54 THE FISHES OF OHIO. 



Blanchard river at Findlay," 1893. Rare in Big Walnut creek,. 

 Franklin County, Williamson and Osburn, 1897 > a single speci- 

 men from Stillwater creek near Dayton, R. C. Osburn, 1899. 



Notropis hudsonius (De Witt Clinton). SpoT-Tailkd Minnow ; 



Shiner. 



Head 4^; depth 4; eye 3. D. 8; A. 8; scales 5-39-4, 18 before dorsal; 

 teeth I, 4-4, o or 1 or 2. Body elongate, considerably compressed in adult. 

 Head short; muzzle blunt, decurved, shorter than the very large eye; mouth 

 moderate, nearly horizontal, jaws sub-equal. Lateral line nearly straight, 

 slightly decurved anteriorly. Coloration very pale, with a broad silvery 

 band along side, this frequently underlaid with a dusky band. A dark spot 

 at base of caudal, most distinct in young. Length 4 to 6 inches. 



This species is apparently confined to the most northern por- 

 tions of the state, in Lake Erie and its larger tributaries. L,orain 

 County, " common in the lake and at the mouth of the rivers," 

 McCormick, 1892 ; " very common in the Maumee river at Grand 

 Rapids, a single specimen at Toledo," Kirsch, 1893; L,ake Erie 

 near Sandusky, abundant, R. C. Osburn, 1900 ; Sandusky Bay,, 

 Morse and Herbert T. Osborn, 1900. 



Notropis whipplii (Girard). Siever-fin. 



Head \%; depth 4 in adult males, females and young much slenderer; 

 eye 4^. D. 8; A. 8 or 9; scales 5 or 6-38 to 40-3 or 4; teeth 1, 4-4, 1. Body 

 moderately elongate, compressed, the back and belly about equally arched. 

 Head rather short and deep. Scales closely imbricated (much higher than 

 wide) and of a very regular pattern, about 18 in front of dorsal. Color 

 leaden or steel-blue, the sides silvery; a dark vertebral line; a black spot 

 covering the posterior 3 membranes of the dorsal fin, this sometimes very 

 much reduced in young and females, but always present. Breeding males 

 have the fins tipped with creamy white, and the top of head and dorsal 

 region in front covered with small prickles. Length 4 inches. 



This elegant little fish is widely distributed throughout the 

 state, and is usually quite common in all suitable localities. 

 Recorded by Kirtland under the name Luxilus kentukiensis. 

 Given by Jordan in his Ohio Report under the name Hudsonhis 

 analostanus, which he here confuses with N. whipplii. Notropis 

 (Hudsonius) analostanus is an eastern form, possibly not specific- 

 ally distinct from N. whipplii (see Jordan and Evermann, Bull. 

 47, U. S. Natl. Mus. ) Hamilton County, common in all streams 

 explored, Henshall, 1888 ; Eorain County, all streams examined, 



