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FISHES OF NORTH CAROLINA. 



lower jaw not projecting; eye very large, longer than snout and more than .33 length of head ; 

 scales, 38 in lateral line, 8 in transverse series, 13 before dorsal; dorsal rays 8, anal rays 10. 

 Color: pale green above, the scales dark-edged. Length, 4 inches, (telescopus, far-sighted.) 



Fig. 29. Minnow. Notropis telescopus. 



Confined to the upper waters of the Tennessee; very abundant in tributaries 

 of the French Broad in North Carolina. 



82. NOTROPIS ARGE (Cope). 

 Minnow. 



Alburnellus arge Cope, Cyprinidae of Pennsylvania, 388, 1866; Detroit (or St. Joseph) River, Michigan. 

 Notropis arge, Bean, 1903, 914; Cane River, tributary of French Broad. 



Diagnosis. — Body very elongate, the depth .16 total length; head large, contained 4.25 

 times in length; mouth large, chin projecting; eye longer than snout, contained 2.75 to 3 times 

 in length of head; scales, 39 in lateral line, 8 in transverse line; dorsal rays 8, anal rays 11. 

 Color: pale green above, with a silvery band and a black line along sides; a dark streak on middle 

 of back. Length, 4 inches, {arge, lustrous white.) 



Inhabits southern Michigan and Ohio valley; recently recorded from North 

 Carolina by Mr. B. A. Bean, who received 11 specimens, 2 to 4 inches long, from 

 Cane River, in Yancey County. 



83. NOTROPIS SCEPTICUS (Jordan & Gilbert). 

 Minnow. 



MinniluB scepticus Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis of the Fishes of North America, Bulletin No. 16 U. S. National 



Museum, 1883, 200; Saluda River, S. C. 

 Photogenis leucops, Cope, 18706, 463; Catawba and Neuse rivers (in part). 

 Notropis scepticus, Jordan, 18896, 132, 138; Haw River (tributary of Cape Fear), Catawba River, and Johns 



River (tributary of Catawba). Jordan & Evermann, 1896, 296. 



Diagnosis. — Body short, compressed and elevated, depth contained 4.5 times in length; 

 head large, deep, more than .25 total length; snout blunt, less than diameter of eye; mouth 

 terminal, oblique, lower jaw shorter, ma.xilla extending to front of orbit; eye large, .33 length 

 of head; lateral line much decurved; scales, 38 in lateral series, 9 in transverse series, 13 to 16 

 before dorsal; dorsal fin inserted well behind ventrals, rays 8; tips of ventrals extending to last 

 dorsal rays; anal rays 10. Color: pale green, scales with dark edges; a silvery lateral band; 

 a dark line at base of dorsal fin. Length, 3 inches, (scepitcus, observant.) 



