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Subgenus CLINOSTOMUS. 



Red-sided Shiner. ( Liuciscus elongalus. ) 



{2z) Red-sided Shiner. 



(Leuciscus elongatus.) 



Body elongate, fusiform with long and slender caudal peduncle ; head 

 large, with long pointed snout. Mouth wide, with projecting lower jaw. 

 Caudal large and deeply forked. The lateral line is abruptly decurved 

 over the front half of the pectoral. 



D. III., 7; A. III., 7; v., 8; P., 14. Teeth, 2, 5-5, 2, hooked, some 

 of them with a narrow grinding surface. Colour, dusky bluish, somewhat 

 mottled ; a broad black lateral band, the front half of which is bright crim- 

 son in spring males and which Is persistent in most specimens through the 

 summer. 



A very abundant species found in most streams in southern and 

 central Ontario. One of the handsomest of our creek fish. 



Genus ABRAMIS. (Bream.) 



Body subelliptic ; strongly compressed, both back and belly cur\ ed ; 

 back narrowly compressed, almost carinated ; belly behind ventral fins 

 forming a keel over which the scales do not pass. Head small, conic; 

 mouth small, oblique or horizontal, without barbels; scales rather large; 

 lateral line continuous, strongly decurved ; dorsal fin inserted behind the 

 ventrals; anal fin with its base more or less elongate ; teeth 5-5, hooked, 

 with grinding surface, the edges more or less crenate or serrate; aliment- 

 ary canal short, though rather longer than the body. 



Subgenus NOTEMIGONUS. 



(34) Butterfish. Golden Shiner. 



(Abramis crysoleucas.) 



Body somewhat elongate, much compressed; head short, low, com- 

 pressed, mouth small, oblique, the maxillary not reaching eye; lateral line 

 much decurved. The dorsal fin higher than long, situated on middle of 

 body. Caudal forked. Scales, 10-53-3. Teeth, 5-5, hooked and with 

 grinding surface. 



D., 8; A., 13. 



