rays of dorsal fin 7 or 8; 

 anal 9 or 10; scales 36-10: Florida to South Carolina. 



F. guttatus (Ag.). Head 3.75; depth 5; color orange brown; each 

 scale with a black edge, these forming longitudinal stripes, but not con- 

 fluent; cheeks orange; rays of dorsal iin 6 or 7; anal 8 or 9; scales 36-12 : 

 Florida to Texas. 



F. dispar (Ag.). (Fig. 46). Length 65 mm.; head 3.75; depth 3.5; 

 color bluish or greenish in life, with a blue patch under the eye, female 

 with 10 distinct longitudinal brownish lines; males with about 7 lon- 

 gitudinal rows of small brown spots and 9 dark cross bars; rays of 

 dorsal fin 7; anal 9; scales 35-10: northern Ohio to Missouri; southward 

 to Mississippi; common in sluggish streams. 



