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



21. Leuciscus dissimilis, Kirtland. 



Back brownish or olive ; a belt of gilt along the lateral line, with about twelve bluish dots, 

 which enlarge towards the tail ; an ochreous band runs along the back, which is faintly marked 

 with darker spots ; abdomen white and silvery ; fins pale, rays slightly marked with dark 

 tints. Head flat between the eyes ; nose prominent ; lower lip slightly fleshy and projecting. 



D. 8 or 9. P. (?). V. 8. A. 7. C. 20. Length, 44 inches. 



Mahoning River and Lake Erie, Kirtland. 



Luxilus dissimilis, Spotted Shiner, Kirtland, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist., ill. p. 341, pi. 4, fig. 2. 

 Leuciscus dissimilis, Dekav's Report, p. 214. 



22. Leuciscus nitidus, Dekay. 



Olive-brown above ; sides silvery. Head with mucous pores. Tail deeply emarginate, 

 not furcate. Scales large, forty-six along the lateral line. Seven scales in an oblique line 

 from the first dorsal ray to the lateral line, and five below it. 



D. 8. P. 16. V. 10. A. 9. C. 19|. Length, 2 inches. 



Lake Champlain, Dekay. 



Leuciscus nitidus, Shining Dace, Dekay's Report, p. 209, pi. 33, fig. 105. 



23. Leuciscus chrysopterus, Dekay. 



A general silvery color, with a darker hue above. Fins yellowish. Ventrals with an ac- 

 cessory scale. Dorsal emarginate. Scales large, subequal. Forty-five scales in a longi- 

 tudinal series. In a transverse series to the ventrals, seven above and six below the lat- 

 eral line. 



D. 9. P. 15. V. 9. A. 10. C. 19§. Length, inches. 



New York, Dekay. 



Leuciscus chrysopterus, Bay Shiner, Dekay's Report, p. 211, pi. 30, fig. 95. 



24. Leuciscus vittatus, Dekay. 



Olive-green, with a golden dorsal stripe ; silvery beneath, tinged with flesh-color. Caudal 

 deeply forked. Scales moderate. Upper edge of the anal slightly emarginate. 

 D. 9. P. 15. V. 8. A. 8. C. 19|. Length, 4 inches. 

 New York, Dekay. 



Leuciscus vittatus, Banded Dace, Dekay's Report, p. 212, pi. 34, fig. 108. 



25. Leuciscus pygmseus, Dekay. 



Very small. Head and back uniform dark brown or black above, and lighter towards the 

 abdomen. One or more black ocellate spots on the base of the oblong, pointed tail. Scales 

 soft, large in proportion to the size of the body. Caudal long, lanceolate. 



