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is marked by pretty regular lines of dark olive green spots" along the 

 series of scales. The lower fins are usually more or less red, and the 

 black, yellow, and white coloration of the caudal fin, so conspicuous ii? 

 young specimens of the Northern form in the Western States, at least 

 is uot noticeable in the Southern variety. 



This species is abundant in the tributaries of the Savannah, where it 

 is known as the u Trout". 



Genus XENOTIS Jordan. 

 3. XENOTIS SANGUINOLENTUS (Agassiz) Jordan. 



JORDAN (1877), Aun. Lye. Nat. Hist. 318. 



A single specimen, of this beautiful fish is in the National Museum 

 from Augusta, Ga. It is identical with my specimens from the Etowah, 

 mentioned in the paper above cited, but it is possibly not the species 

 to which Agassiz gave the name of sanguinolentus. The species of the 

 genus Xenotis are extremely difficult either to define or to recognize. 



CYPRINODONTID^]. 



Genus ZYGONECTES Agassiz. 



4. ZYGONECTES NOTTII Agassiz. 



A ** Zygonectes guttatus " is recorded by Professor Agassiz from the 

 Savannah near Augusta. Professor Putnam informs me, from the ex- 

 amination of the type-specimens, that the species is identical with Z. 

 nottii Ag. 



BALMONIDJ3. 



Genus SALVELINUS Richardson. 

 5. SALVELINUS FONTINALIS (Mitch.) Gill & Jor. 

 The common Brook Trout is very abundant in the clear tributaries of 

 the Chatuga and Toxaway Rivers, at the foot of the Blue Eidge. This 

 is very near the southern limit of the species, although it is said to occur 

 in certain tributaries of the Upper Chattahoochee, farther west. 



CYPEINID^. 



Genus LUXILUS Eafinesque. 

 6. LUXILUS COCCOGENIS (Cope] Jordan. 



This beautiful species is common in the Tugaloo. The numerous 

 specimens were all pale, and showed only traces of the distinctive red 

 markings. 



