352 Fishes of Upper Georgia. 



NOTURUS. 



Noturus Rafinesque, Am. Monthly Mag., 1818, 41. (Type N. flavus 

 Raf.) 



Schilbeodes "Bleeker, Act. Soc. Sc, Indo-Nederl, 4, 258 " (Type 

 S. gyrinus Mitchill.) 



88. NOTURUS LEPTACANTHUS. Sp. nov. 



Head small, 4 in length, without furrow above, long and narrow, nearly 

 as wide across the snout as behind the eyes ; width of head 5£ in length, 

 without caudal, less than the width of the body ; upper jaw much the 

 longer; eye 6 in head; barbels very short, the longest shorter than head. 

 Premaxillary band of teeth without lateral processes. 



Body slender, elongate, compressed behind ; the belly full ; depth 5£ in 

 length. 



Dorsal fin beginning one-third the distance from snout to caudal, mid- 

 way between snout and middle of anal; dorsal and pectorals very small 

 and short, their spines extremely weak and slender, not one-fourth the 

 length of the head. Caudal fin rounded, continuous with the adipose fin. 



Fin rays. D., I, 6. P., I, 8. A., 14. 



Color pale reddish yellow, slightly blotched. 



Habitat. Silver Creek, — a single specimen taken a mile 

 above its junction with the Etowah. 



The species of this genus have not been well described 

 and it is not easy to present a comparative table of their 

 characters. This species seems to differ from all the others 

 in the small and narrow head, and particularly in the very 

 small and slender dorsal and pectoral spines which are devoid 

 of internal serratures. 



ANGUILLID-ffi. 



ANGUILLA. 



Anguilla "Thunbekg, Nouv. Mem. Stock., 179." (Type 3furcena an- 

 guilla L. = A. vulgaris). 



39. ANGUILLA VULGARIS Fleming (Dareste). 



The Common Eel occurs in the Etowah and Oostanaula. 

 The only specimens which we caught were less than half an 

 inch long, and they escaped through the cover of the live- 

 pail. The synonymy of this species will be presented else- 

 where. 



