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Genus XENISMA Jordan. 

 21. XENISMA STELLIFERUM Jordan. 



Xenisma stellifera JORDAN (1877), Aun. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y. 322. 



This most exquisitely colored fish is very abundant in all the clear 

 tributaries of the Etowah, Oostanaula, and Coosa. It prefers cold 

 waters, and ascends the " spring-runs" to their fountain-heads. 



Genus ZYGONECTES Agassis. 

 22. ZYGONECTES NOTTII Agassiz. 



Many specimens in the Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences 

 of Philadelphia, from near Mobile. This and the next belong to the 

 group of short bodied species called Micristius by Professor Gill. 



23. ZYGONECTES GUTTATUS Agassiz. 

 Eecorded by Professor Agassiz from near Mobile. 



24. ZYGONECTES HIEROGLYPHICUS Agassiz. 



Eecorded by Professor Agassiz from near Mobile. We have never 

 seen either this or the preceding, and doubt if any one will ever recog- 

 nize them from the published descriptions. 



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Genus ESOX Linnceus. 

 25. Esox RETICULATUS Le Sueur. 

 Abundant in tributaries of the Etowab. 



26. Esox RAVENELI HolbrooJc. 



A few specimens in the United States National Museum from the 

 Alabama Eiver. 



HYODONTKME. 



Genus HTODON Le Sueur. 

 27. HYODON SELENOPS Jordan & Bean. 



Hijodon selenops JORDAN & BEAN (1877), Bulletin U. S. Nat. Mus. x. 65. 



A single specimen in the National Museum from the Alabama Eiver 

 at Montgomery. 



