151 



6-39-3. Close toNotropis rubrifrons, but the scales 

 before dorsal smaller, as in N. photogenis. Body elon- 

 gate, compressed; eye large, longer than snout; mouth large, 

 oblique, the jaws subequal, the maxillary reaching to below 

 front of eye; 22 to 25 (rarely 18 to 20) scales before dorsal; 

 lateral line much decurved; dorsal high, placed behind ventrals; 

 pectorals moderate. Translucent green, sides silvery, with 

 sometimes a faint plumbeous band ending in an obscure plum- 

 beous spot. Length 3J inches. Clear streams east of the 

 Alleghanies from the Raritan to the Neuse; abundant; formerly 

 confounded with N. photogenis, of which it may be a 

 variety. (After Jordan and Evermann) 



Eugene Smith 1 says it is perhaps a variety of N. photo- 

 genis (Cope). " Abbott mentions it from the Raritan river, 

 near New Brunswick N. J. 



91 Notropis umbratilis lythrurus Jordan 

 Redfin 



Notropis lythrurus JORDAN, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 476, 1884. 



Hypsttepis diplaemia COPE, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 162. 1867. 



Minnilus diplaemius JORDAN & GILBERT, Bull. 16, U. S. Nat. Mus. 197, 



1883. 

 Luvilus lucidus GIRAKD, Pacific R. R. Surv. Fishes, 282, pi. LX, figs. 9-12, 



1858. 



Notemigonus lucidus JORDAN & GILBERT, op. cit. 249, 1883. 

 Notropis lythrurus MEEK, Ann. N. Y. Ac. Sci. IT, 307, 1888. 

 Notropis umbratilis lythrurus JORDAN & EVERMANN Bull. 47, U. S. Nat. 



Mus. 300, 1896. 



Head four and one fourth; depth four to four and one half; 

 eye three to four. D. 7; A. 11. Scales 9-40 to 52-3; teeth 2, 

 4-4, 2. Body compressed, the caudal peduncle long; head long, 

 conical, rather pointed; mouth large, moderately oblique, the 

 premaxillary on level of pupil, the maxillary reaching to below 

 eye; lower jaw somewhat projecting; eye moderate, about equal 

 to muzzle; scales closly imbricated, crowded anteriorly, about 

 30 before dorsal; dorsal fin high, inserted about midway be- 

 tween ventrals and anal; pectorals not reaching ventrals; 



inn. Soc. N. Y. Proc. 1S97. no. 9, p. 18. 



