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11. H. fl/umbeo/uSf Cope. LEAD -COLORED MINNOW. 

 Uniform leaden silvery; body compressed; lower jaw 

 projecting; A. I, 9. Great Lakes. 



12. H. regius, (Girard) Cope. SILVERY MINNOW. 

 Much elongated, compressed; uniform silvery; D. I, 10; 

 A. I, 9; lat. 1. 38. Potomac R. 



13. H. rubricroceus, Cope. RED -BANDED MINNOW. 

 A red lateral band and red touches on head; belly yel- 

 low; A. I, 9; lat. 1. 38. Upper Tennessee; a brightly 

 colored species. 



bbb. Lateral line 42 to 45 ; colors dull. 



14. H. hcematurus, Cope. RED -TAILED MINNOW. A 

 black spot on dorsal and at base of caudal; dusky; tail 

 brick-red; A. I, 7. Tributaries of Lake Michigan. 



12. HEMITREMIA, Cope. HEMITREMES. 



1. H. vittata, Cope. SOUTHERN HEMITREMIA. Dusky; 

 a black lateral band, and above this several paler and 

 smaller ones, the upper running into the dorsal line; fins 

 small; depth 4 in length; head 4^; D. I, 8; A. I, 7; 

 lat. 1. 34; L. 2. Head waters of Tennessee and Cumber- 

 land Rivers. (Description from Kentucky specimens.) 



2. H. heierodon, Cope. NORTHERN HEMITREMIA. 

 Head depth, about 4 in length; snout flat, rather 

 pointed; back compressed, elevated ; olive, a dusky 

 lateral shade; D. I, 8; A. I, 8; lat. 1. 35. Mich., Wis. 



3. H. bifrenata, Cope. EASTERN HEMITREMIA. Head 



= depth, 4-J- in length; snout blunt; olive, a burnished, 

 jet-black lateral band of a deeper color than in any 

 other small minnow; D. I, 8"; A. I, 7; lat. 1. 36. Mass. 

 to Md., abundant. 



