58 THE FISHES OF OHIO. 
Notropis rubrifrons (Cope). 
Head 4 to 5’ depth 43 to5%. D.8; A. 10; scales 5 or 6-39 or 40-3, I5. 
to 17 before dorsal (Ohio specimens run a little higher, some having as high 
as 20 before the dorsal); teeth 2, 4-4, 2: Body moderately elongate, back 
scarcely elevated, head conic and rather pointed. Eye moderate, usually 
shorter than snout. Resembling WV. atherinoides, from which it can be 
readily told, in Ohio specimens at least, by the position of the dorsal fin, 
which is inserted nearer to base of caudal than to point of snout. Above 
clear olive, each scale dark-edged; sides and under parts silvery; a narrow, 
coppery lateral band in life, overlying dark pigment; a narrow vertebral 
line; a row of black dots on either side of anal fin. Males in spring with 
head and anterior parts reddish, and sometimes the bases of dorsal, ventral 
and pectoral fins red. Length 23¢ inches. 
A common and widely distributed species, found in company 
with AV. atherinoides, but much more common. Kirsch and 
McCormick record it under the name 4. dzectus (Girard), but 
LV. dilectus, as now restricted, is found farther southwest, so I 
include these records under NV. rubrifrons. Possibly the two may 
not be distinct. Given by Jordan as abundant in southern Ohio ; 
Hamilton County, ‘‘common in east fork of Mill creek,’’ Hen- 
shall, 1888 ; Lorain County, ‘‘common in the lake and lower 
parts of all streams entering it,’?’ McCormick, 1892; St. Joseph 
river at Edgerton, Blanchard river at Findlay, Beaver creek at 
Grand Rapids, ‘‘common at these places,’’ Kirsch, 1893; 
Franklin County, ‘‘all larger streams with WV. atherinozdes, 
abundant where found,” Williamson and Osburn, 1897; Knox 
County, Big Jelloway creek and several of its tributaries, occa- 
sionally observed in large schools over clear, gravelly places in 
ripples, females with ripe eggs on May 24, Parker, Williamson 
and Osburn, 1898; Ohio river at Ironton, Huron river at Milan, 
Sandusky Bay, Lake Erie at Sandusky, Ashtabula creek, Wabash 
river at Celina, Stillwater and Wolf creeks at Dayton, North Fork 
of Licking river at Newark, R. C. Osburn, 1899 ; Niggermill 
Run and Mahoning river, E. B. Williamson, 1900; Cuyahoga 
river at Kent and Hawkins, Grand river at Painesville, Chagrin 
river at Willoughby, Wheeling creek at Bridgeport, Ohio river 
and McMahon’s Run at Bellaire, outlet of Licking reservoir, 
R. C..Osburn, 1900: 
