56 THE FISHES OF OHIO. 



Newark, R. C. Osburn, 1899 ; Niggermill Run and Mahoning 

 river, E. B. Williamson, 1900 ; Cuyahoga river at Kent and 

 Hawkins, Breakneck creek at Kent, Summit lake, Chippewa 

 lake, Iyicking reservoir, Grand river at Painesville, Chagrin river 

 at Willoughby, Wheeling creek at Bridgeport, Ohio river and 

 McMahon's creek at Bellaire, R. C. Osburn, 1900. 



Notropis ariommus (Cope). 

 Head 3%" to 4%; depth 4 ^ to 5. D. 8; A. 9; scales 6-39-2, large, 15 

 before dorsal; teeth 2, 4-4, 2. Body stout, moderately elevated, somewhat 

 compressed. Head heavy, broad above; snout moderate, somewhat decurved; 

 mouth moderate, oblique, jaws equal. Eye very large, 2| in head, much 

 longer than snout, larger than in any other Ohio Cyprinid. Lateral line 

 much decurved. Color olivaceous, scales above dark- edged; sides and below 

 bright silvery. Length 5 inches. 



Two specimens from the Maumee river at Antwerp, Kirsch, 

 1893. 



* Notropis jejunus (Forbes). 



Head 4; depth 4%; eye 3% in head, equal to snout, less than inter- 

 orbital space. D. 8; A. 7; scales 5-37-3; teeth 2, 4-4, 1. Body moderately 

 slender; head flattish above; snout blunt and rounded. Dorsal over ven- 

 trals; about 16 scales before dorsal. Color, pale olivaceous above, pale on 

 sides and below, with a broad silvery band overlying a plumbeous shade. 

 Length 3 inches. 



The range of this species in the state seems to be limited to 

 the Ohio river and the lower portions of its tributaries. Hamil- 

 ton County, "common in Little Miami river and Bloody Run, 

 Henshall, 1888 ; common in the Ohio river and Ice creek at 

 Ironton and in John's creek at Waterloo, R. C. Osburn, 1899. 



Notropis atherinoides Rafinesque. 



Head 4%; depth 5^; eye $%. D. 8; A. 11; scales 5-38-3, 15 before 

 dorsal; teeth 2, 4-4, 2. Body long and slender, compressed, back not ele- 

 vated. Head blunt, conic, shorter than in related species. Mouth moder- 

 ate, very oblique, upper lip on a level with upper part of pupil. Eye large, 

 rather longer than snout. Fins low, front of dorsal midway between point 

 of snout and base of caudal. Lateral line decurved. Color above clear, 

 translucent olive-green, a yellow, iridescent vertebral line in life, which 

 becomes darker in spirits; sides bright silvery, with sometimes a brassy 

 lateral shade ; breeding males with snout rosy. Length 4 to 6 inches. 



* Notropis scabriceps, given by Jordan in the Ohio Rept., is confused probably with A". 

 shumardi. N. scabriceps has. not been noticed outside of the Kanawha river. (See Bull. 

 47, U. S. Natl. Mus.) 



