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4. G. funduloides, (Grd.) Cope. ROSY DACE. A light 

 and a dark lateral band; snout pointed; mandible shorter 

 than in the preceding, less compressed; eye larger, 3 in 

 head; depth 5 in length; head 4J; D. I, 9; A. I, 8; lat. 1. 

 48. Streams about Chesapeake Bay and S. 



5. G. vandoisula, (Val.) Jor. Body deeper, depth= 

 length of head, 3f in body; eye rather small, 3 in head; 

 no dark lateral band; sides rosy, fins orange; D. I, 9; 

 A. I, 8; lat. 1. 53. Virginia to South Carolina. (C. 

 affinis, Grd. C. carolinus, Grd.) 



14. NOTEMIGONUS, Rafinesque. GOLDEN SHINERS. 

 = Stilbe, DeKay (preoccupied in Botany.) 

 = Stilbius, Gill (substitute for Stilbe.) 

 = Luxilus, Girard (not of Raf.) 

 = Leucosomus, Storer (not of Heckel.) 

 = Plargyrus, Putnam (not of Raf.) 

 < Abramis, Cuvier (a closely related European genus.) 



1. N. chrysoleucus, (Mitch.) Jordan. SHINER. STILBE. 

 BREAM. Body much compressed; abdomen trenchant; 

 head small, about 4 in length; depth 3 (2-j- to 4); lateral 

 line much decurved; scales small on the back, much 

 larger below; dark steel blue or green above, sides 

 silvery or golden, every where with brilliant reflections, 

 green, yellow, and red; young specimens paler, looking 

 like young Luxili, but the adults are among the largest 

 in the family and bear a strong resemblance to Shad, a 

 circumstance which has misled many observers, and 

 among them Rafinesque; D. I, 7; A. I, 14.; lat. 1. 45 to 

 50. New England to Minnesota and S.; abundant in 

 bayous, ponds, and weedy streams; this species is much 

 more tenacious of life than is any other of our Cypri- 

 f 10 ids. [W. auratus, Raf. $. chrysoleuca, ( Mitch. ) 

 DeK. A. versicolor, DeK.] 



