and its Tributaries. 84 
and somewhat shielded. Mouth rather large, com- 
monly with lips and equal jaws. Preopercule with 
an angular suture. A small trapezoidal dorsal fin, 
“nearer to the head ‘than to the. tail, opposite to the 
abdominal fins, and without spines. Abdominal fins 
with eight rays, and without. ilBodages. (Tail 
forked in all the Ohio species.) 
The _ species here described, was first pointed out 
to me by an. old. fisherman at Cleveland. It is 
readily distinguished from the Luxilus erythrogaster 
of Raf, by its much greater length, the form of ue 
fins, and its coloring. It is also more active in i 
habits... The brillianey of its colors will fade; if cor 
fined for a few days ina globe. of water. 
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I have known these fishes to destroy. en 
leaping from a globe of. water, placed for observa- 
tion in my study; and ‘have not unfrequently seen 
em throw themselves above the surfage of the 
ow at four or five inches; apparently for mere Rage; 
n dissimilis. - Kirtland: "The "pene Shiner. 
Plate IV. Fig. 2 i iet 
Head flat between ^a eyes. „Nost prominent, 
fleshy, and projecting. Lower lip slightly fleshy, 
recurved. yes large and prominent ; irides yellow. 
Body slim, eylindric, elongated, gradually tapering 
from the ventral to the caudal fins ; vent behind the 
-centre of the body. 
Dorsal and ventral fins opposite each other; the 
r reaching . the vent. 
