FISHES OF LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. 19 
35. Notropis ardens (Cope). Reprin. 
[iorde Man. 1235 Ox St. -surv. 74: 
Body elongated and compressed, fins large, aval fin with rr or 
12 rays, a distinct black spot at base of first rays of dorsal, scales 
small, 30 before dorsal fin, lateral line decurved ; females pale, 
males steel blue, belly and lower fins fine brick-red in the Spring. 
Length 2% inches. 
Not very common; found in Black River and in Vermillion 
River near Kipton. 
Scales larger and loosely set. (The species of this group are extremely closely re- 
lated, and in some cases scarcely distinguishable.—Jordan.) 
36. Notropis dilectus (Girard). Rosy-racep MINNow. 
[Jord. Man, 128. O. St. Surv. 69.] 
Slender and graceful, of a translucent olive-green with broad 
silvery bands on the sides ; head larger than in related species ; dor- 
sal fin inserted behind ventrals; length 3 inches. My specimens 
show rg to 20 rows of scales before dorsal, instead of the ‘* about 
15’ of the manual. 
Common in the lake and lower parts of all streams entering it. 
Found accompanying the next species. 
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37. Notropis atherinoides (Rafinesque). EMERALD 
MINNow. 
[Jord. Man. 129. O. St. Surv. 70.] 
Very much like the preceding but with shorter, blunter head 
and of much larger size, reaching a length of 6 inches; very 
abundant at times, so that the schools darken the water. ‘The fisher- 
, 
men say that their coming into the rivers is a ‘‘sure sign” of a 
storm. 
38. Notropis arge (Cope). SiLvery MINNow. 
[Jord. Man. 130. O. St. Surv. 70.] 
Like the preceding species, but with a comparatively larger 
head, much larger eye and slender form; length 3 inches. 
Found in company with a¢herinordes, but not nearly so common. 
39. Ericymba buceata (Cope). SILver-JAWED MINNow. 
[Jord. Man. 132. O. St. Surv. 76.] 
Body spindle-shaped, rather long, head long with broad muz- 
zle. Lones of the jaws with 7 or 8 mucus chambers appearing as 
silvery bars in four rows across lower half of the head. Length 5 
inches. 
Taken once in Black River, near Elyria. 
