CYPRINID^. 55. 



but not very common, McCormick, 1892 ; taken throughout the 

 Maumee river basin in Ohio, except in Gordon creek and the west 

 end of Lake Erie, Kirsch, 1893 '■> Franklin County, occurs abund- 

 antly in all the larger streams, females with ripe eggs June 28,, 

 Williamson and Osburn, 1897 '■> Knox County, Big Jelloway creek 

 and tributaries, not rare, Parker, Williamson and Osburn, 1898 ; 

 Ohio river at Ironton, Huron river at Milan, Sandusky Bay, Ash- 

 tabula creek at Ashtabula, Wabash river at Celina, Stillwater 

 and Wolf creeks near Dayton, North Fork of Licking river at 

 Newark, R. C. Osburn, 1899 ; Mahoning river, E. B. William- 

 son, 1900 ; Cuyahoga river at Hawkins, Chippewa lake, Grand 

 river at Painesville, Chagrin river at Willoughby, Wheeling creek 

 at Bridgeport, Ohio river and McMahon's Run at Bellaire„ 

 Licking reservoir, R. C. Osburn, 1900. 



Notropis cornutus (Mitchill). Common Shiner; Siiwersides. 



Head 3X to 4X; depth about 3 (2^ to 3^); eye 4-5^. D. 8; A. 9; 

 scales 6-41-3 or 4, closely imbricated, 18 or 20 before dorsal; teeth 2, 4-4, 2 r 

 with narrow grinding surface. Body va^ing much with age, in young 

 slender, in adult short, deep and compressed. Lateral line decurved. Color 

 above, dark olive green to steel-blue, sides silvery, with a brassy lateral 

 band; a brassy vertebral line (this color showing only in fresh specimens,, 

 sometimes appearing as a dark line when out of water). Fins all plain,, 

 rosy tipped in breeding males. Females and young plainer. One of the 

 most variable of our Minnows, varying with age, sex and season. Length, 

 about 10 inches. 



One of the most abundant of fishes all over the state. Given 

 by Kirtland as Riduhis compressus and Luxulus chrysocephalus •- 

 by Jordan as Luxulus cornutus. Hamilton County, as Notropis: 

 megalops, "abundant everywhere," Henshall, 1888; Lorain 

 County, "very common everywhere," McCormick, 1892; 

 Maumee river system, " every stream," Kirsch, 1893; Franklin 

 County, "taken in every stream, generally abundant, females- 

 with eggs on July 6," Williamson and Osburn, 1897; Knox: 

 County, taken in every stream of the Big Jelloway creek system, 

 Parker, Williamson and Osburn, 1898 ; Ohio river and Ice creek 

 at Ironton, John's creek at Waterloo, Huron river at Milan, San- 

 dusky Bay, Ashtabula creek, Wabash river at Celina, Stillwater 

 and Wolf creeks at Dayton, and North Fork of Licking river at 



