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Diagnosis. — Body short, slender, compressed, the depth contained 5.25 times in total 

 length; caudal peduncle long and slender; head small, contained 4.75 times in total length; 

 snout obtuse, mouth small, jaws equal; eye large, .4 length of head; 32 to 34 scales in lateral 

 series, 8 in transverse series, 13 before dorsal fin; dorsal fin high, its first ray as long as head, 

 rays 8; anal rays 7, the longest .8 length of head; caudal long and forked. Color: olivaceous 

 above, white or silvery below; a narrow black lateral band extending to nose, this overlaid by a 

 plumbeous shade; a dark stripe along middle of back; fins slightly yellowish. Length, 2.5 

 inches, {procne, a swallow.) 



Inhabits coastwise streams from New York to South CaroHna. In North 

 Carolina it has been found to be common in Tar River near Rocky Mount, in 

 Neuse River at Milburnie, in Little River at Goldsboro, in tributaries of Haw 

 River (tributary of Cape Fear) in Guilford County, and in Catawba River near 

 Marion. Numerous specimens have been collected in Pembroke Creek, near the 

 Edenton hatchery, by Mr. S. G. Worth, who states that the local name for this 

 fish (and doubtless other similar species) is "chovy" or "choby" — obviously a 

 corruption of anchovy. 



66. NOTROPIS SPECTRUNCULUS (Cope). 

 Shiner. 



Hybopsis spectrunculus Cope, Journal Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1868, 231; Holston River 

 (Virginia?). Cope, 18706, 460; tributaries of French Broad River. 



Notropis spectrunculus, Jordan, 18896, 152; north and south forks of Swannanoa River, and Spring Creek, tribu- 

 taries of French Broad River. Jordan & Evermann, 1896, 265. 



Diagnosis. — Body long, depth less than .2 total length; head large, broad, flat, .25 total 

 length; eye large, .33 length of head; mouth somewhat oblique, the upper jaw extending as far 

 as eye; scales in lateral series 37, scales before dorsal 15; dorsal rays 8, anal rays 9. Color: 

 pale green above, white below, a dull bluish band or stripe along sides; a distinct black spot at 

 base of caudal fin; scales of back edged with black; dorsal and anal fins black at base; all fins 

 tinged with orange or red in male. Length, 3 inches, {spectrunculus, diminutive of spectrum.) 



This minnow is restricted to the headwaters of the Tennessee basin, and is 

 common in mountain streams and springs. It is exceedingly abundant in the 

 upper waters of the Swannanoa, but is scarce in other tributaries of the French 

 Broad. 



67. NOTROPIS HUDSONIUS (Clinton), var. SALUDANUS Jordan & Brayton. 

 Spawn-eater; Shiner; Silver-fin. 



Alburnops saludanus Jordan & Brayton, 1878, 16; Saluda River, South Carolina. 

 Notropis saludanus, Jordan, 18896, 132, 134, 137; Cape Fear, Yadkin, and Catawba rivers. 



Notropis hudsonius, Jordan, 18896, 129; Neuse River. Smith, 1893a, 190, 194; Pasquotank River and Albe- 

 marle Sound. 

 Notropis hudsonius saludanus, Jordan & Evermann, 1896, 270, pi. xlviii, fig. 120. 



Diagnosis (based on specimens from Albemarle region, 2.5 inches long). — Body elong.'ite, 

 somewhat compressed, depth contained 4.5 to 5 times in total length; head large, its length 

 contained 4 to 4.5 times in length; mouth on level with lower edge of orbit, small, somewhat 

 oblique, maxillary not reaching half way to eye from end of snout; snout round, rugose; 

 eye large, longer than snout, contained about 2.75 times in length of head; teeth slightly hooked, 

 some with a grinding surface, number variable, either 2,4 — 4,2 or 0,4 — 4,0; scales 36 in lateral 

 series, 8 or 9 in transverse series; lateral line complete, nearly straight except at origin; 



