56 THE FISHES OF OHIO. 
Newark, R. C. Osburn, 1899; Niggermill Run and Mahoning 
river, E. B. Williamson, 1900; Cuyahoga river at Kent and 
Hawkins, Breakneck creek at Kent, Summit lake, Chippewa 
lake, Licking reservoir, Grand river at Painesville, Chagrin river 
at Willoughby, Wheeling creek at Bridgeport, Ohio river and 
McMahon’s creek at Bellaire, R. C. Osburn, rgoo. 
Notropis ariommus (Cope). 
Head 33% to 4%; depth 44% to 5. D. 8; A. 9; scales 6-39-2, large, 15 
before dorsal; teeth 2, 4-4, 2. Body stout, moderately elevated, somewhat 
compressed. Head heavy, broad above; snout moderate, somewhat decurved; 
mouth moderate, oblique, jaws equal. Eye very large, 2? in head, much 
longer than snout, larger than in any other Ohio Cyprinid. Lateral line 
much decurved. Color olivaceous, scales above dark-edged; sides and below 
bright silvery. Length 5 inches. 
Two specimens from the Maumee river at Antwerp, Kirsch, 
1893. 
*Notropis jejunus (Forbes). 
Head 4; depth 4%4; eye 3% in head, equal to snout, less than inter- 
orbital space. D.8; A. 7; scales 5-37-3; teeth 2, 4-4, 1. Body moderately 
slender; head flattish above; snout blunt and rounded. Dorsal over ven- 
trals; about 16 scales before dorsal. Color, pale olivaceous above, pale on 
sides and below, with a broad silvery band overlying a plumbeous shade. 
Length 3 inches. 
The range of this species in the state seems to be limited to 
the Ohio river and the lower portions of its tributaries. Hamil- 
ton County, ‘‘common in Little Miami river and Bloody Run, 
Henshall, 1888; common in the Ohio river and Ice creek at 
Tronton and in John’s creek at Waterloo, R. C. Osburn, 1899. 
Notropis atherinoides Rafinesque. 
Head 474; depth 5%; eye 34%. D.8; A. 11; scales 5-38-3, 15 before 
dorsal; teeth 2, 4-4, 2. Body long and slender, compressed, back not ele- 
vated. Head blunt, conic, shorter than in related species. Mouth moder- 
ate, very oblique, upper lip on a level with upper part of pupil. Eye large, 
rather longer than snout. Fins low, front of dorsal midway between point 
of snout and base of caudal. Lateral line decurved. Color above clear, 
translucent olive-green, a yellow, iridescent vertebral line in life, which 
becomes darker in spirits; sides bright silvery, with sometimes a brassy 
lateral shade ; breeding males with snout rosy. Length 4 to 6 inches. 
* Notropis scabriceps, given by Jordan in the Ohio Rept., is confused probably with NV. 
shumardi. NN. scabriceps has not been noticed outside of the Kanawha river. (See Bull. 
47, U. S. Natl. Mus.) 
