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Diagnosis. — Body long, compressed, the depth a httle less than .25 total length; head 

 pointed, .25 total length; month large, oblique, lower jaw projecting, end of upper jaw extend- 

 ing beyond anterior margin of orbit; eye large, contained 3.5 times in length of head; 42 rows 

 of scales between head and tail, 10 rows between dorsal fin and medium line of abdomen, 20 

 scales between dorsal fin and head; dorsal rays 7; anal rays 8. Color: light green on back, the 

 scales with dark edges, a faint lateral stripe and dusky band on shoulders; a scarlet vertical bar 

 between eye and gill opening; upper lip and muzzle red; sides and belly rosy in spring males, 

 otherwise silvery; a red spot on body near base of pectoral; dorsal fin with lower half yellow 

 and outer haK black; lower fins white; females silvery, with only traces of red. Length, 5 

 inches, (coccogenis, red-cheeked.) 



This beautiful minnow is very abundant in the mountain streams forming 

 the headwaters of Tennessee River in North CaroUna; in addition to the streams 

 noted in the synonymy, it is known from Middle Creek, a tributary of the Little 

 Tennessee River in Macon County. It inhabits also the basins of the Cumber- 

 land and Savannah rivers. 



74. NOTROPIS RUBRICROCEUS (Cope). 

 Saffron-colored Minnow. 



Hybopsis rubricroceus Cope, Journal Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1S68, 231, pi. 38, fig. 4; 



Holston River, Va. 

 Notropis rubricroceus, Jordan, 18896, 152; north and south forks of Swannanoa River. Jordan & Evermann, 



1896, 286. 



Diagnosis. — Form elongated, compressed, the depth contained 4.5 times in total length 

 of body; head long and pointed, .25 total length; mouth large, oblique, posterior angle of upper 

 jaw extending beyond anterior margin of orbit; eye contained 3.3 times in length of head, equal 

 to length of snout; teeth with grincUng surface, the edges sometimes fluted; 38 scales in length- 

 wise series, 10 in crosswise series, 19 in front of dorsal fin; lateral line decurved; dorsal rays 8; 

 anal rays 9. Color: males dark steel blue or green, with a black or blue lateral band and a 

 yellowish-green lateral streak, the black band often passing through eye and around snout; 

 silvery beneath; fins sometimes yellow but usually of various shades of red, from pink to 

 scarlet; head and lower jaw red; males in highest coloration with entire body red; females dark 

 green, tinged with red. Length, 4 inches, (rubricroceus, reddish-saffron.) 



An exceedingly beautiful little fish, peculiar to the upper waters of the 

 Savannah and Tennessee rivers, abounding in mountain streams and frequently 

 found in pools below falls. In North Carolina it has been reported from both 

 forks of the Swannanoa, where it is exceedingly abundant. 



75. NOTROPIS CHLOROCEPHALUS (Cope). 



Green-headed Minnow. 



Hybopsis chlorocephalus Cope, 18706, 461; Catawba River. 



Notropis chlorocephalus, Jordan 18896, 137; Catawba River. Jordan & Evermann, 1896, 286. 



Diagnosis. — Form rather stout, caudal peduncle deep, body depth .2 total length; head 

 broad, .25 total length; orbit large, more than .33 length of head; interorbital region wide, 

 exceeding length of snout; mouth oblique, end of maxilla extending beyond margin of orbit; 

 lateral line slightly decurved; scales in lateral series 39, in transverse series 8 or 9, before 

 dorsal fin 16; dorsal rays 8; anal rays 8. Color: green, everywhere dusted with black, except 

 on belly and below eyes, the spots gathered into a lateral band which terminates in a basal 

 caudal spot; fins unspotted; in life a metallic green line on back, and one from upper angle of 



