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of some scales also slightly darker. Darker color of back with 
eight transverse rather broad deep olive-dusky bars, and also 
appearing at intervals, though mostly indistinct, on dark median 
lateral band. First crosses from front of eye, second over inter- 
orbital space, third above opercle, fourth midway in space to 
dorsal, fifth begins at origin of dorsal, sixth begins at bases of 
last dorsal rays, and others on caudal peduncle at equal distances. 
Fins pale, dorsal and caudal pale grayish-dusky. Dorsal tinted 
slightly with dilute ruddy basally, outer marginal portion much 
deeper colored. Pectoral, ventral and anal slightly dusky along 
edges. Iris pale brownish-white. 
A young example from the Great Egg Harbor River above 
May's Landing taken April 23d, 1905, was brownish on back in 
life. A distinct dusky-blackish shade from snout along and 
broadly on each side of head and back, leaving a narrow paler 
median brown streak from opposite nostril to dorsal. A black 
lateral band from snout not including mandible through eye to 
base of caudal. Adjoining black lateral band above a narrow 
pale band of a similar shade of brown to that medianly on pre- 
dorsal region. Lower surface of body including head white. 
Costal region and lower side of head with beautiful purplish- 
golden or rosy reflections. Fins dilute brownish, caudal with a 
reddish shade, basally most distinct, and edges of fins dusky. 
Dorsal more or less dusky anteriorly with edge especially so. 
Fin otherwise with rosy tint of caudal. Other fins transparent, 
marked with pale dusky dots. Anal perhaps a little more dusky 
than others. Vent encircled with dusky dots. Iris mostly silvery 
with rosy or purplish tints. These fish were found abundantly 
with Notropis chalybeus abbotti in the sphagnum banks, espe- 
cially about Mare Run. ‘They all appeared much darker than 
Delaware River examples. 
Equally abundant with the common sucker (Catostomus com- 
mersonmi), though distinguished by most fishermen as “mullet.” 
I have only taken the young during the winter. It wanders up 
the streams in much the same way during the spring, running in 
schools. I have examples from Brown Mills and Crosswicks 
Creek. 
