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conspicuous; snout boldly aud abruptly decurved, tlic tip thick- 

 ened, forming a sort of pad; lateral line somewhat decurved. 

 Kows of scales along back converging behind dorsal, where the 

 upper series run out, as in N o t r o p i s c o r n u t u s . Fins 

 rather higher and more falcate than in H. k e n t u c k i e n s i s ; 

 dorsal fin inserted well forward, over ventrals; pectoral fins 

 pointed, not reaching ventrals; ventrals not reaching vent; 

 caudal long, deeply forked. Teeth usually 1, 4-4, 0. hooked, 

 without grinding surface. Translucent greenish above; sides 

 and below brilliantly silvery; cheeks and opercles with a bright 

 silvery luster; fins plain; a slight plumbeous lateral shade; no 

 caudal spot; no red. Length 5 to 10 inches. Lake Erie to 

 Nebraska and eastern Wyoming, Tennessee, and Arkansas; 

 abundant in the larger streams, specially in Iowa. (After Jor- 

 dan and Evermann) 



Kirtland found the lake minnow onlyvin Lake Erie, where it 

 w^as frequently taken with seines in fishing for other species. 

 The U. S. Fish Commission recently added it to the fauna of the 

 Lake Ontario basin, three specimens having been collected in 

 Long pond, Charlotte, Aug. 17, 1894. 



Subgenus nocomis Girard 



9G Hybopsis kentuckiensis (Rafinesque) 



Horned Chub; River Chuh 



Luxilus TcentucUensis Rafikesque. Icbth. Ohien. 48, 1820. 



SemotilMS Mguttatus Kirtland, Bost .Tour. Nat. Hist. Ill, 344, pi. V, fig. 1, 



Leuciscns Mguttatus De Kay, N. Y. Fauna, Fishes, 214 (extralimital), 



1842. 

 CeraticMlnjs Mguttatus Cope, Cypr. Penna. 366, pi. 11, fig. 5, 1866; Gunther. 



Cat. Fisih. Biit. Mus. VII, 178, 1868; Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. 16. 



U. S. Nat. Mus. 212, 1883. ' 



Ccratichthys micropogon Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. 16. U. S. Nat. Mus. 212, 



1883 

 Hybopsis l-cutiickiensis Bean, Fishes Penna. 49, pi. 24, fig. 40, 1S93; Jordan 

 & Evermann, Bull. 47, U. S. Nat. Mus. 322, 1896. 



Body stout and rather short, its greatest depth nearly equal 



to length of head and one fourth of total length without caudal ; 



snout long and obtuse, its length rather more than one third 



