THE FISHES OF NEW JERSEY. 151 
in McCall's brook at Trenton. He also states that it is less abun- 
dant than the following. 
Argyreus nasutus Cope, Trans. Am. Philos. Soc. Phila., XIII, 
1869, p. 369, fig., Pl. 12, fig. 5——Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868 
(1869), p. 824. 
Rhinchthys nasutus Abbott, Am. Nat., VIII, 1874, p. 328.— 
Abbott, Nat. Rambles, 1885, p. 479. 
Rhinichthys atronasus (Mitchill). 
Dace. Black Nosed Dace. Striped Dace. 
iead 3745 depth) 5 : 1197; 1; A. 111, Gea scales Gouin lat- 
eral line to base of caudal; 11 scales obliquely back from origin 
of dorsal to lateral line; g scales between origin of anal and lat- 
eral line in a vertical series; about 38 scales before dorsal; snout 
3 in head; eye 3%; maxillary 4; interorbital space 34%; first 
branched dorsal ray 2; first branched anal ray 1%; least depth 
of caudal peduncle 2%; pharyngeal teeth 2, 4-4, 2. Body 
moderately elongate, little compressed, and profiles similar. Head 
moderate, conic, rather broad above. Snout rather broad and 
conic. Eye circular, a little anterior. Mouth small, a little infe- 
rior, and with upper jaw slightly protruding. Barbel minute, ter- 
minal on maxillary. Maxillary reaching about half way to orbit. 
Upper lip level with lower part of pupil. Nostrils close in front 
of eye above. Interorbital space broad and flattened.  Gill- 
rakers 1 + 4 short weak points. Scales small, somewhat em- 
bedded, and crowded on predorsal region. Lateral line of simple 
tubes, complete. Dorsal inserted about midway between posterior 
margin of orbit and base of caudal, and when depressed reaching 
about half way to latter. Anal long, inserted just behind base 
of last dorsal ray, or nearer tip of pectoral than base of caudal, 
and reaching three-fourths of space to latter. Caudal emarginate. 
Pectoral two-thirds of space to ventral. Ventral inserted before 
dorsal or a little nearer base of caudal than tip of snout, and 
reaching vent, which is close in front of anal. Color dusky-olive 
above mottled with blackish. Below silvery-white. A black band 
from snout through eye to base of caudal, where it ends in a 
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