l."!() m;\v vouk state museum 



i^ubgeniis phoxims K;ifiiies<iuo 



To Leuciscus margarita (Cope) 



Pearl Miiiuo>r 



cUnostoiiitis mari/u'ita Cope. Cypr. Peun. 377. pi. 13, fig. 1. 1860. 

 Sqiidliiif! iiKirf/aritii.'i .Tokdan & Gilbert, Bull. ic. T'. S. Xat. Miis. 23.j, 



l.s,s;!. 

 I'liD.riiiit-s iiiaiiidriliix Bean, Fishes Peuna. 53, 1893. 

 LciiciscKS iiKinjaritu Gunther. Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus. YII, 2-10. 18(>8; Jordan 



A: EvERMA.x.N. Bull. 47. U. S. Nat. Mus. 241, 1896. 



Miiz/.lc obliisc. iiioiitli oblique. Scarcely attaiiiiuj;- the liiie of 

 tin- anterior margin of (he orbit; head four times in body to 

 base of caudal tin, (mjtuiI to greatest depth; eye three fourths its 

 diameter from end of muzzle, and e(jual 1o ])OStero-inferior mar- 

 gin of operculum. Scales less exposed on anterior than on 

 posterioi- i-egions: ll-58-<S to !. The lateral line is diseon- 

 t iniicd ." to 8 scales anterior to the caudal fin. rharyngeal teeth 

 slender, 2, r)-4, 2. Doisal originating behind origin of ven- 

 (rals. i, S; A. I, 8; V. 8, extending three fourths from its origin 

 to the anus; 1'. 17. reaching two thii'ds wav to ventrals. 



I.iaes 



From origin of caudal to tii-st dorsal ray 12 



From first dorsal ray to hind margin of orbit 9.5 



From first doisal ray to end of muzzle 13.5 



I'rom tirs( anal lay to caudal base 8 



l'r(in end of mnzzic to base of ventrals 12 



Tola I It'Mglh. 2 inches <> lines. 



<'olor;iiion above lioln olive, wilhout dorsal line, but darkei- 

 sliiide at origin of dorsal tin with a minute slaty dusting and a 

 lew lateral speekles of the same. Sides to halfway above the 

 lateral line and ojiercnla plumbeous silvery; below bright crim- 

 ^"" 'i'l iiiidsniiinieii (o lowci- margins of ]ectoral and ventral 

 ''"^- iii'-'liaii line below s( la w-colored. Muzzle blackish; tins un- 



S|lo( led. I A ((ci- ( "((I),-! 



''"'" l"''"l iiiiiiiK.w was snpposed to !.< limited to (lie Snsoue- 

 ''"'"' '''^''' ""' ii^ iiibutai-ies, but it is n(.w known soulliwai'd 

 ' I'" -lames and the head w.iters of (he Kanawha, and has 



