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79. Hybopsis meeki Jordan & Evermann. 



Ceratichthys gelidus Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 216, 1883; in part. 



Hybopsis gelidus Jordan & Meek, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1885, 10; branches of 

 Missouri River, Graham, 1885; Missouri River at Sioux City, Meek, 1892. 



Hybopsis meeki Jordan & Evermann, Fishes North and Middle America, Part 1, 

 317, 1896. Type locality : Missouri River, St. Joseph, Mo. 



Head 4; depth 5£; D. 8; A. 8; lateral line 44. Body very slender, not 

 elevated. Snout long, thick, blunt, overhanging the rather large mouth. 

 Barbel as long as eye. Head slender and elongate. Eye small, rather high, 

 4£ in head. Mouth small, subterminal, the maxillary not extending to the 

 eye. Fins all large; pectoral as long as head; caudal deeply forked. Lat- 

 eral line decurved, scales rather large. Coloration silvery, unspotted; a 

 dusky lateral streak ending in a blackish spot at base of caudal ; lower lobe 

 of caudal abruptly black, edged below with white. Male with the nuptial 

 tubercles excessively developed, covering most of body. Length, 2 inches. 

 Missouri River at St. Joseph in river channel. A curious little fish, hitherto 

 confounded with H. gelidus. (Named for Dr. Seth Eugene Meek.) 



80. Hybopsis montanus Meek. Upper Missouri region (type, Meek, 1884). The 



exact locality from which these specimens came is not known. They are 

 three in number (Nos. 36882, U. S. Nat. Mus.) and are said to have been col- 

 lected by Dr. F. V. Hayden. 



81. Hybopsis dissimilis (Kirtland). Gasconade River, Arlington, Mo.; Little 



Piney River at Newburg and Arlington, Mo. (Meek, 1891). 



82. Hybopsis storerianus (Kirtland). Grand River at Clinton, Mo., and Tabo 



Creek at Calhoun, Mo. (Jordan & Meek, 1885); Osage River and branches 

 (Graham, 1885) ; Floyd River at Sioux City and Elkhorn River at Fremont 

 (Meek, 1894); Mud Creek, Ravenna; Elkhorn River, Norfolk Junction; 

 Platte River, Grand Island; Wood Creek, Grand Island. Very abundant at 

 Ravenna, where 35 large specimens, 5 to 6 inches long, were obtained. 



83. Hybopsis kentuckiensis (Rafinesque). Hirer Chub. Sweetwater River (as 



Nocomis nebracensis type, Girard, 1856 and 1858) ; Kansas River near Fort 

 Riley (as Ceratichthys eyclotis, Cope, 1865) ; Hundred aud Two River at Bed- 

 ford, Iowa, and Maryville, Mo. ; Blackwater Creek, Brownsville, Saline 

 County, Mo. ; Flat Creek, Sedalia, Mo. (as H. biguttatus, Jordan & Meek, 

 1885); Mill Creek and Fort Riley, Kans. (Cragin, 1885a); very common in 

 Kansas (as H. biguttatus, Graham, 1885) ; Mill Creek, Alma, Kans. (as H. 

 biguttatus, Gilbert, 1885); Mission and Blacksmith creeks, Shawnee County, 

 Kans. (as H. biguttatus, Gilbert, 1887) ; Smoky Hill River, Wallace, Kans. 

 (as H. biguttatus, Hay, 1887) ; Osage River, La Cygne, Kans. (as H. biguttatus, 

 Gilbert, 1889) ; Big Piney River, Cabool, Mo. ; Little Piney River at Arlington 

 and Newburg, Mo. ; Jones Creek, Dixon, Mo. ; Gasconade River, Arlington, 

 ' Mo. ; Lock Fork, Mansfield, Mo. ; Osage River, Marshfield, Mo. ; Marais 

 River, Dixon, Mo. ; Niangua River, Marshfield, Mo. ; Sac River, Springfield, 

 Mo. (Meek, 1891) ; Big Sioux River at Sioux Falls (Meek, 1892) ; Elkhorn 

 River at Fremont (Meek, 1894) ; Dakota River and Pipestem Creek at James- 

 town (Woolman, 1896). 



84. Couesius dissimilis (Girard). Milk and Little Muddy rivers (as Leucosomus 



dissimilis type, Girard, 1856 and 1858) ; Poplar River, Poplar, Mont. (Eigen- 

 mann, 1894). Numerous specimens of this species were obtained by us as 

 follows: Minnechaduza Creek, Valentine; Schlegel Creek, Valentine; Crow 

 Creek, Chamberlain ; Long Pine Creek, Long Pine ; Beaver Creek, Buffalo 

 Gap; Rapid Creek, Rapid City; creek at Hill City; creek at Custer; Big 

 Goose Creek, Sheridan ; south fork of Tongue River, Sheridan. 



All of the streams in which it was found are clear and cold, and it probably 

 does not occur in any of the warmer alkaline streams in the eastern and 



