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eye; lateral line complete, evenly and gently decurved to above origin 

 of anal ; a conspicuous black spot at base of middle caudal rays ; a 

 silvery lateral band, its dorsal margin distinct. Manitoba; common; 

 obtained at Winnipeg, Brandon, Fort Qu 'Appelle and Medicine Hat. 

 (Eigenmann & Eigeumann.) (scopa, broom ; fero, I bear.) 



Notropis scopiferus, EIGENMANN & EIGENMANN, Amer. Nat., February, 1893, 153, 'Winnipeg. 

 481. NOTROPIS TELESCOPUS (Cope). 



Head 4J; depth 4f to 5$; eye very large, longer than muzzle, 2f in 

 head. D. 8 ; A. 10 ; scales 5-38-3. Body elongate, not much compressed; 

 snout short, sharp ; 13 scales before dorsal ; dorsal fin inserted about mid- 

 way between snout and base of caudal, a little behind ventrals. Mouth 

 very oblique; mandible not projecting. Color pale greenish; the dorsal 

 scales extensively dark-edged, the two uppermost rows of scales running 

 into outline of back. Length 4 inches. Tennessee River ; in cold moun- 

 tain streams, very abundant ; with N. leuciodus, making the bulk of the 

 small minnows in the Holston River. (r^tcr/coTrof, far-seeing.) 



Photogenis telescopus, COPE, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1867, 165, Holston River, Virginia. 



(Coll. Cope.) 



Leuciscus telescopus, QUNTHER, Cat., vn, 252, 1868. 

 Minnilus telescopus, JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 201, 1883. 



Represented in the Ozark region by 



481a. NOTROPIS TELESCOPUS ARCANSANUS, Meek. 



Head 4| ; depth 5 to 5i ; scales 5-35 to 38-3, 15 before dorsal. A. 10 or 

 11. Eye 2| in head, the pointed snout 3. Smaller than the eastern form 

 and darker, the dorsal farther back, midway between nostril and base of 

 caudal; slightly behind ventrals. White River and Little Red River, 

 Arkansas. 



Notropis telescopus arcansanus, MEEK, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., ix, 1889, (1891), 133, White River, 

 Eureka Springs, Arkansas ; Mammoth Springs, Arkansas. (Coll. Meek & Drew.) 



482. NOTROPIS SOCIUS (Girard). 



Head 4; depth 4&; eye 3. D. 8; A. 10. Lateral line 33. Allied to 

 Notropis swaini, but deeper; the eye smaller, maxillary past front of eye; 

 lower jaw longest. Silvery, the sides without dark dots ; fins plain. 

 Live Oak Creek, southwestern Texas, (socius, social.) 



Albunius socius, GIRARD, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1856, 193, Live Oak Creek, Texas. (Type, 

 No. 70. Coll. Pope.) 



483. NOTROPIS NOTEMIGONOIDES, Evermann. 



Head 4 to 4J; depth 4 to 4. D. 8; A. 10 or 11 ; scales 10-41-3, 29 

 before dorsal; teeth 2, 4-4, 2, hooked, crenate, with moderate grinding sur- 

 face. Body slender, greatly compressed, the back somewhat elevated, 

 the form much as in Abramis (Notemigonus) crysoleucas', snout pointed, 

 equal to eye, which is 3i to 3i in head; caudal peduncle long. Fins 

 moderate; dorsal well behind ventrals; anal long; pectorals falcate, not 

 reaching ventrals. Yellowish, silvery below; upper parts dusted with 



