. cvm. 293 



orange above; lateral band, chin and snout largely ver- 

 milion; sides red or yellowish. Tennessee and Savan- 

 nah Rivers. Abundant in the clear mountain streams 

 and below waterfalls. Several other similar brilliantly 

 colored species occur farther south. 



7. LUXILUS, Rafinesque. SHINERS. 



(=Hypsilepis, Baird.) 

 (=-Plargyrus, Girard.) 



Teeth 2, 4 4, 2 ; fins with red pigment, but no white. (Luxilus.*) 

 f Dorsal over ventrals ; body deep, with very high scales. 



1. L cornutus, (Mitch.) Jordan. COMMON SHINER. 

 RED - FINNED SHINER. ROUGH - HEAD. RED - FIN. 

 Adult deep steel blue or olivaceous above, with golden 

 vertebral and lateral bands, very conspicuous in life ; 

 sides silvery, rosy in males in spring; fins plain oliva- 

 ceous or somewhat dusky, becoming crimson in spring; 

 young olivaceous and silvery, not closely resembling the 

 adult ; depth 3 to 5 in length, greater than length of 

 head in adults; head large; mouth moderately oblique, 

 the lower jaw not projecting; lateral line much decurved; 

 D. I, 8; A. I, 9; lat. 1. 40 to 45; L. 6. U. S. from Maine 

 to the Rocky Mountains > every where abundant, and 

 extremely variable. The adults may be known at once 

 by the high and narrow exposed surfaces of the scales; 

 the young often need close attention. (Plargyrus typi- 

 cus, Grd.; L. chrysocephalus, Raf.; L. diplemiiis and 

 plargyrus, Kirt.; Leuciscusfrontalis,A.g.) a stout variety 

 from the Great Lakes.) 



2. L. selsne, Jor. SILVER SHINER. Smaller and 

 much more elongate, depth 4-^ in length; head short and 

 stout, about the same; eye 3 in head, very large; lateral 

 line little decurved; scales large, much less narrowed 



