408 — Storer’s Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 
smooth, not striated, with seventy in a longitudinal series. Back deep gray, passing into 
plumbeous, and becoming silvery on the belly. Pectorals, dorsal, and caudal, gray ; ventrals 
and anal slate. 
D.3-6. P.(). V.(@). A.2-6. C.19. Length, 5 inches. 
Niagara Falls, Vat. 
Le Goujon des cataractes (Gobio cataracte, VaL.), Cuv. et VaL., xvi. p. 315, pl. 482. 
Gobio cataract, Niagara Gudgeon, Dekay’s Report, p. 394. 
GENUS III. LEUCISCUS, Kure. 
The dorsal and anal fins short, without strong rays at their commencement. 
No cirrhi nor barbels on the head. The dorsal either above the ventrals, or 
between them and the anal. 
Leuciscus Americanus, Lacep. 
Blackish, with shining white scales. Gill-covers golden, with a tinge of the same along 
the belly. Head often greenish ; and when the scales fall off, the back is frequently tinged 
with green and blue. Dorsal and abdominal outlines convex. 
ROH Tesi Wot EN Teh Wihteieane, 
D.9. P.17. V.9. A.13. C.19. Srorer. Length, 5 to 7 inches. 
D.10. P.15. V.10. A.14. C.193. Dexay. 
Massachusetts, Srorer. New York, Mircuruu, Dexay. Ohio River, Kirruanp. 
Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Cuv. 
yD nUE MRDUEUTE: LAcEPEDE, v. pl. 15, fig. 3. 
American Carp, SHaw’s Gen. Zodl., v. p. 204. 
Cyprinus crysoleucas, New York Shiner, Mirren, Trans, Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. Y., 1. p. 459. 
Luxilus cryso-cephalus ? Rar., Ichth. Ohien., p. 43. 
Cyprinus (Leuciscus) crysoleucas, Ricu., Fauna Boreal. Americ., 11. p. 122. 
Leuciscus crysoleucas, StorErR’s Report, p. 83. 
Stilbe crysoleucas, New York Shiner, DeKay’s Report, p. 204, pl. 29, fig. 91. 
Leuciscus crysoleucas, Gold Shiner, Kirttanp, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist., rv. p. 305, pl. 15, fig. 1. 
L’Able de Bose (Leuciscus Boscii, Vau.), Cuy.et VAL., xvi. p. 313. 
2. Leuciscus atronasus, Mrrceuii. 
Above greenish. A broad dark-brown or blackish band passes from the nose, including 
the lower half of the eyes, and proceeds in a straight line to the tail. Abdomen silvery, with 
a few blackish stains. Tail forked. 
D.7. P.12. V.9. A.7. C.19. Mrrcuiux. Length, 3 inches. 
D.8. P.15. V.8. A.8& C€.19§ Drxay. be se 
Massachusetts, Srorer. New York, Mircuity, Dexay. 
SN atronasus, Brook Minnow, Mircuitt, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. Y., 1. 460. 
fe Black-nosed Dace, DExay’s Report, p. 205, pl. 33, fig. 69. 
L’Able 4 nez noir (Leuciscus atronasus, Mircu.), Cuv.et Vau., xvu. p. 376. 
