8-1 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY III. 



Table showing the Distribution of the Species in the Different River-Basins Continued. 



* Zyrjoneites atrilatufi, sp. nov. A sbort, thick-j-et species, reiAtod \oZ.melanops Cope. Body short 

 and stont, compressed, especially posteriorly, the depth about 4 times in tbe length to base of caudal. 

 Head moderate, 3f times in length, moderately broad and flattened above, the month of tbe ordinary 

 sort. Dorsal fin well back, modeiutely high, of about 8 rays; anal larger than tbe dorsal, with seven 

 rays: ventral fioa quite small, not reaching quite to the anal: pectoral fins small: caudal fin rounded, 

 of the usual form: scales large, in about 30 transverse sei-ies. 



Coloration dull olive ; no stripes nor bars : scales slightly dark-edged : each side with a large jet-black 

 blotch on the sides of the body just above and somewhat in front of the vent: dorsal and anal fins 

 speckled. 



Numerous specimens, 1 to 1| inches in length, nearly all females, distended with spawn. In all, tbe 

 black side-blotch is very distinct. They were taken by Messrs. Brayton and Gilbert, in the Nense 

 River, near Goldsboro', with loa vitrea, Noturus eleutherits, Achirus lineatus, and other interesting 

 species. 



