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at times, snapping at perch lines, though seldom taking the 
hook. When one is fishing for white perch (Morone ameri- 
cana) in clear water these minnows will dart at and snap at the 
line well above the bait, to the annoyance of the angler. Small 
river mussels (Unio complanatus) are also taken on the hook, as 
they frequent the same localities. 
Hybognathus regius Abbott, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., 
1861, p. 156. 
Hybognathus nitidus Abbott, 1. c. 
Hybognathus osmerinus Cope, Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc., 
Phila., XI, 1870, p. 466.—Albbott, Am. Nat., IV., 1870, p. 
117.—Abbott, ]. c., p. 717, fig. 163.—Abbott, 1. c. VIII, 1874, p. 
355° 
Hybognathus argyritis Jordan, An. N. Y. Acad. Sci., I, 1879, 
p! 207. 
Hybognathus nuchalis Abbott, Nat. Rambles, 1885, p. 478. 
Genus PIMEPHALES Rafinesque. 
The Fat Heads. 
Pimephales notatus (Rafinesque). 
Blunt Nosed Minnow. 
From the other minnows this may be distinguished by the 
blunt and enlarged first rudimentary dorsal ray, which is con- 
nected by a membrane with the first developed dorsal ray. The 
muzzle is also blunt and convex. 
Known from a single example taken from the Delaware and 
Raritan canal by Dr. Abbott and Prof. A. C. Apgar. It was 
captured with Hybognathus nuchalis regius. I have never seen 
any New Jersey examples. 
Hyborhynchus notatus Abbott, Am. Nat., VIII, 1874, p. 337. 
Abbott, Nat. Rambles, 1885, p. 478, copied. 
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