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reaching to beyond front of orbit, 2* in head; upper lip on level of mid- 

 dle of pupil. Fins moderate ; dorsal well backward, much nearer caudal 

 than snout, somewhat behind ventrals ; pectorals long, 1 in head. Scales 

 very small, almost embedded in the skin, covering the body evenly. Lat- 

 eral line decurved, very short, not extending to ventrals. Back and belly 

 scaly. Color pale or dark ; back plain dusky ; a black band through snout 

 and eye to caudal ; above this a pale band; below this abruptly white; 

 belly and lower fins crimson in spring males ; pectorals dusky ; no caudal 

 spot. Length 3 inches. Mississippi Valley and neighboring waters; not 

 common; the few specimens known, from Livingston County, Michigan; 

 Baraboo Hirer, Wisconsin; White River, Arkansas; and the Black Hills 

 of South Dakota, (Cox Lake, Chicken Creek, etc), (vtof, new; yy, world; 

 the species is closely allied to the European Leuciscus phoxinus.) 



Phoxinus neogseus, COPE, Cypr. Perm., 375, 1866, New Hudson, Livingston County, Mich- 



igan; JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 243, 1883. 

 Leuciscus neogseus, GUNTHER, Cat., vn, 247, 1868; EVREMANN & Cox, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., xv, 



1895. 



380. LEUCISCUS MARGARITA (Cope). 



Head 4; depth 4. D. 8; A. 9; scales 11-52 to 58-8; teeth 2,5-4,2. 

 Body stout and thick, little compressed, the back somewhat elevated. 

 Caudal peduncle thick. Head blunt, thick, and rounded. Mouth small, 

 terminal, oblique, the upper lip below the orbit ; eye rather large; scales 

 rather small. Lateral line decurved, more or less incomplete, the pores 

 usually ceasing behind middle of body. Fins rather large. Dorsal fin 

 posterior. Coloration above dusky olive, dusted with dark specks; sides 

 plumbeous silvery, forming a narrow streak on tail; belly white, crimson 

 in spring males ; snout dusky ; fins plain ; scales punctate. Length 3 

 inches. Susquehanna River to James River ; not common ; also taken 

 in the head waters of the Kanawha. A handsome little fish, quite unlike 

 most other American species, resembling most Leuciscus neogwus. (mar- 

 garita, /napyapirr}^, a pearl.) 



Clinostomus margarita, COPE, Cypr. Penn., 377, 1866, Conestoga River, Lancaster, Penn- 



sylvania. 

 Phoxinus margaritus,* var., JORDAN, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., vin, 1888, 141, Reed Creek, 



Wytheville, Virginia. (Coll. Jordan, Evermann & Jenkins.) 

 Leuciscus margarita, GUNTHER, Cat., vu, 246, 1868. 

 Squalius margaritus, JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 235, 1883. 



381. LEUCISCUS ORCUTTI (Eigenmann & Eigenmann). 



Head 3| to 4 ; depth 3 to 4 ; eye moderate, 4* in adult, H in interorb- 

 ital width. D. 8 ; A. 7 ; scales 58 ; teeth 2, 5-4, 1 ; hooked, their tips black 

 in the adult. Body moderately compressed ; head subconical ; maxillary 

 scarcely reaching front of eye. Lateral line little decurved, more or less 



* These specimens seem to belong to L. margarita, but they have the scales larger, 52 to 54 in 

 lateral line, 28 before dorsal. Mouth very small, anterior; dorsal quite low, inserted behind 

 ventrals. Color dark ; a very distinct caudal spot, and a well-defined black lateral band. Head 

 4^; depth 4%. Length 2 inches. Reed Creek, head waters of Kanawha River, Wytheville, Vir- 

 ginia. 



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