a — 
26 e Fishes of the Ohio 
Body pentagonal, — Dorsal scales 15, -— 
| and spinous. Lateral scales 40 serrated, abdominal scales 11, - 
d similar. Dorsal-fin trapezoidal; caudal very long, the upper — 
lobe scaly above, and with a long, filiform, terminal procesai 
Length from onë to eight feet. a 
| Color. Head and body nem brownish, ean pure white. 
‘Hab. Ohio River at Cincinnati. > 
D. d inferior lobe 18, superior 60; A. 14, V. 90; 1 
“e POMS wo 
! , Observations. The form of the head and snout of this sin- 
Kr. lar fish, resembles somewhat that of the scoop-shovel, and . 8 
j p originates its common name. It is taken in considerable — 
© numbers in the vicinity of Cincinnati during mer and - 
“autumn, and is often exposed for sale in the silts: The ; 
“flesh is e; ble, though not much esteemed. The most com- - 
mont observer will at once distinguish it from the other speciés 4 à 
of the ge Beni un S - t pute ue EN ^ 
: eni * E3 Leuciscus. Klein. 
how * 
T cL e AER .Raf. The common Shiner of Ohio. 
© og Rutilus plagyrus. Raf. Ichthyol. Ohio, p: 50. : 
)& "E Plate VIII. Fig. 9. ds 
E. Head obtuse ; nose slightly truncated ; mouth diagon 
T dw Eve peso 
Body com p A eae 2i. nf 
* carinated; b 
: . length of 1he | : 
s Color. Olivaceous F b brown on the be and head. i 
a r d silvery on the sides, and operculum ; all 
cen: ;—8 brown she extends fron the base 
