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dorsal region convex, so that body tapers backwards from a 
point considerably in advance of dorsal with base of that fin 
oblique. Head large and heavy, broad and rounded above. Snout 
broad, a little protruding. Eye small. Mouth oblique, broad. 
Upper lip just below level of pupil. Maxillary barely reaching 
front of orbit. Maxillary barbel small. Interorbital space broad 
and a little convex. Gill-rakers 4 + 5 short points. Scales small, 
considerably crowded and reduced anteriorly, about 30 before 
dorsal. Lateral line decurved. Fins small, dorsal inserted about 
midway between posterior margin of eye and base of caudal. 
Anal inserted a little nearer origin of ventral than base of 
caudal. Caudal forked. Pectoral reaching 24 of space to ven- 





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Chub. Semotilus atromaculatus (Mitchill). (Young.) 
tral. Ventral well before dorsal and reaching 2%4 of space to 
anal. Color dusky-bluish above. Side with a dull dusky band 
disappearing with age. Belly creamy. A’ dusky bar behind 
opercle. Edges of scales with dusky dots. A black blotch at 
base of dorsal in front. Length 5% inches. “Beesley’s Point” 
[probably Cedar Swamp Creek ?]. 
Abundant, chiefly in small brooks. It is found in the same 
localities as the preceding. In most all small upland brooks the’ 
young abound, associated with other small minnows, from which 
they are distinguished by the crowded scales before the dorsal fin 
-and the more robust body. They are abundant throughout the 
Delaware basin. Spring males have the dorsal blotch bordered 
