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1089. Ceratichthyg vigilax Baird and Girard. Bullhead minnow; Fathead 



minnow, 

 Ohio to Geofgia, loWa, and Texas. 

 Ceratichthys vigilax Baird and Girard, Proc, Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 



VI. 1853, 391, Otter Creek, North fork of Red River, Ark. 

 Cliola relax Girard, loc. cit., VIII, 1856, 192, San Pedro Creek and 



Cliola rivax, Rio Leon, tributaries of Rio San Antonio, Tex. 

 Hybopsis iuditnnus Cope, Trans., Amer. Phil. Soc, XIII, 1866, 381, 



Detroit, Mich. 

 Alhurnops (aurocephalus Hay, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1880, 503, Chic* 



kasawha River, Miss. 



1090. Ceratichthys smithi (Evermann and Cox). 



Southern South Dakota; known only from Prairie Creek near Scotland. 

 Cliola smithii Evermann and Cox, Rept. U. S. Fish Com., XIX, 1894 

 (1896), 400, Prairie Creek, Scotland, S. Dak. 



Genus 357. HYBORHYNCHUS Agassiz. 



Hyhorhynchus Agassiz, Amer. Jour. Sci. Arts, XIX, 1855, 223 {Minnilus 

 notatus Rafinesque). 



1091. Hyhorhynchus notatus (Rafinesque). Blunt-nosed minnow; Spotted 



minnow. 

 Quebec to Delaware; Kentucky, Alabama, Arkansas, and northward 



to the Dakotas; generally very abundant in small streams west of 



the AUeghenies. 

 Minnilus notatus Rafinesque, Ichth. Ohiensis, 1820, 47, Ohio River. 

 Hyhorhynchus perspicuus Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., VIII, 



1856, 179, Arkansas River, Fort Smith. 

 1 Hyhorhynchus tenellus Girard, loc. cit., 179, Choctaw Agency. 

 Hyhorhynchus puniceus Girard, loc. cit., 179, Antelope Creek, Canadian 



River. 

 Hyhopsis hsematurus Cope, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, XIII, 1866, 382, 



St. Joseph River, Michigan City, Ind. 

 ^Hyhorhynchus superciliosus Cope, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., VI, 



1868, 234, Kanawha River. 



Genus 358. PIMEPHALES Rafinesque. Fatheads. 



Pimcphales Rafinesque, Ichth. Ohiensis, 1820, 52 (P. pronuins Ra- 

 finesque). 



Coliscus Cope, Hayden's Geol. Surv. Wyo., 1872, 437 {Coliscus pnrietalis 

 Cope; young of Pimcphales promelas) . 



Spinicephalus LeSueur, Bull. Sci. Philom., VIII, 1896, 14, pi. 26 

 {S. fihulatus LeSueur = Pimep/io/es promelas Rafinesque). 



1092. Pimephales promelas Rafinesque. Fathead minnow; Blackhead 



minnow. 

 Lake Champlain to Kentucky, Dakota, and the Rio Grande; abundant 



in sluggish brooks, especially in the Missouri Basin. 

 Pimephales promelas Rafinesque, Ichth. Ohiensis, 1820, 53, pond near 



Lexington, Ky. 

 Pimephales maculosus Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., VIII, 1856, 



180, sluices of the Arkansas River, Fort Makoe, Ark. 

 Pimephales fasciatus Girard, loc. cit., 180, Yellowstone River. 

 Plnrgyrus mclnnocephalus Abbott, loc. cit., XII, 1860, 325, Lake 



Whittlesey, Minn. 

 Pimephales milesi Cope, loc. cit., XVI, 1864, 282, Grossc Isle, Detroit 



River, Mich. 

 Pimcphales agas.sizii Cope, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, XIII, 1866, 394, 



tributary of Ohio River, near Richmond, Ind. 

 Coliscus pnrietalis Cope, Haj'den's Geol. Surv. Wyo., 1871, 437, St. 



Jcbeph, Mo.; young. 

 Hyhorhynrhus nigrellus Cope, Wheeler's Surv., V, Zool., 1875, 671, 



Arkan.sas River. 

 Spinicephalus fihulatus LeSueur, Bull. Soc. Philom., VIII, 1896, pi. 



26; no locality. * 



1093. Pimephales confertus (Girard). 



Tributaries of the Rio Grande. 



Hyhorhynchus confertus Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., VIII, 

 1856, 179, Hurrah Creek, a tributary of the Pecos River, Tex. 



