Storer’s Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 415 
D. 14. P.16. V.6. A.13. C.17. Length, 1 inch. 
New York, Dexay. 
Leuciscus pygmeus, Pigmy Dace, DeKay’s Report, p. 214, pl. 42, fig. 134. }! 
26. Leuciscus versicolor, Drxay. 
Silvery, varied with green, blue, and golden. Dorsal and abdominal outlines very convex. 
Seales very large, orbicular, with eccentric striz. Pectorals broad, placed very low ; anal 
with fourteen rays ; caudal forked, base covered with scales. 
D.9. P.14. V.9. A.14. C. 194. Length, 4 inches. 
New York, Dexay. 
Called ‘* Dace,” at Peekskill. Known, also, by the names of ‘* Yellow-bellied Perch,”’ 
and ‘‘ Wind-fish.”’ 
Abramis versicolor, Variegated Bream, Dexay’s Report, p. 191, pl. 32, fig. 103. 
27. Leuciscus nasutus, Ayres. 
Above and on the sides dark bluish brown ; beneath nearly white. Dorsal and caudal fins 
light brown ; ventrals and anal nearly transparent ; pectorals a little darker than the ventrals. 
Snout projecting. Mouth small, semicircular. Dorsal trapezoidal ; pectorals situated very 
low, almost beneath the body ; caudal beautifully lunated. 
D.10. P.16. V.9. A.8 C.19. Length, 34 inches. 
Massachusetts, Oumsrep. Connecticut, Ayres. 
Leuciscus nasutus, Ayres, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist., 1v. p. 299, pl. 13, fig. 3. 
28. Leuciscus gardoneus, Vat. 
Height of the body equal to one fourth its whole length ; length of the head equal to about 
one sixth the length of the body. Five pharyngeal teeth in a single row. The trapezoidal 
dorsal fin arises half way between the extremity of the snout and the base of the caudal fin. 
Anal short ; caudal slightly forked. Thirty-nine rows of scales upon the sides, seven above 
and three beneath the lateral line. Strie upon the upper portion of the operculum ; but one 
or two strie upon the scales. 
D.11. P.(?). V.(?), A.10. C.(?). Length, 6 inches. 
L’Able gardonnet (Leuciscus gardoneus, Vat.), Cuv. et VAL., xvu. p. 316. 
29. Leuciscus vandoisulus, Vat. 
Body elongated and compressed; lower jaw longer than the upper; pharyngeal teeth 
hooked, in two rows, one with five, the other with two teeth. Height equal to one fourth 
the length of the body, not including the tail. Head equal in length to height of body. 
