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437. NOTROPIS MACROSTOMUS (Girard). 



Head 4; depth 4i. D. 8; A. 9; lateral line 36; teeth 1, 4-4, 1. Body 

 slender, the form approaching that of N. atherinoides. Head moderate. 

 Mouth rather larger than in related species, oblique, the maxillary reach- 

 ing front of eye. Eye large. Lateral line somewhat decurved. Dorsal 

 behind ventrals. Brownish above ; cheeks and sides bright silvery. Rio 

 Grande region, northward to Kansas, if umbrifer is the same species. 

 (//a/cp6f, wide; <rro//a, mouth.) 



Cyprinella macrostoma, GIRARD, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1856, 198, Devil River, Texas. 



(Type, No. 129. Coll. Clark.) 



f Cyprinella luxoides, GIKARD, Z. c., 198, San Pedro Creek, Texas. (Coll. Kennerly.) 

 fCyprinella lugubris, GIRARD, 1. c., 199, locality unknown. (Coll. Beckwith.) 

 fNotropis umbrifer, HAY, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus.,1887, 245, Solomon River at Beloit, and Saline 



River near Wa Keeney, Kansas. (Coll. Hay.) 



438. NOTROPIS TEXANUS (Girard). 



Head 4; depth 4; eye 3 in head. I). 8; A. 8; scales 5-35-4, 15 before 

 dorsal. Body rather slender; snout bluntish ; mouth nearly horizontal, 

 the lower jaw slightly projecting. Lateral line nearly straight. Fins 

 moderate. Eye slightly longer than snout, equal to maxillary. Silvery, 

 dark points along lateral line ; a small jet-black caudal spot slightly 

 larger than pupil ; a row of dark points along base of anal. Length 2 

 inches. Rivers of Texas from the Trinity to the Salado. 



Cyprinetta texana, GIRARD, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 185G, 198, Rio Salado and Turkey 

 Creek, Texas. (Type, No. 182 (2710). Coll. Clark); MEEK, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1885, 

 124. 



Folropis texanus, JORDAN & GILBERT, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1886, 17. 



439. NOTROPIS NOTATUS (Girard). 



Head 4 ; depth 3f ; eye %. D. 8 ; A. 7 ; scales 5-35-3. Body stoutish; 

 the caudal peduncle slender. Eye moderate; snout bluntish. Mouth 

 small, oblique, the maxillary not reaching to the eye. Ventrals in advance 

 of dorsal. Fins moderate. Coloration plain in spirits, except the black 

 caudal spot; sides silvery. Streams of Texas, from Austin westward. 

 Allied to N. venustus, but the scales larger, and the caudal spot faint and 

 veiled by the scales, (notatus, spotted.) 



Oyprinella notata, GIRARD, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1856, 198, Rio Seco. Texas ; and Pac. 



R.R.Surv.,x, 269, 1858. (Type, No. 136. Coll. Kennerly.) 

 Cliola notata, JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 177, 1883. 



440. NOTROPIS YENUSTUS (Girard). 



Head 4 ; depth 3f ; eye large, 3| ; snout 4. D. 7 ; A. 8 ; scales 5-31-3, 

 15 before dorsal ; teeth 4-4. Body rather slender. Head long and rather 

 pointed. Mouth oblique, the maxillary reaching front of eye; jaws sub- 

 equal. Fins moderate ; the dorsal behind ventrals. Coloration brownish 

 above; sides silvery; a round black spot as large as eye at base of caudal. 

 Rio Sabinal, Texas. Allied to N. cercostigma, but with larger scales; com- 

 pared with N. notatus, the eye is smaller, the mouth more oblique, the 

 snout more pointed and the caudal spot more distinct in N. venustus. 

 (venustus, beautiful, like Venus.) 



