430 Storer’s Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 
and mostly concealed by the projection of the upper when the mouth is closed. Scales 
small, oval. The upper lobe of the caudal fin is acuminate, the lower is obtuse. 
D.8. P.14. V. 8. <A.7, C.20. Length, 4 to 6 inches. 
Ohio, Krrruanp. 
Exoglossum Lesueurianum, Rough-nosed Dace, Rar., KirtLanp’s Report, pp- 169, 193. 
Exoglossum dubium, Sucker-mouthed Chub, Kirttanp, Bost. Journ, Nat. Hist., v. p. 272, pl. 21, fig. 1. 
GENUS VIII. PCESCILIA, Scuy. 
Body but little elongated, the ventrals not very far back, and the dorsal just 
above the anal. Upper part of the head flat, the opercula large, rays three. 
Jaws flattened horizontally, protractile, but little cleft, furnished with a single 
range of small and very fi.e teeth. 
1. Pecilia multilineata, Lesurur. 
Body compressed, wider towards the operculum. Lines and black spots forming longi- 
tudinal bands upon the sides. Dorsal twice as long as high. Snout cuneiform seen in the 
profile, flat and wide seen from above. Scales moderate, rounded, and concentrically lined. 
D. 14. P.16. V.6. A.9. C€.26. Length, 13 inches, 
Florida, Lesvevr. 
Peccilia multilineata, Lesveur, Journ. Acad, Nat.Sc., 11. p. 4, pl. 1, fig. 1. 
$s ff Dexkay’s Report, p. 215. 
2. Peecilia olivacea, STORER. 
Body oblong, head flattened above. All the upper portion of the body olive-colored, 
sprinkled with minute black dots; alight spot on the top of the head. A broad black band, 
commencing at the angle of the jaws, is continued the whole length of the body to the caudal 
rays. The throat and abdomen are white. The fins yellowish green ; the caudal rounded, 
and spotted like the upper portion of the body. This species is caught at all seasons, swim- 
ming onthe surface of the water, catching at floating objects, and hence commonly called 
Top minnow. 
D.9. P.13. V.6. A.12. ©.19. Length, 24 inches. 
Florence, Alabama, Storer. 
Pecilia olivacea, Srorer, Proceed. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., July, 1845. 
3. Peecilia catenata, STorer. 
Body oblong, compressed. Tight or ten interrupted longitudinal orange lines upon the 
sides ; spots of a similar color upon opercles. ‘Iwo bands passing from eyes to mouth; the 
upper yellowish green, the lower blue. Pectoral, dorsal, and anal fins yellow, and each of 
