band from opercle to base of caudal fin ; this band 

 usually mottled with black; belly silvery; a black 

 stripe forward from the eye. Fins plain; the dorsal 

 with a low black spot at its base; pectorals tinged 

 with yellow. Top and sides of head, and the inner 

 surface of the ventral fins covered with very small 

 prickles. Length two and three-fourths inches. 

 Common and abundant in those streams in which it 

 occurs. Females taken \vith eggs on May 24. 



22. Hybopsis amhlops (Rafinesque). Head 4; 

 depth 41/0; eye 3. D. 8; A. 7; scales 5— 38— 4; teeth 

 1, 4 — 4,1. Above, translucent green, each scale with 

 a dark edge; below, silvery; sides with a silvery 

 lateral band. Fins all plain. Length three inches. 

 Abundant in Big Jelloway. Females with ripe eggs 

 May 26. 



23. Hybopsis kentuckiensis (Rafinesque). Head 

 3%; depth 4; eye 514. D. 8: A. 7; scales 6—41—5; 

 teeth 1, 4 — 4, 1. Dark olive green above, paler below^; 

 sometimes with a brassy luster ; occasionally with a 

 clear grass-green lateral band ; frequently with 

 a blood red spot, than the eye, just behind the eye 

 in front of the operculars; dark caudal spot in 

 smaller specimens; breeding males had about thirty- 

 five tubercles. One male had the top of the head 

 swollen into a crest. Fins plain, tinged with a dull 

 orange and greenish. Length five and one-half inches. 

 Abundant. Females with ripe eggs taken on May 23 

 and 25. 



24. Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus. Head 3V^; depth 

 3; eye 6. D. L 19; A. L 5, scales 6—38—7; teeth 1, 

 3 — 3, 1. Dark olivaceous with brassy luster, each scale 

 with a dark spot at its center; below, pale; fins all 

 plain. Only the "full scale" variety was observed, 

 and this was very common. Specimens fifteen inches 

 in length were taken. 



