

ICHTHYOLOGY. 



35 







Catal. 



No 



Cor. No. 

 of teeth. 



161 



No. of Age 



spec. 



2735 



7 



- 



Adult. 



List of specimens. 



Locality. 



Wh 



en 



collected. 



Dry creek, near Victoria, Texas 



1854 



Whence ob- Nature of 



tained. 



spe imcn^ 



Collected by 



Major Emory. 



Alcoholic 



Dr. C. B. Kennedy 



r 





2. MOXOSTOMA VICTORIAE, Grd. 



Plate XX, Figs. 1 



Q 

 O. 



Spec Char.— Body elongated, fusiform, reminding us, by its general appearance, of certain species of Mullet {Mugil). The 

 greatest depth is nearly equal to the length of the head, which constitutes the fifth of the entire length, the lobes of the eau< al 

 fin excepted. The dorsal fin is higher than long, and its anterior margin is situated nearer the tip of the snout than the 

 insertion of the caudal fin. The latter is furcated. 



i 



Syn. — Moxottoma victoriae, Grd. in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad, VIII, 1856, 171. 



The sub-opercle is well developed ; the eye is sub-circular, its diameter being contained four 

 times and a half in the length of the side of the head. The snout is rather pointed, sub-conical, 

 and the mouth, which is small, placed entirely in advance of the orbit. 



D 14 ; A 10 ; C 6, 1, 8, 8, 1, 5 ; Y 9 ; P 17. 



Twelve longitudinal rows of scales may be counted upon the greatest depth. The scales upon 

 the dorsal and lateral regions are provided with a black dot or spot upon the anterior part of 

 the exposed portion of the scale. Greatest length of specimens observed, six inches and a half. 



Plate XX, fig. 1 represents Moxostoma victoriae, size of life ; fig. 2 is a scale from the dorsal 

 region; and, fig. 3, a scale from the abdominal region. 



List of specimen. 



Catalogue 

 number. 



No. of 

 specimen 



Locality. 



164 



2 



When 

 collected 



Whence obtained. 



Dry creek, near Victoria, Texas - 



1854 



Major Emory- 



Nature of 

 specimens 



Collected by 



Alcoholic. 





Dr. C. B Kennedy. 



3. MOXOSTOMA CAMPBELLI, Grd. 



Plate XX, Figs. 4—6. 



Spec. Char.— Body sub-fusiform and elongated like the preceding species, which it resembles in its general outline, and in 

 the proportions of the head and depth of the body towards the total length. The snout is likewise pointed and sub-conical, but 

 the eye ismuch larger, and the sub-opercle very exiguously developed. The position and shape of the fins do not differ mate- 

 rially from the preceding species, with the exception of the caudal, which is concave posteriorly instead of being furcated. 



Syn.— Moxostoma campbelli, Grd. in Proc. Acad Nat. Sc. Philad. VIII, 1856, 172. 



The scales are smaller than in M. Jcennerlii; thirteen rows instead of twelve are to be observed 

 upon the region of the greatest depth of the body. 





D 15 ; A 10 ; C 5, 1, 8, 8, 1, 6 ; V 9 ; P 15. 



Plate XX, fig. 4 represents Ifoxostoma campbelli, size of life ; 

 region ; and, fig. 6, a scale from the abdominal region. 



fig 5 is a scale from the 



dorsal 





