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maxilla reaches nearlj^ to below the front of the pupil. The 

 dorsal origin is over the 15th, and the ventral origin under the 

 12th scale of the lateral line. The base of the dorsal is half as 

 long as the head, and the longest dorsal ray equals the length 

 of the head without the snout. The ventral reaches to the vent, 

 which is under the 18th scale of the lateral line. The anal base 

 is as long as the snout and eye combined, and the longest anal 

 ray is two thirds as long as the head. The caudal is moderate 

 in size and deeply forked. The lateral line curves gently down- 

 ward over the pectoral. D. ii, 7; A. ii, 8; V. 8; P. 13. Scales 

 6-36-4; teeth 2, 4-4, 2, hooked. The specimens described are 

 2 inches long. In spirits the body is pale brown; a silvery shade 

 along the median line; the head silvery except above; belly 

 golden; fins all pale. In life the upper parts are olive green and 

 the sides silvery. Males in the breeding condition in spring 

 have prickles on the snout and the forehead; gill covers and 

 dorsal base with a rosy flush. The name d i 1 e c t u s means 

 delightful. 



The rosy-faced minnow, though reaching a length of only 3 

 inches or less, is a very beautiful fish. It is abundant in the 

 Ohio valley and extends westward to Nebraska. This is the 

 Alburnellus rubrifrons of Cope. 



The U. S. Fish Commission collections of 1894 contain this 

 minnow from Salt brook, 1^ miles above Nine Mile point June 11, 

 Mill creek, Sacket Harbor July 2, Wart creek July 24, Sandy 

 creek, North Hamlin Aug. 20. 



Evermann and Bean secured it in abundance in Racquette 

 river, Norfolk, July 18, 1894, and they had a few specimens from 

 Scioto creek, Coopersville, July 19, 1894. 



90 Notropis amoenus (Abbott) . 



Alburnellus amoenus Abbott, Amer. Nat. VIII, 334, 1874. Raritan River, 



N.J. 

 Notropis amoenus Jordan, Bull. U. S. Fish Com. XIII, 102, 1891; Jordan 



& Evermann, Bull. 47, U. S. Nat. Mus. 296, 1896. 



Head four; depth five and one third (four and three fourths to 

 five and one half); eye three and one third. D. 8; A. 10. Scales 



