Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 265 



mouth rather large, oblique; snout little pointed; maxillary reaching 

 slightly past front of orbit, its length about 3ft in head; lower jaw shorter 

 than upper, included; origin of dorsal slightly nearer tip of snout than 

 base of caudal ; about 12 scales in front of dorsal ; tips of dorsal rays all 

 coterminous when the fin is deflexed; length of longest ray \\ in head; 

 base of fin scarcely 2 in head ; anal similar to dorsal, its longest ray 2 in 

 head ; base 3 ; pectorals reaching f distance to ventrals, If in head ; ven- 

 trals reaching # distance to anal, If- in head; teeth 4-4, little hooked. 

 Color brownish, a faint silvery band along sides, little wider than eye, a 

 very small faint dark spot at base of caudal; fins all plain. Tributaries 

 of Rio San Juan, at Cadereita, a^ndNuevo Leon. Allied to N. blennim, but 

 differing in the larger, more oblique mouth. (Named for Dr. Alembert 

 Winthrop Brayton, of Indianapolis, with pleasant memories of our explor- 

 ations in Georgia and the Carolinas in 1877 and 1878.) 



Montana nitida, GIRARD, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila.,1856, 21, Cadereita, Mexico. (Type, No. 

 39657. Coll. Couch.) (Not Alburnus nitidus, KIRTLAND, also a Notropis.) 



416. NOTROPIS SPECTRUNCTJLUS (Cope). 



Head 4 ; depth 5 ; eye 3. D. 8; A. 9; lateral line 37 ; teeth 4-4. Body 

 elongate. Head large, rather flat, nearly as broad as deep. Muzzle thick. 

 Mouth slightly oblique, maxillary reaching eye ; 15 rows of scales in front 

 of dorsal. Pale olive, silvery white below ; a leaden band along the sides 

 and a conspicuous black spot at base of caudal; head dusky ; margins of 

 scales above lateral line, as well as bases of dorsal and anal fins, blackish; 

 pectorals, ventrals, dorsal, and anal more or less orange in life ; no red on 

 snout. Length 3 inches. Head waters of Tennessee River, in Tennessee, 

 Virginia, and North Carolina ; abundant in cold mountain streams and 

 springs. A well-marked species. (Diminutive of spectrum, an image.) 



Hybopsis spectnmculus, COPE, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1868, 231, Bear Creek, tributary of 



Middle Fork of Holston River. (Coll. Cope.) 

 Cliola speclnmcula, JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 166, 1883. 



417. NOTROPIS OZARCANTJS, Meek. 



Head 44; depth 64; eye 3. D.7;A.8; scales36; teeth 4-4, hooked, with 

 narrow grinding surface, their edges crenate. Allied to N. spectrunculus, 

 but with slenderer body and head. Body little compressed. Month 

 small, little oblique, maxillary not quite to eye; lips very thin ; preorbital 

 large ; pectoral short. Olivaceous, sides with dark dots forming a faint 

 lateral band. White River, Arkansas, in the Ozark Mountains. 



Notropis ozarcanus, MEEK, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., ix, 1889 (1891), 129, North Fork of White 

 River, Arkansas. (Coll. Meek & Drew.) 



418. NOTROPIS CHIHUAHUA, Woolman. 



Head 4 ; depth 4 ; eye large, 3| in head, slightly longer than snout. 

 D.8; A. 7; scales 33 to 37; teeth 4-4, hooked, with very narrow grind- 

 ing surface. Body rather plump, little compressed, the back little elevated ; 

 head large; snout blunt; mouth slightly oblique, the maxillary scarcely 



