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Body elongate, much compressed; head small, subconic; mouth 

 small, terminal, oblique, tip of upper lip on level with upper margin 

 of pupil; maxillary not reaching past anterior nostril, its length 3.5 

 to 3.9 in head; snout 3.2 to 4.0; diameter of eye 3.4 to 4.4; teeth 

 4-4 to 5-5; alimentary canal i to 1.8 times length of body; perito- 

 neum light, or slightly dusky; lateral line complete, deeply decurved; 



Fig. 30. Golden Shiner; Roach. 



Notemigonus crysoleucas (Mitch.). (After Forbes and Richardson.) 



scales not smaller on anterior part of body, about 25 to 30 in front of 

 dorsal fin. 



Color greenish olive; sides silvery or with golden reflections; dor- 

 sal and anal fins tipped with dusky, young with a dark lateral band. 



Length 6 to 12 inches. 



This fish ranges from the Dakotas to New Brunswick, Florida, and 

 Texas. It usually inhabits ponds and sluggish streams. Very 

 abundant in the Chicago area. 



Dead River, Beach, Illinois; Lagoon, Jackson Park, Chicago, 

 Illinois; Des Plaines River, Chicago, Illinois; Des Plaines River, 

 Berwyn, Illinois; Salt Creek, Lyons, Illinois; Willow Springs, Illinois; 

 Thorn Creek, Thornton, IlHnois; Hickory Creek, Alpine, Illinois; 

 Hickory Creek, Marley, Illinois; Wolf Lake, Roby, Indiana; Lake 

 George, Indiana; Lagoon, Buffington, Indiana; Calumet River, 

 Clark Junction, Indiana; Calumet River, Clark, Indiana. 



Genus Cliola Girard. 



Body elongate, little compressed; mouth small, subinferior; no 

 maxillary barbel; premaxillary protractile; teeth 4-4; hooked at 



