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Fio. 38. Common Shiner. 



Notropis cornutus (Mitch.). (After Forbes and Richardson.) 



caudal spot. Breeding males have upper parts greenish, the sides 

 salmon-pink. 



Length from 5 to 8 inches. 



This fish is abundant in clear water east of the Rockies, except 

 in the Gulf states. 



Dead River, Beach, Illinois; Des Plaines River, Berwyn, Illinois; 

 Salt Creek, Lyons, Illinois; Hickory Creek, Marley, Illinois; Hickory 

 Creek, New Lenox, Illinois. 



Notropis atherinoides Rafinesque. Shiner. 



Head 4.1 to 4.8; depth 4.8 to 5.5; D. 8; A. lo or n; scales 36 

 to 40. 



Body elongate, somewhat compressed ; head short, conical ; snout 

 pointed; mouth large, terminal, oblique, tip of upper lip on level with 

 middle of pupil; maxillary nearly reaching orbit, its length 3.0 to 

 3.4 in head; snout 3.3 to 3.6; diameter of eye 3.0 to 3.4; teeth i or 

 a, 4-4, 2; narrow grinding surface; alimentary canal shorter than the 

 body; dorsal fin well behind ventrals, much nearer base of caudal 

 than tip of snout; 18 to 21 scales in series before dorsal fin; lateral 

 line complete. 



Color olivaceous green above, silvery on sides and below; a faint 

 lateral band; no caudal spot. 



Length 2X to 4K inches. 



This minnow inhabits the larger lakes and streams in the Great 

 Lake Region, Ohio and Mississippi Valleys. 



Lake Michigan, Chicago, Illinois; Lagoon, Jackson Park, Chicago, 



