68 TELEOSTEI : EVENTOGNATHI. — XII. 
aa. Lateral line incomplete. (Phowinus.) 
g» Scales very small, 75 to 90 in the lateral line. 
155. P. neogzeus Cope. Body robust, little compressed; head 
very large, broad, with blunt snout; mouth moderate, oblique; 
the chin projecting, the maxillary beyond front of orbit. Eye 3} 
in head; dorsal well behind ventrals. Blackish, sides plumbeous 
with a dusky lateral band ; lower parts crimson in spring males. 
Head 34; depth 44. A.8. Scales 18-80-11. L.3. Miss. Valley, 
rare; the few specimens known, from Mich., Wis., and Ark. (véos, 
new; yéa, world; this being a near relative of the “Minnow” of 
Europe, P. phozinus L.). 
gg. Scales moderate, 40 to 46 in the lateral line. 
h. Body not very slender, the depth about 4 in length. 
156. P. flammeus Jordan & Gilbert. Head rather short, the 
snout bluntish ; mouth small, oblique ; the jaws equal, the maxil- 
lary to front of eye; lateral line with pores on 14 scales; color of 
preceding ; the males largely scarlet; dark spot at base of C. 
Head 4. A. 8. Scales 7-43-5. L. 24. Tenn. R. (Lat., flaming.) 
hh. Body slender, the depth 5} in length. 
157. P. milnerianus Cope. Mouth larger, the maxillary about 
to pupil. Color of preceding; a dark spot at base of C. Head 4; 
eye 3} in head. A.8. L. 23. Upper Missouri R. (To James 
W. Milner, of the U. 8. Fish Comm.) 
65. OPSOPCHODUS Hay. (6yororéw, to feed daintily; ddous, 
tooth.) 
158. O. emiliz Hay. Body elongate, compressed ; head short, 
the snout blunt and rounded; mouth very small, terminal, ob- 
lique, smaller than in any of our Cyprinide ; jaws equal; eye 
very large, 3 in head; D. behind V.; P. very small; breast naked; 
16 scales before D.; lateral line usually incomplete. Yellowish, 
sides silvery; a dark lateral stripe; D. with a black blotch on its 
last rays. Head 43; depth 43. D.9. A.8, Scales 5-40-3. L. 
21. §S. Ind. to Ark. and Miss.; not common. (T'rycherodon mega- 
lops Forbes.) (To Mang, ely Hay.) 
Onis 
66. NOTEMIGONGS Rafinesque. 
(varos, back ; yt, half; yavos, angle.) 
159. N. chrysoleuc& (Mitchill). Gotpen SHiner. Bream. 
Body more or less elongate, much compressed ; head short, low, 
compressed ; mouth small, oblique, the maxillary not to eye; eye 
moderate, or large, 3 to 4 in head ; lateral line much decurved. 
Greenish above, sides silvery with golden reflections; fins yel- 
lowish. Sexes similar. Head 4}; depth about 3, D. 8 A, 18 
