Jordan and Ever mann. Fishes of North America. 293 



black; spots on anterior part of sides so arranged as to form about 16 

 obtuse angles fitting into each other, the angles opening forward, thus, 

 ^>>. these markings on alternate scales; tip of lower jaw with dark 

 specks; fins pale, dusted with dark specks. Rio Neches, near Palestine, 

 Texas, and streams about Houston. (Notemigonus; etdoc, likeness.) 



AWwjuf )ili'iiij<nii)i<h's, EHRMANN, Bull. U. S. FiBh Comm., xr, 1891, (May 25, 1892), 81, Neches 

 River, Palestine, Texas, and Sims Bayou, Houston, Texas. (Typo, No. 45559. 

 Coll. Kvermann, Scovell, & Gurley); Evcrraann & Kendall, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., xn, 

 1892 (1894), 103, pi. xvm, fig. 2. 



484. NOTROPIS STILBIUS, Jordan. 



Head 4$ j depth 5; eye 3. D. 8; A. 10; scales 5-37-2; teeth 2, 4-4, 1. 

 Body rather slender. Head rather long, somewhat pointed. Mouth 

 large, oblique, the maxillary reaching eye. Eye very large, greater than 

 snout and interorbital width. Fins rather high ; the ventrals reaching to 

 opposite last rays of dorsal. Color pale green; side with a broad silvery 

 band, on which are many dark punctulations ; these are numerous just 

 behind shoulder girdle and at base of caudal, where they form an evident 

 spot, a mark which will usually distinguish this species from the related 

 ones; cheeks pure silvery; lips dusky. Length 3 inches. Alabama River 

 and tributaries ; common, (ari^drj, shining.) 



f/ill>!n!<, JORDAN, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 1876, 343, Etowah and Oostanaula 

 rivers, Rome, Georgia. (Type, No. 31132. Coll. Jordan & Gilbert.) 

 Minnilm stilbius, JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 201, 1883. 



485. NOTROPIS ATHERINOIDES, Rafinesque. 



Head 4f ; depth 5| ; eye 3. D. 8; A. 11 ; scales 5-38-3, 15 before dorsal ; 

 teeth 2, 4-4, 2. Body long and slender, compressed, the back not elevated, 

 Head blunt, conic, proportionately shorter than in related species. 

 Mouth moderate, very oblique, upper lip on level of upper part of pupil; 

 maxillary about reaching front of eye. Eye large, rather longer than 

 snout. Fins low; dorsal well behind ventrals; tips of ventrals extending 

 to beyond middle of dorsal. Lateral line decurved. Color translucent 

 green above ; sides bright silvery; scales above faintly punctate, but not 

 enough so to render them dark-edged, nor to form blotches along sides; 

 a faint dark vertebral line; males in spring with the snout rosy. Length 

 4 to 6 inches. Great Lake region and Ohio and Mississippi valleys, and 

 north to Winnipeg. Abundant in lakes, quiet places, and river channels ; 

 very variable. Next to N. arge, the largest and handsomest species of this 

 type, (athcrina, the silverside; tidof, resemblance.) 



Notropis aOierinoides, RAFINESQUE, Amer. Month. Mag. & Crit. Rev., 1818,204, Lake Erie. 



Minnilus dinemus, RAFINESQUE, Ichth. Oh., 45, 1820, Ohio River. 



Alburnus rubellus, AGASSIZ, Lake Superior, 364, 1850, Lake Superior. 



Alburnus nitidm, KIRTLAND, Cleveland Ann. Sci., 1854, 44, tributaries of Lake Erie. 



Alburnellus jaculm, COPY,, Cypr. Penn., 387, 1866, St. Joseph River and Dowagiac 



River, Michigan. 



Leuciseus rubellns, GUNTHER, Cat., vn, 254, 1868. 



Leuciscus copii, G(JNTHER, 1. c., 255, substitute for jacidus, preoccupied in Leucisctu. 

 MinnUus rubellus and dinemus, JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 202, 1883. 



