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Pectorals not reaching the ventrals; the latter attaining the anal. 
The caudal is furcated for more than one-half its length. Caudal pedun- 
cle slender, 35 times in the length of the body. 
Scales in very regular rows, anteriorly somewhat higher than long; 
the rows 5 or 6—40-3. 
Color in spirits pale yellow above, sides silvery, and golden yellow 
below. Above and on the caudal peduncle the scales with a narrow 
dusky edge, giving these parts of the body a regularly checkered appear- 
ance. A dusky band runs along the lateral line, back on the rays of 
the caudal, and forward over the opercle, through the eye, to the snout. 
Sometimes this band is almost black. Just above this band are two or 
three longitudinal rows of black dots, one of which dots is located at 
the tip of each scale. Below the lateral line is another similar row of 
dots. There is also a row of black points along the lateral line. The 
anterior rays of the dorsal fin are largely black, and there is also a 
black spot on the posterior rays. 
This is an elegant and very interesting species. Its oblique mouth and 
rounded muzzle give it a peculiar appearance. It appears to be widely 
distributed through the State. Ihave one specimen from Artesia, sev- 
eral from Macon, and one from Enterprise. 
GENUS MINNILUS, Rafinesque. 
38. Minnilus dilectus (Girard) C. & J. 
Minnilus dilectus, JORDAN, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1877, 80. 
Alburnus dilectus, GIRARD, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1856, 193. 
Alburnellus dilectus, GIRARD, Pac. R. R. Surv. vol. x, 259. 
Notropis atherinoides, JORDAN, Bull. Ill. Lab. Nat. Hist. No. 2, 60; Bull. U.S. 
Geol. Surv. vol. iv, No. 2, 422. 
A single specimen of a Minnilus, or Alburnellus, answering well enough 
to Girard’s description cited above, was obtained at Enterprise. 
Subgenus LYTHRURUS, Jordan. 
39. Minnilus punctulatus, Hay, sp. nov. (No. 27,430.) 
- Body short, deep, and compressed. The back elevated in front of the 
dorsal. Depth in the length 44. The head is short and deep, 42 in the 
length. The profile is straight, or even a little concave; the snout 
pointed. Mouth large and quite oblique; the lower jaw longer than 
the upper. The maxillary reaches back to a perpendicular from the 
anterior rim of the orbit. 
The eye is of medium size, being contained in the length of the side 
of the head 3} times. 
The seales are very small. There are 10 to 12 horizontal rows above 
the lateral line, and 3 below it; 48 to 50 scales along the lateral line, and 
25 or more in front of the dorsal. The lateral line is much decurved 
above the ventrals. 
Teeth, 2, 4-4, 2, usually with an evident triturating surface. 
