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(1869), p. 825.—Abbott, Am. Nat., IV, 1870, p. 718.—Abbott, 
ime Mitt TS 74, p. 332: 
Alburnops hudsonius Jordan, An. N. Y. Acad. Sci., I, 1879, 
A: 109. 
Cliola hudsonia Abbott, Nat. Rambles, 1885, p. 478. 
Chola storeriana Abbott, 1. c. 
Notropis analostanus (Girard). 
Silver Fin. Shiner. 
Head 3%; depth 4%; D.u, 8; A. 11,8; scales 33 in lateral 
line to base of caudal, and 2 more on latter; 6 scales obliquely 
back from origin of dorsal to lateral line; 3 scales between origin 
of anal and lateral line; snout 3% in head; eye 34; maxillary 
3; interorbital space 3; length of depressed dorsal 1%; of de- 
pressed anal 1%; least depth of caudal peduncle 2%; caudal 1; 
pectoral 2%; ventral.114; pharyngeal teeth 1, 4-4, 1. Body 
moderately elongate, somewhat compressed, and profiles similarly 
convex. Head rather short and deep. Snout conic. Eye small, 
circular, anterior. Mouth oblique, quite small. Maxillary small, 
reaching orbit. Jaws even. Interorbital space broad and slightly 
convex. Gill-rakers 2-+ 7 tubercular points. Scales narrowly 
imbricated. Lateral line low, of simple tubes. Origin of dorsal 
midway between front rim of orbit and base of caudal. Anal 
inserted just behind base of last dorsal ray, and about midway 
between middle of pectoral and base of caudal. Caudal emar- 
ginate. Pectoral not reaching ventral. Ventral inserted about 
opposite origin of dorsal and reaching anal. Color leaden-silvery. 
Edges of scales dusky. A dark vertebral line. A large blackish 
blotch in upper posterior part of dorsal. Paired fins, as well as 
lower part of belly, tips of anal and caudal, and front and upper 
parts of dorsal, charged with clear satiny-white pigment. Length 
113/,, inches. Crosswicks Creek near Trenton. 
One of the most abundant of all the minnows in the Delaware. 
They occur in fresh-water streams, preferably those of the uplands 
above tide-water, sometimes in shoals of possibly a thousand indi- 
viduals. They prefer the clear smaller streams, either quiet or 
