Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 297 



anterior rays, their length 2 in head. Color olivaceous; sides bright 

 silvery ; dorsal scales conspicuously dark-edged ; a dusky blotch at base 

 of caudal, underlying the silvery luster. Length 2| inches. Head waters 

 of Cumberland and Tennessee rivers and also in the Ozark region ; abun- 

 dant in clear streams in northern Arkansas. (umo6c, small; 7rrt-pv, fin.) 



AlbtirneUHsmicropteryx, COPE, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1868, 233, Holston River. 



JUiin/ihis tii!i'i-opt<'ry.r t JORDAN & GiLBKRT, Synopsis, 203, 1883. 



494. NOTROPIS METALLICUS, Jordan & Meek. 



Head 4; depth 5; eye 3. D. 8; A. 11. scales 5-35-3, 16 before dorsal; 

 teeth 2, 4-4, 2, the grinding surface obsolete. Body elongate, compressed, 

 the back a little elevated. Head small, the snout little acute, shorter 

 than eye, which is large. Mouth large, oblique, the cleft reaching front of 

 eye, 3^ in head ; chin projecting. Lateral line decurved. Dorsal inserted 

 well behind ventrals ; dorsal and anal high, the anal very long. Dark 

 brown, a rosy band from eye to upper lobe of caudal; below this a metal- 

 lic dusky band broader than eye, ending in a black spot at base of cau- 

 dal; dorsal with a black band obliquely across it; no spot at its base; 

 other fins nearly plain. Length If inches. Swamp streams in Georgia 

 and Florida, from the Suwannee Basin to the Escambia. (metallieus, 

 metallic.) 



Nolropis metallicus, JORDAN & MEEK, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 475, Allapaha* River, Nash- 

 ville, Georgia. (Type, No. 28511. Coll. W. J. Taylor.) 



Subgenus LYTHRURUS, Jordan. 



495. NOTROPIS BELLUS (Hay). 



Head 4 ; depth 3f . D. 8 ; A. 10 or 11 ; scales 7-41-3 ; teeth 2, 4-4, 2, 

 "sharp-edged, but with a masticatory surface." Body short, deep, con- 

 siderably compressed; the back elevated. Head short; muzzle short, 

 rather pointed, the profile somewhat concave ; mouth large, oblique, the 

 maxillary extending to opposite front of orbit; lower jaw projecting. 

 Lateral line much decurved. Scales crowded forward, 25 in front of 

 dorsal. Dorsal midway between snout and caudal, behind ventrals; 

 pectorals not reaching ventrals ; the latter to vent. Dusky above, with 

 a narrow, dark dorsal line ; sides silvery, with plumbeous streak; no spot 

 at base of dorsal; fins mostly black-tipped; belly flame color in life; fins 

 orange at base. Length 2i inches. Tombigbee River, Mississippi. (Hay.) 

 (bcllus, beautiful.) 



Minnilus bellus, HAY, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1880, 510, Tombigbee River, Artesia and Macon, 

 Mississippi. (Type, No. 27426. Coll. Hay.) JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 199, 1883. 



496. NOTROPIS LIRUS (Jordan). 



Head 4; depth 5 ; eye 3. D. 8 ; A. 10; scales 8-45-4 ; teeth 2, 4-4, 2, 

 with very narrow or obsolete grinding surface. Body slim, compressed. 

 Head small, short, moderately deep, flattish above. Mouth rather large, 

 very oblique, the lower jaw slightly projecting. Eye very large, longer 

 than snout; the maxillary about reaching its front. Scales small, loosely 

 imbricated, their outlines extremely distinct. Fins moderate. Colora- 

 tion very pale translucent green; scales of back finely punctate; sides 

 with a very distinct metallic blue band formed of dark punctulations, 

 this baud passing through the eye and snout, forming a most character- 

 istic color marking ; a streak of black dots along the bases of dorsal and 



* Not "Altamaha River," as misprinted. The Allapaha is a tributary of the Suwannee River. 



