[103] FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 489 



Genus OPSOPCEODUS Hay. 



150. Opsopfleoclros emilise Hay. 



Mississippi (Hay). 



The example in this collection was identified by Prof. 

 Hay. 



32022. Jackson, Mississippi. O. P. Hay. 



Genus NOTEMIGONUS Eafinesque. 



151. ]^«feBnI§"OBii9^ cliry-soleuCus (Mitch.) Jordan. Golden 



Shiner; Bream; Poach. 



United States, from New England west to Dakota; 



Mississippi Valley south to Texas; in the Eastern 



States south at least to Delaware. 

 The species grows to a length of 12 inches. According 



to Professor Cope it sometimes weighs 1 J pounds. It 



is used principally for bait. 



20248. Riverhead, Long Island. Prof. S. F. Baird. 



Genus BICHABDSGNIITS Girard. 



152. Richard§oaiin§ Jbalteafiis (Eich.) Girard. Eed-sided 



Bream. 



Columbia Eiver region and northward in British 

 America. 



27341. Frazer's River, British Columbia. Jordan &. Gilbert. 



Genus LEPIDOMEDA Cope. 



153. ~LepMomecIa vsttata Cope. 



Colorado Chiquito Eiver, Arizona (Cope). 



15785. (Condition very bad, just as in all of our specimens of this spe- 

 cies.) Colorado Chiquito River, Arizona. H. W. Henshaw. 



Genus PLAGOPTEEUS Cope. 



154. Plagop terns argentissimus Cope. 



San Luis Valley, Western Colorado (Cope) ; New Mex- 

 ico. 



15776. Colorado Chiquito River, New Mexico. C. G. Newberry. 



