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IT. No distinct black spot at base of D. in front, 

 s. Body rather deep and compressed, the depth 2s to 4J in length. 



124. N. umbratilis (Girard). ^ with the body very deep ; 9 

 comparatively elongate ; snout short and blunt ; mouth terminal, 

 wide, oblique; lower jaw included; eye about 4 in head; 30 scales 

 before D. Olivaceous, thickly dusted with black specks ; fins in 

 ^ all jet-black ; paler or dusky in 9 i body and fins flushed with red 

 in spring. Head 4 ; depth (male) 2f. A. 10 or 11. Lat. 1. 40. L. 3. 

 111. to Kansas and S., locally common. Very variable. (iV. macro- 

 lepidotus Forbes (111.) seems to be the same, but with 19 scales 

 before D.) (Lat., shady.) 



ss. Body elongate, the depth even in males about i the length. 



. 125. N. lirus Jordan. Very slender; eye 3 in head. Color 



pale, silvery ; sides with a band of metallic blue ; series of black 



dots on bases of D. and A. ; males with red fins. Head i^ ; depth 



b\. A. 10. Scales 8-45-4. L. 2^. Tenn. and Ala. (Xetpds, pale.) 



qq. Scales comparatively large, not closely imbricated ; scales before D. 

 large, in about 15 rows ; teeth without grinding surface ; D. inserted 

 behind V.; mouth oblique, the lower jaw scarcely shorter; elon- 

 gate, silvery species, the males usually with snout and base of dorsal 

 rosy. {Notropis.^) 

 t. Fins moderate, the ventrals extending beyond middle of dorsal. 



126. N. photogenis (Cope). Slender, compressed; mouth ob- 

 lique, the jaws subequal ; maxillary not quite to orbit; lateral line 

 decurved ; eye large, 3 J- in head, as long as snout. Greenish, sides 

 silvery. Head 4| ; depth 5^. A. 10. Scales 6-40-3. L. 3. Penn. 

 to W. Va. and S. (i/xir, light; yivvs, cheek.) 



127. N. telescopus (Cope). Similar to preceding, the D. farther 

 forward, not much behind V., midway between snout and C. ; eye 

 very large, 2|- in head ; mouth oblique, the jaws subequal ; scales 

 above dark-edged. Head 4-J-; depth 5. A. 10. Scales 5-38-3. 

 L. Z\. Tenn. R. {rrfkecrKowos, far-seeing.) 



128. N. dilectua (Girard). Body moderately elongate, the back 

 scarcely elevated, the tail slender ; head longer than in related spe- 

 cies, rather pointed ; mouth rather large, oblique, the jaws subequal ; 

 eye moderate, 4 in head. Olivaceous, sides silvery ; vertebral line 

 faint. Head 4^; depth 4f. A. 10. L. 2|. Ohio to Neb. and 

 Ark. Common. IMuch smaller than N. atherinoides, with longer 

 head. (Alburnellus ruhrifrons and percobromus Cope.) (Lat., 

 delightful.) 



129. N. atherinoides (Rafinesque). Body comparatively elon- 

 gate, compressed, the back not elevated ; head short, blunt ; mouth 

 moderate, very oblique, maxillary reaching front of eye ; eye large, 



1 The species of this group are extremely closely related, and in some cases 

 scarcely distinguishable. 



