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30. NOTOTROPIS STILBIUS. Sp. nov. 



?Alburnus amabilis Girard, Proc. Phil. Ac. Sc, 1856, 193. 



? Alburnellus amabilis Girard, Mex. Bound. Surv., 1859, 51. Cope, 

 Proc. Am. Phil. Soc, 1870, 464. 

 ? Alburmts megalops Girard, 1. c. 



? Alburnellus megalops Girard, 1. c. Cope, 1. c. 

 ? Alburnus socius Girard, 1. c. 



? Alburnellus socius Girard, 1. c. 



I refer to this species a small minnow from the water 

 basin of the Etowah. My specimens show the following 

 characters : — 



Head rather long, moderately pointed, about 4i in length, with a large 

 oblique mouth, the maxillary reaching to the eye. Eye very large, white, 

 about 3 in head, greater than interorbital width, or length of snout. Body 

 slender, the depth about 5 in length. Lateral line, 37 ; 16 scales before the 

 dorsal. D., I, 8; A., I, 10. Fins rather high, the ventrals reaching to the 

 last rays of dorsal. 



Color pale silvery green, with black points; sides and cheeks with a 

 broad silvery band ; belly pale. A vague dusky blotch at base of caudal, 

 quite distinct in some specimens. 



Teeth in two examined, 2, 4-4, 1. 



This speeies resembles N. photogenis (P. leucops Cope) more than do 

 most of the species. The large size of the eye, and the position of the 

 dorsal, which is less posterior than in rubellus, etc., are characteristic. 



Habitat. Small tributaries of the Etowah, Oostananla 

 and Coosa Rivers ; abundant. Known locally as " Roach." 

 This is nearest the description of amabilis in form and color- 

 ation, but it has the large eye of megalops. If amabilis, 

 megalops, and socius are unlike, there is nothing in the de- 

 scriptions to show it. Since the above was in press, I have 

 examined the types of Girard above cited. This is not like 

 any of them and I therefore propose to call this species 

 stilbius, in allusion to its bright Avhite lustre. 



NOTEMIGONUS. 



< Abramis Cuvier, "Regne Animal, II, 1817." (Type Cyprinus brama 

 L., Europe.) 



