156 Storer's Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 



smooth, not striated, with seventy in a longitudinal series. Back deep gray, passing into 

 plumbeous, and becoming silvery on the belly. Pectorals, dorsal, and caudal, gray ; ventrals 

 and anal slate. 



D. 3-6. P. (?). V. (?). A. 2-6. C. 19. Length, 5 inches. 



Niagara Falls, Val. 



Le Goujon des calaractes (Gobio cataracta 3 , Val.), Cuv. et Val., xvi. p. 313, pi. 48-\ 

 Gobio cataractte, Niagara Gudgeon, Dekay's Report, p. 394. 



GENUS III. LEUCISCUS, Klein. 



The dorsal and anal fins short, without strong rays at their commencement. 

 No cirrhi nor barbels on the head. The dorsal either above the ventrals, or 

 between them and the anal. 



1. Leuciscus Americanus, Lacep. 



Blackish, with shining white scales. Gill-covers golden, with a tinge of the same along 

 the belly. Head often greenish ; and when the scales fall off, the back is frequently tinged 

 with green and blue. Dorsal and abdominal outlines convex. 



D. 9. P. 17. V. 9. A. 14. C. 19. Mitchill. 



D. 9. P. 17. V. 9. A. 13. C. 19. Storer. Length, 5 to 7 inches. 



D. 10. P. 15. V. 10. A. 14. C. 193. Dekay. 



Massachusetts, Storer. New York, Mitchill, Dekay. Ohio River, Kirtland. 



Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Cuv. 



Cyprinus Americanus, Lacepede, v. pi. 15, fig. 3. P' ' '' x - 



" " American Carp, Shaw's Gen. Zool., v. p. 204. , 



Cyprinus crysoleucas, New York Shiner, Mitchill, Trans. Lil. anil Phil. Soc. of N. Y., I. p. 459. 

 Luzilus cryso-cephahis 1 Raf., Ichth. Ohien., p. 48. 



Cyprinus (Leuciscus) crysoleucas, Rich., Fauna Boreal. Americ, in. p. 122. f . 



Leuciscus crysoleucas, Stoker's Report, p. 8S. "4 ir*- 



Stilbe crysoleucas, New York Shiner, Dekay's Report, p. 204, pi. 29, fig. 91. j .lr-i/t-M 



Leuciscus crysoleucas, Gold Shiner, Kirtland, Bust. Journ. Nat. Hist., iv. p. 305, pi. 15, fig. 1. . f_c«. 0. 



L'AbledeBosc (Leuciscus Boscii, Val.), Cuv. el Val., xvii. p. 313. pi, i~t)<f. '"Y^ M "^ ' 



2. Leuciscus atronasus, Mitchill. 



Above greenish. A broad dark-brown or blackish band passes from the nose, including 

 the lower half of the eyes, and proceeds in a straight line to the tail. Abdomen silvery, with 

 a few blackish stains. Tail forked. 



D. 7. P. 10. V. 9. A. 7. C. 19. Mitchill. Length, 3 inches. 



D. 8. P. 15. V. 8. A. 8. 0.193. Dekay. 



Massachusetts, Storer. New York, Mitchill, Dekay. 



Cyprinus atronasus, Brook Minnow, Mitchill, Trans. Lil. anil Phil. Soc. of N. Y., 1. 460. 



" " Black-nosed Dace, Dekay's Report, p. 205, pi. 33, fig. 69. 



L'Able a nez noir (Leuciscus atronasus, Mitch.), Cuv. el Val., xvii. p. 376. 



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