CYPRINID^e. 59, 



Notropis umbratilis lythrurus (Jordan). Redfin. 



D. 7; A. 11; teeth 2, 4-4, 2; scales 9-45-3, crowded anteriorly. Head 

 pointed, about 4 in length; body moderately elongated, compressed, depth 

 4 to 5. Eye y/ 2 . Color bright steel-blue above, pale below. Dorsal fin 

 with a conspicuous black spot at base in front. Breeding males have the 

 lower fins bright red. Females and young paler. Length 3 inches. 



An exceedingly handsome species, especially during the 

 breeding season. Widely distributed and generally common. 

 Recorded for the state by Kirtland as Semotilus diplema. Jordan 

 gives it under the name Lythrurus diplaemius as ' ' abundant 

 throughout the state, especially in the southern part " ; Henshall, 

 Kirsch and McCormick record it under the name N. ardens ; 

 "abundant in all streams examined," in Hamilton County, 

 Henshall, 1888 ; " found at all points explored in Maumee river 

 system in Ohio except Maumee river at Cecil and Toledo, St. 

 Joseph river at Edgerton and St. Mary's river at Rockford, 

 Kirsch, 1893; Iyorain County, "not very common, Black river 

 and Vermillion river near Klipton," McCormick, 1892 ; Franklin 

 County, " all -streams but the smallest, abundant," June 15 given 

 as a breeding date, Williamson and Osburn, 1897 \ I ce creek at 

 Ironton, Huron river at Milan, Ashtabula creek at Ashtabula, 

 Wabash river at Celina, Stillwater and Wolf creeks at Dayton, 

 North Fork of Licking river at Newark ; exceedingly abundant in 

 a small tributary of Ashtabula creek, in company with Abramis 

 crysoleucas, R. C. Osburn, 1899 »' Niggermill Run at Salem, E. B. 

 Williamson, 1900 ; Breakneck creek near Kent, Grand river at 

 Painesville, Chagrin river at Willoughby, Wheeling creek at 

 Bridgeport, Ohio river and McMahon creek at Bellaire, R. C. 

 Osburn, 1900. 



Genus: Ericymba. 



Ericymba buccata (Cope). Silvery-jawed Minnow. 



Head g>^ to 4; depth 4^ to 5; eye 4 to 4^. D. 8; A. 7; scales 4 or 5- 

 34-3, about 15 in front of dorsal; teeth 1, 4-4, 1 or 1, 4-4, o, the inner slender 

 and without grinding surface. Body rather elongate, little compressed, back 

 not elevated. Head long, depressed above, with broad and prominent 

 muzzle. Mouth small, horizontal, sub-inferior, lower jaw the shorter. 

 Interopercle, suborbital and dentary bones containing mucous cavities, 



