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Chub or Fall-fish. It is found at the falls of the 

 Ohio. Back slightly fulvescent, snout large and 

 rounded, mouth hardly diagonal, eyes large, iris sil- 

 very, and scales large. Tail with 30 rays. 



49th Species. BLACKTAIL Fallfish. Rutilus mela- 

 nurus. Rutile melanure. 



Diameter one sixth of total length : silvery, back 

 brownish: snout rounded, lateral line straight, tail 

 blackish. Dorsal fin with 15 rays, anal with 12. 



[52] Length from four to six inches. Vulgar 

 name Blacktail Chub. In the Ohio and Muskingum, 

 &c. Head dark brown above, Mouth diagonal, iris 

 silvery. Scales pretty large. Fins brownish, the 

 lower ones pale, the pectoral short with 12 rays. 

 Tail with 20 rays. 



50th Species. Anomal Fallfish. Rutilus anoma- 

 lous. Rutile anomal. 



Diameter one fifth of total length, fulvous above, 

 sides dusky, white beneath : snout rounded, a verti- 

 cal brown line behind the gills ; lateral line straight 

 raised upwards at the base : pectoral fins yellow ob- 

 oval short with 1 5 rays : tail unequally bilobed, the 

 upper lobe larger. Dorsal and anal fins red, dorsal 

 8 and anal 7 rays. 



An anomalous fish, differing from all those of the 

 Cyprinian [II. 242] tribe in the Ohio, by its unequal 

 bilobed tail, which is brownish and has 22 rays. 

 Mouth diagonal. Eyes small, iris olivaceous gilt. 

 Nape of the neck red, scales rather small. Length 

 three inches. Found in Licking river &c. Vulgar 

 names Chub, Redfish, Fallfish, &c. 



51st Species. Red Minny. Rutilus ruber. Rutile 

 rouge. 



Entirely red, tail forked. 



