68 TELEOSTEI : EVENTOGNATHI. — XII. 
aa. Lateral line incomplete. (Phowinus.) 
g. Scales very small, 75 to 90 in the lateral line. 
155. P. neogeeus Cope. Body robust, little compressed; head 
very large, broad, with blunt snout; mouth moderate, oblique ; 
the chin projecting, the maxillary beyond front of orbit. Eye 33 
in head; dorsal well behind ventrals. Blackish, sides plumbeous 
with a dusky lateral band ; lower parts crimson in spring males. 
Head 32; depth 44. A.8. Scales 18-80-11. L.3. Miss. Valley, 
rare; the few specimens known, from Mich., Wis., and Ark. (véos, 
new; yea, world; this being a near relative of the “ Minnow ” of 
Europe, P. phoxinus L.). 
gg. Scales moderate, 40 to 45 in the lateral line. 
h. Body not very slender, the depth about 4 in length. 
156. P. flammeus Jordan & Gilbert. Head rather short, the 
snout bluntish; mouth small, oblique ; the jaws equal, the maxil- 
lary to front of eye; lateral line with pores on 14 scales; color of 
preceding; the males largely scarlet; dark spot at base of C. 
Head 4. A. 8. Scales 7-43-5. L.23. Tenn. R. (Lat., flaming.) 
hh. Body slender, the depth 5} in length. 
157. P. milnerianus Cope. Mouth larger, the maxillary about 
to pupil. Color of preceding; a dark spot at base of C. Head 4; 
eye 3Lin head. A.8. L.23. Upper Missouri R. (To James 
W. Milner, of the U. 8. Fish Comm.) 
65. OPSOPGIODUS Hay. (éWoroéw, to feed daintily; ddovs, 
tooth. ) 
158. O. emilize Hay. Body elongate, compressed ; head short, 
the snout blunt and rounded; mouth very small, terminal, ob- 
lique, smaller than in any of our Cyprinide ; jaws equal; eye 
very large, 3 in head; D. behind V.; P. very small; breast naked ; 
16 scales before D.; lateral line usually incomplete. Yellowish, 
sides silvery; a dark lateral stripe; D. with a black blotch on its 
last rays. Head 43; depth 43. D.9. A.8. Scales 5-40-3. L. 
21. §. Ind. to Ark. and Miss.; not common. (Trycherodon mega- 
lops Forbes.) (To Mrs. Emily Hay.) 
66. NOTEMIGONUS Rafinesque. 
(veros, back; Aus, half; yavos, angle.) 
159. N. chrysoleucus (Mitchill). Gorpren Surner. BrEAm. 
Body more or less elongate. much compressed ; head short, low, 
compressed ; mouth small, oblique, the maxillary not to eye; eye 
moderate, or large, 3 to 4 in head ; lateral line much decurved. 
Greenish above, sides silvery with golden reflections; fins yel- 
lowish. Sexes similar. Head 44; depth about 3. D. 8. A. 13 
