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Catal. 

 No. 



140 



Cor. No. No. of 



of teeth. 



spec 



Age 



2719 



Locality. 



List of specimens. 



When col- 



lected. 



"Whence obtained. 



15 Adult. Rio Sabinal, Texas . 



1854 



Major Emory 



Oriff'l Nature of 



No. 



specimen. 



Collected by 



119 



Alcoholic. Dr. C. B. Kennerly 







3. CYPRINELLA TEXANA, Grd. 



Plate XXX I , Figs. 9—12. 



Body very slender and fusiform ; head small and sub-conical ; mouth small ; eye large. 

 Ventrals inserted under the anterior margin of the dorsal. Color reddish brown, sides silvery ; 

 black dots along the lateral line, terminating into a black spot at the base of the caudal fin. 



Syn. — Cyprinella texana, Grd. in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. VIII, 1856, 198. 



Plate XXXI, fig. 9, represents Cyprinella texana, size of life ; fig. 10 is a dorsal scale; 

 fig. 11, a scale from the lateral line ; and, fig. 12, a scale from the abdominal region. 



List of specimens. 



Catal. 

 No. 



Cor. No. 

 of teeth. 



No. of 



spec. 



Locality. When 



collected. 



Whence obtained. Nature of 



specimen. 



Collected by — 



128 

 127 



2710 



9 

 1 



Turkey creek, Texas. . . . 1851 







4. CYPRINELLA LUXILOIDES, Grd. 



Plate XXXI, Figs. 13—16. 



At first sight this species, in its general aspect, remind us of certain species of Luxilus : 

 The body being deep, gradually tapering away forwards and backwards. The head is well 

 developed and the mouth also. Yentrals inserted slightly in advance of the dorsal. The 

 scales are quite narrow and deep. Reddish brown above ; silvery beneath. 



Syn.— Cyprinella luxiloides, Grd. in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. Vllf, 18. r >6, 198. 



Plate XXXI, fig. 13, represents Cyprinella luxiloides, size of life ; fig. 14 is a dorsal scale ; 

 fig. 15, a scale from the lateral line ; and, fig. 16, a scale from the abdominal region. 



List of specimens. 



Catal. 

 No. 



131 



No. of. 

 spec. 



Age. 

 Adult. 



2 



i 



Locality. 



San Pedro creek, trib. of 

 Rio San Anton'iOy Tex. 



Whence obtained. 



Orig. Nature of 

 No. specimen. 



Collected by- 



Major Emory 168 Alcoholic. Dr. C. B. Kennerly 



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