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Notropis analostanus (Girard). 
Silver Fin. 
I found this minnow to be very abundant about sandy riffles 
in Chestnut Branch of Mantua Creek, April Ist, 1906. Some, 
quite large, were taken. Also abundant along the sand-bars or 
shallow banks in Mantua Creek near Mantua with N. bifrenatus 
and Fundulus diaphanus. Color in life of young pale translucent 
brown, side shot with a longitudinal sheen of purple in some 
lights and in others with blue-green. Fins translucent brownish. 
Silver Fin. Notropis analostanus (Girard). 
Peritoneum showing through abdominal walls bright silvery. 
Side of head silvery. Iris silvery-white. A narrow dusky streak 
from vent to caudal along lower edge of caudal peduncle. Length 
about 1% inches. From the summit level of the Delaware and 
Raritan canal at Trenton, October 1oth, 1906. Dr. C. C. 
Abbott and H. W. Fowler. 
Notropis cornutus (Mitchill). 
Red Fin. 
A large one taken at the second bridge at Mantua, in 
Mantua Creek, by a dough-bait fisherman. Edge of caudal deep 
