284 FISHES. 



13. ///?0S0Aft/$, Rafinesque. RED - BELLIED MINNOWS. 



1. C. pyrrhogaster, Jordan. CHKOSOMUS. RED-BELLIED 

 DACE. Brownish olive, with black spots on the back, a 

 black or brown band from above the eye, straight to the 

 tail; another below, running through eye, decurved along 

 the lateral line; belly and space between bands bright 

 silvery, brilliant scarlet red in spring males, as are the 

 bases of the vertical fins; a dark vertebral line; females 

 obscurely marked; D. 1,8; A. 1,9; lat.l. 80 to 90. Penn. 

 to Wis. and S., abundant in small streams; one of the 

 most beautiful of our fishes. [C. erythrog aster ^ (Kirt.) 

 Ag., not of Raf.] 



2. C. erythrog aster, Raf. KENTUCKY RED -BELLY. 

 Similar but even more brilliant; a dark band through 

 eye to base of anal; another from the middle of the 

 body to caudal; above this, back with distinct cross-bars 

 and spots; belly silvery or crimson; fins orange and 

 yellow; lat. 1. 67. Ky. to Va. and N. C. (C. oreas, 

 Cope.) 



3. C. eos, Cope. Lateral bands confluent on caudal 

 peduncle; teeth 5-5; lat.l. 75. Susquehanna R. 



14. PHOXINUS, Rafinesque (1820!). EUROPEAN MIN- 



NOWS. 



1. P. neogceus, Cope. NEW WORLD MINNOW. Black- 

 ish above, a broad black lateral band through eye, 

 becoming a spot on the tail; belly white; fins dusky; 

 head large, 3^ in length; depth rather less; mouth large, 

 oblique; eye large; D. I, 7; A. I, 7; L. 3. Southern Mich. 

 (Cope)] Baraboo R., Wis. (Eundy]\ a curious fish, related 

 to the Minnow of Europe (P. Icevis, Ag.) 



