218 REPORT OF STATE GEOLOGIST. 



Hybopsis storerianus (Kirtland). 



Ceratichthys lucens, Jordan and Gilbert, 1882, 8, 213. 



Body rather elongated and compressed. The back elevated. Head flat 

 above and the profile rapidly descending to form the rounded snout. 

 Mouth inferior, horizontal, of moderate size. Preorbital bone large, ex- 

 tending nearly to tip of snout. Teeth as iu H. amblops, without grinding 

 surface. Eye large, three iu head. Fins high, the caudal rays long. 

 Head in length four and one-half; depth in length four. Dorsal rays, 

 eight ; anal, eight. Scales, 5-42-4. Color pale, the sides silvery. Bones 

 of the head silvery ; may attain a length of eight inches ; seldom so large. 



Ohio south to Tennessee and west to Nebraska. Falls of the Ohio (5, 

 214) ; Vincennes and Posey County (4, '88,^63) ; Spencer U, '88, 167) ; 

 Logansport (4, '94, 37); Owen County (^^, '93, 91). 



Hybopsis kentuckiensis (Rafinesque). 

 Horny-head. 



Ceratichthys biguttatus, Jordan and Gilbert, 1882, 8, 212 ; Jordan, 1884, 

 24, 617, pi. 229'. 



Body rather heavy. Head large, broad above, its length in that of the 

 body four and one-third times. Snout long. Mouth large, somewhat 

 oblique, terminal, or nearly so, the lower jaw included. Depth of body 

 in its length, four times. Dorsal rays, eight; the fin beginning slightly 

 in front of the ventrals. Anal rays, eight. Caudal peduncle broad. 

 Scales 7-42-6 ; eighteen in front of the dorsal fin. Color dusky above, 

 with tints of reddish ; each scale dark-edged. A dark shoulder stripe, and 

 a dusky lateral band. In the spring the breeding males have the head 

 covered with sharp tubercles ; there is a bright red spot behind each eye 

 and the fins are orange. The length may be as great as ten inches. 



This is a species of wide range, being found from Pennsylvania to Da- 

 kota and south to Alabama. In Indiana it has been taken abundantly 

 in the streams of all parts of the State. Carroll County {S3, '88, 48) ; 

 Franklin County (5, No. 2,6); Monroe County (1, '85, 410) ; White 

 River at Indianapolis (i, '77, 376) ; lakes of Laporte County, St. Joseph's 

 River, Kankakee River, Tippecanoe River (1, '77, 45 ; ^, '88, 154-8) ; 

 Lawrence County (23, '84, 203) ; Logansport (4, '8S, 156) ; Spencer, 

 Eel River in Owen County (4, '88, 167) ; Vigo County (16, 95) ; Wina- 

 imac in Pulaski County; Eel River basin (4, '94, 37). Additional local- 

 ities are given in 24, '93, 91. 



This species is a resident of the smaller streams of the country, ap- 

 parently not requiring such clear and pure waters as do most of the 

 species of Hybopsis. On account of its considerable size it is sometimes 

 caught on hooks and eaten. Dr. Jordan states (2, 1861) that it shows 



