THE FISHES OF NEW JERSEY. I41 
p. 824.—Abbott, Am. Nat, VIII, 1874, p. 331.—Abbott, Rep. U. 
S. F. Com., 1875-76, p. 824. 
Cliola procne Abbott, Nat. Rambles, 1885, p. 478. 
Notropis hudsonius amarus (Girard). 
Gudgeon. Spawn Eater. Smelt Shiner. Silvery Minnow. 
Blue Lined Minnow. 
Piead=5 2 > depth 414 >. D. i, 7; 1; Ay ive 7 scales! 26 in 
lateral line to base of caudal, and 2 more on latter; 6 scales ob- 
liquely back from origin of dorsal to lateral line; 4 scales between 
origin of anal and lateral line; 14 scales before dorsal; snout 
3% in head; eye 244; maxillary 3%; interorbital space 3; first 
branched dorsal ray 1*/,); first branched anal ray 1%; least 
depth of caudal peduncle 2%; pectoral 1%; ventral 1%; 
pharyngeal teeth 1, 4-4, 0. Body elongate, compressed, and 
rather slender. Caudal peduncle compressed, rather long. Head 
short, with blunt rounded convex muzzle. Snout projecting a 
little beyond tip of mandible. Eye longer than snout, also a little 
longer than deep, and its center a little anterior. Mouth inferior, 
a little oblique, with small maxillary nearly reaching eye. Nos- 
trils large, close together, near front of eye above. Interorbital 
space broad and but slightly convex. Preorbital about two-thirds 
of horizontal orbital diameter. Gill-rakers 2-+ 4 short weak 
denticles. Scales large, rounded, well striate, and of uniforin 
size. Lateral line median, continuous, and of simple tubes. Ori- 
gin of dorsal midway between tip of snout and base of caudal. 
Anal inserted about opposite tip of depressed dorsal. Caudal 
emarginate. Pectoral reaching two-thirds of space to ventral. 
Ventral inserted opposite origin of dorsal, and reaching about 
five-sixths of space to anal. Color pale olivaceous. Sides silvery. 
Base of caudal pale like caudal fin, without blotch. Length 414 
inches. Trenton. 
Hybopsis phenna Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1864, p. 
279.—Abbott, Am. Nat. VIII, 1874, p. 333. 
Hybopsis hudsonius Cope, Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. Phila., 
XIII, 1869, p. 386, Pl. 12, fig. 3—Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868 

