CYPKINID.E.— CVIII. 285 



ventrals; body elongate, •with the 

 mouth oblique, terminal and the head 

 more or less pointed; scales large; 

 anal basis somevyhat elongate, the rays 

 usually 10 • teeth usually 2, 4 — 4, 2. 



MiNNILUS, 9. 



mm. Dorsal fin beginning over ventrals; body 



rather shorter, but similar as to form, 



form of head, mouth, scales, etc. ; anal 



basis rather short ; the rays usually 8. 



Episema, 10. 



II. Suborbital, interopercle and base of mandible 



much dilated, cavernous, crossed by muc- 

 ous channels, (readily seen under any cir- 

 cumstances by looking at the head of the 

 fish from below) ; snout thick ; mouth 

 small, inferior; teeth 1, 4—4, 0; dorsal 

 over ventrals. . . Ericymba, 11. 



III. Lips thick, fleshy, the lower enlarged be- 

 hind ; mouth small, inferior ; teeth 4 — 4 ; 

 dorsal fin beginning anterior to ventrals; 

 elongate species,resembling young Suckers. 



Phenacobius, 12. 



Wi. Teeth in the principal row 5 — 5 or 4 — 5 ; dorsal 

 entirely behind ventrals. 



n. Anal basis not elongate, of nine or fewer rays ; 

 teeth entirely without masticatory surface, 

 two-rowed. 



0. Mouth normally large and oblique; scales 

 small ; (a very large group embracing a very 

 wide variety of forms ; the typical Western 

 species are very large, with somewhat the 

 aspect of Emx,, with large mouth, depressed 

 head, arched back and very slender caudal 

 peduncle ; the Eastern species are small, but 

 typically have veiy large oblique mouths 

 and brilliant coloration in the spring; no 

 black spot at the base of the dorsal in front.) 



Telestes, 13. 



