FISHES OF MINNESOTA 37 



ful whether there is enough difference to justify the variety, but it 

 is so listed in Jordan & Evermann's Fishes of North and Middle 

 America, I, 283, and Agassiz described the same from Lake Supe- 

 rior as Leuciscus frontalis and gracilis, Lake Superior, 368, 370, 1850. 

 Notropis jejnnus (Forbes). 



Color pale, a broad, silvery lateral band which is shaded with 

 dusky colors ; dorsal fln sometimes dotted with black. Body slen- 

 der, head flattened above, snout rounded, mouth large and obliquely 

 set; 16 scales before the dorsal, which is inserted over the ventrals. 

 Head contained 4 times in the body. Depth 4f. Eye 3f in the 

 head, equal to the snout. Dorsal with 8 rays. Anal 7. Scales 

 5-87-3. Teeth 2, i-A, 1. Length 3 inches. Not common so far as 

 known. It is reported from the Red River of the North at Moor- 

 head and Grand Forks (N. D.), and the Red Lake River at Crooks- 

 ton (Woolman, 1892, Report U. S. Fish Comm., 1893). 

 N'otropis atherinoides Bafinesque. 



Sides bright silvery, upper scales with a few dark punctulations; 

 no dark blotches on the sides; a dark dorsal line present; snouts 

 of the spring males rosy; general color translucent, greenish above. 

 Body slender |ind compressed, the back not elevated. Head short, 

 mouth very oblique, upper lip on a level with the upper part of the 

 pupil. Eye large, longer than the snout. Fins not very large, the 

 dorsal inserted behind the ventrals. Head 4|. Depth 5J. Eye 

 3^. Dorsal with 8 rays. Anal 11. Scales 5-38-3, with 15 before 

 the dorsal fin. Teeth 2, 4-4, 2. Length 4 to 6 inches. At present 

 this fish is known from but a few places in the state. It was de- 

 scribed as Alburrms rubellus, Agassiz, Lake Superior, and is noted as 

 quite common in the Red Lake River at Crookston (Woolman, 1892, 

 Report U. S. Fish Comm., 1893). 

 Wotropis dilectus (G-irard). 



Body very much elongate and somewhat compressed; pale in 

 color, sides very silvery; a row of black dots above the base of the 

 anal fin; snout and bases of the fins sometimes red; young often 

 speckled. Head contained 4| times in the body. Depth 4|. Eye 

 larger than the snout, 3 in head. Dorsal with 8 rays. Anal 11. 

 Scales 7-38-3. Teeth 2, 4-4, 2. Length 3 to 4 inches. 



A very pretty fish, but not common, so far as known, in Minne- 

 sota, Specimens have been taken from the Minnesota and Blue 

 Earth Rivers at Mankato, where it is quite common (Cox, 1891-5); 

 it is reported as very common in the Pomme de Terre River at Ap- 

 pleton; also in the Red River of the North and tributaries (Wool- 

 man, 1892, Report U. S. Fish Comm., 1893). 



