THE FISHES OF NEW JERSEY. 143 
swift running. In late spring the males assume a very different 
appearance. Their fin-rays become enlarged or expanded and are 
heavily charged with the most brilliant satiny-white pigment, 
which has earned for the fish the name of silver fin. At this 
season of the year they are of the deepest and brightest shades. 
The top of the head is also covered with small horny excrescences 
which appear to soon fall off later, or during the summer. The 
female is not so deeply colored, though it too sometimes has 
a few horny excrescences. They frequent the shallows in clear 
rapids, swift ripples, and here one may see fifty or more all con- 
gregated in a restless and constantly surging bunch, each one 
apparently trying to make as much commotion in as small a space 
as possible. They are not so wary at this time and may easily 
be scooped out with a small dip-net. I have also seen them in the 
smallest brooks or rills, at most all seasons of the year. Often in 
midwinter they may frequently be seen disporting themselves 
with other numerous finny inhabitants of our brooks. At this 
season they are very plain-colored, and while very pretty form a 
great contrast to their vernal dress. When small they are also 
very difficult to distinguish from the red fin. The largest I 
have seen never exceeded 4 inches. They will take a worm on a 
small hook and are frequently the object of sport to the small boy. 
Hypsilepis analostanus Abbott, Am. Nat., IV, 1870, p. 103. 
Hybopsis analostanus Abbott, Am. Nat., VIII, 1874, p. 330. 
Cliola analostana Abbott, Nat. Rambles, 1885, p. 478. 
Hypsilepis kentuckiensis Cope, Trans. Am. Philos. Soc. Phila.. 
XIIT, 1869, p. 371, Pl. 2, fig. 3.—Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868 
(1869), p. 824.—Abbott, Am. Nat. IV, 1870, p. 100. 
Notropis cornutus (Mitchill). 
Red Fin. Shiner. Minny. 
Head 472°; depth 3; D, um, 7,1; A, Wi St scales 40 in, lat= 
eral line to base of caudal, and 3 more on latter; 9 scales obliquely 
down from origin of dorsal to lateral line; 6 scales between origin 
of anal and lateral line in a vertical series; 22 scales before dor- 
sal; snout 3% in head; eye 332; maxillary 3'/,,; interorbital 
