54 TELEOSTEI: EVENTOGNATIII. — XII. 



band; no caudal spot ; fins mostly red. L. 2J. N. 111. to Ozark 

 region. (Lat., dusky.) 



53. PIMEPHALES Rafinesque. (Trt/iAijr, fat ; /tf^aXr), head.) 

 a. Lateral liin' wuiilin;; or more or less iinpcrfuct. {I'iiiifjihdlts.) 



rt.'i. P. promelas Rafinesque. liody more or less short and 

 deej) ; head sliort, blunt, almost plobular in adult ^ ; V. reachin;| 

 beyond front of A. ; seales before 1). about 27. (Jlivaceous, a black 

 bar across middle of 1). (faint in youn^') ; a dark shade alonj; cau- 

 dal peduncle ; adult ^ dusky, the head jet-black, with larj^c tuber- 

 cles on snout. Head 4 ; depth 4. D. I. 7. A. 7. Scales 7-4 7-6. 

 L. 2^. L. Champlain to Dakota and Texas, abundant in slu<r>iish 

 brooks. Very variable; S. \V. specimens (var. confi rt us Ciiriin]) 

 have the lateral line almost complete, (tt^o, before ; fuXat, black.) 

 an. Lateral line complete. ( If j/borh ynchus Af^assiz.) 



94. P. notatus (Rafines(pie). Body rather elongate ; head 

 rather long, the snout abruptly decurved; mouth horizontal, small; 

 V. not to vent; scales before D. small, crowded, about 23. Color 

 olivaceous, little silvery, sides bluish; a dusky shade toward base of 

 D. ; a black blotch on front of I)., wanting in young; head wholly 

 black in spring males, the snout with 14 large tubercles. Head 4^; 

 depfli 5. 1). I. 8. A. 7. Scales 6-4.5-4. L. 4. Quebec to Del., 

 Miss., and Kansas, vitv abundant, variable. (Lat., marked.) 



54. EXOGLOSSUM Rafinesque. (e^w, outside; yXoxra-a, 

 tongue.) 



95. E. maxillingua (Le Sueur). Cut-lips. Stoke-totkr. 

 Body rather stout; eye small; head large, with tumid clu-i-ks; 

 lower jaw included. Color dusky, a l>lackish bar behind head; a 

 dusky shade at base C. ; fins |)lain. Head 4 ; depth 4^. D. 8. A. 7, 

 Scales 8-.5;i-5. L. 6. Hudson R. to Va., abundant. A curious 

 fish, remarkably dislincjuished from all other C\i/prinii/(c by its 

 3-lobed lower jaw. (Lat. maxilla, jaw; liiujua, tongue.) 



55. CLIOLA Girard. (A coined name.) 



Ofi. C. vigilax (Baird & flirard). Bt'M.-HK..\i) Mi.nnow. Body 

 rather stout, compressed, with deep tail; head heavy, bhmt; snout 

 short, decurved; mouth terminal, slightly oblique; eye .'i^ in head; 

 teeth strongly hooked ; scales in front of D. small, crowded. Pale 

 olivaceous, with a plumbeous lateral band, always emlin;; in a black 

 spot at base of C'. ; a conspicuous black sj>ot on middle of front of 

 D. Head 4^; depth 4. I). I. 8. A. 7. Scales 8-12-6; 2H scales 

 before dorsal. L. 3. Ind. to Miss, and Texas, very abundant. 

 Resend)Ies Piinrjiliiihs tiatftlus, but distin-jjuislied In- the short in- 

 tcttline, larger mouth, ])alur coloration, with more definite markin;;s. 



