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PEELIMINAEY EEPOET 



LATERAL LINE. 



Right. 



Complete 



Complete 



Complete 



Complete except 3 or 4 scales 



Complete 



Complete except 3 or 4 scales 



Com.plete 



Complete 



Complete 



Complete 



Complete 



Complete 



Complete 



Complete except 3 or 4 scales 



Complete except 15 scales 



Complete exc. last 3 or 4 scales 



Nearly complete 



Complete 



Complete 



Complete. 



Complete except about 6 scales- 

 Complete. 



Complete except 3 or 4 scales. 

 Complete. 



Complete except 3 or 4 scales. 

 Complete. 

 Complete. 

 Complete. 

 Complete. 

 Complete. 

 Complete. 

 Complete. 



Complete except 3 or 4 scales. 

 Complete except last few scales^ 

 Complete exc. last 3 or 4 scales. 

 Nearly complete. 

 Complete. 

 Complete except 30 scales. 



*Co-type in Leland .Stanford, Jr.. University Museum. 

 tType 47688, United States National Museum. 



Eight specimens 1| inches in length from the same locality a» 

 numbers 14 to 22 are similar in color and other characters, but the 

 lateral line is entirely absent. Some of the pores are developed on 

 the head. Numbers 4 to 11, inclusive, are from Mille Lacs lake^ 

 Aitkin county, and numbers 12 to 22 are from Mud and Elbow 

 lakes, Hubbard county. 



All specimens excepting those tagged 4 and 7 are in the museum 

 of the University of Minnesota. 



Genus ABRAMIS Cuvier. 



Abrainis crysoleiicas (Mitchill). Golden Shiner. Bream. 



Body much compressed, rather long; lateral line much de- 

 curved. Color greenish above; sides, belly and fins yellowish^ 

 sometimes with golden reflections. Head short, compressed ; mouth 

 small, oblique. Eye contained 3 to 4 times in the head. Head 4^. 

 Depth 3. Dorsal 8. Anal 12 to 14, averaging 13. Scales 10-46 to 

 51-3. Teeth 5-5. A very pretty fish and quite common; generally 

 small, but may reach a length of 12 inches. Found in quiet waters 

 where there is aquatic vegetation. 



Specimens have been taken from the lakes and streams of the 

 Upper Mississippi (Nat. Hist. Surv., 1892-3-5); lakes and streams 

 in the southern and southwestern part of the state (Cox, 1891-5);. 

 Upper Minnesota River at Ortonville (Woolman, 1892, Report, U. S. 

 Fish Comm., 1893). Common in the southern part of the state, rare 

 in the northern part. 



