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3. Leuciscus cornutus, Mitchill. 



Above blackish brown, with metallic reflections ; sides brilliant cupreous. Dorsal and 

 caudal fins dark brown, sometimes mottled with darker clouds ; ventrals and pectorals 

 light colored ; all the fins and the opercles margined with crimson. Numerous tubercles on 

 the head. 



D. 8. P. 15. V. 8. A. 0. C. 19f Length, 5 inches. 



Massachusetts, Storer. Connecticut, Linsley. New York, Mitchill, Dekay. 



Cyprinus cornutus, Red-fin, or Rough-head, Mitchill, Amer. Month. Mag., n. p. 324. 

 Leuciscus cornutus, Red-fin, Stoker's Supplement, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist., in. 

 " Dekay's Report, p. 207, pi. 23, fig. 02. 



Called, also, "Red Dace." 



4. Leuciscus atromaculatus, Mitchill. 



Above dark olive-green, with a broad, dark, longitudinal band extending from the gill- 

 covers to the tail. Flanks golden-yellow. Beneath silvery-white. Head deep brownish- 

 black. Dorsal fin with a dark spot at the anterior portion of its base. Back, anterior to the 

 dorsal, with a depression in the vertebral line. Lips fleshy. 



D. 7. P. 13- V. 7. A. 7. C. 21. 



D. 9. P. 15. V. 8. A. 9. C. 18f. Length, 10 inches. 



New York, Mitchill, Dekay. 



Called "Lake Chub," and " Lake Dace." 



Cyprinus atromaculatus, Mud-fish, Mitchill, Amer. Month. Mag., 11. p 324. 

 Leuciscus atromaculatus, Black-headed Dace, Dekay's Report, p. 210, pi. 32, fig. 102. 



5. Leuciscus Hudsonius, De Witt Clinton. 

 A broad satin stripe extending from the gill-covers to the tail, and a dark, rounded spot at 

 the base of the tail. Opercles silvery. Tips of the ventrals nearly reaching to the anal fin. 

 D. 8. P. 11 V. 8. A- 8. C.20;S. De Witt Clinton- 

 D. 8. P. 15. Y. 8. A. (?). C. 19*. Dekay- Length, 4 inches. 

 New York, Clinton, Dekay. 



Clupeal lor, Clinton, Annals of Lye Nat, Hisl "I N YiTk, 1. p. -19, pi. 2, fig. 2. 



Leuciscus Hudson u .ter, Dekay's Report, p. 206, pi. 34, tig. 109. 



G. Leuciscus compressus, Raf. 



Head and back yellowish brown, sides and beneath silvery; pectorals yellow ; abdominal 

 fins bright orange. Body very much compressed. Scales moderate size. Abdomen slightly 

 carinated at the base of the anal fin. 



D. 9. P. 14. V. (.'). A. 9. C.30. Length, 2 to 4 inches. 



Ohio, Raf., Kirtland. 



Rulilus compressus, Fall fish, Raf., Ichlh. Ohicn., p. 51. 



" " Flat Shiner, Kiutland's Report, p. 1GD. 



Leuciscus compressus, Fall-fish, Kirtlakd, Bost. Journ Nat. Hist., iv. p. 30C, pi. 15, tig. 2. 



