54 THE FISHES OF OHIO. 
Blanchard river at Findlay,’’ 1893. Rare in Big Walnut creek, 
Franklin County, Williamson and Osburn, 1897; a single speci- 
men from Stillwater creek near Dayton, R. C. Osburn, 1899. 
Notropis hudsonius (De Witt Clinton). SpotT-TAILED MINNOW; 
SHINER. 
Head 434; depth 4; eye 3. D. 8; A. 8; scales 5-39-4, 18 before dorsal; 
teeth 1, 4-4, 0 or 1or2. Body elongate, considerably compressed in adult. 
Head short; muzzle blunt, decurved, shorter than the very large eye; mouth 
moderate, nearly horizontal, jaws sub-equal. Lateral line nearly straight, 
slightly decurved anteriorly. Coloration very pale, with a broad silvery 
band along side, this frequently underlaid with a dusky band. A dark spot 
at base of caudal, most distinct in young. Length 4 to 6 inches. 
This species is apparently confincd to the most northern por- 
tions of the state, in Lake Erie and its larger tributaries. Lorain 
County, ‘‘ common in the lake and at the mouth of the rivers,”’ 
McCormick, 1892 ; ‘‘ very common in the Maumee river at Grand 
Rapids, a single specimen at Toledo,’’ Kirsch, 1893; Lake Erie 
near Sandusky, abundant, R. C. Osburn, 1900; Sandusky Bay, 
Morse and Herbert T. Osborn, 1900. 
Notropis whipplii (Girard). SILVER-FIN. 
Head 44%; depth 4 in adult males, females and young much slenderer; 
eye 4%. D.8; A. 8 org; scales 5 or 6-38 to 40-3 or 4; teeth 1, 4-4, 1. Body 
moderately elongate, compressed, the back and belly about equally arched. 
’ Head rather short and deep. Scales closely imbricated (much higher than 
wide) and of a very regular pattern, about 18 in front of dorsal. Color 
leaden or steel-blue, the sides silvery; a dark vertebral line; a black spot 
covering the posterior 3 membranes of the dorsal fin, this sometimes very 
much reduced in young and females, but always present. Breeding males 
have the fins tipped with creamy white, and the top of head and dorsal 
region in front covered with small prickles. Length 4 inches. 
This elegant little fish is widely distributed throughout the 
state, and is usually quite common in all suitable localities. 
Recorded by Kirtland under the name Luxi/us kentukiensis. 
Given by Jordan in his Ohio Report under the name //xdsonius 
analostanus, which he here confuses with WV. whippliz. Notropis 
(Hudsonius) analostanus is an eastern form, possibly not specific- 
ally distinct from MV. whipplii (see Jordan and Evermann, Bull. 
47, U. S. Natl. Mus.) Hamilton County, common in all streams 
explored, Henshall, 1888 ; Lorain County, all streams examined, 
