SYSTEMATIC CATALOGUE OF FISHES. 



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69. NOTROPIS ANALOSTANUS (Girard). 

 Silver-fin; Satin-fin; Lace-fin. 



Cvprinella analoatana Girard, Proceedings Academy of Natural Sciences of PhUadelphia, 1859, 59; Potomac 



River at Wasliington, D. C. 

 Hyvsilepit analos&nua. Cope, 18706, 459; Catawba and Neuse rivers. 

 NotropU analo8tan,U8, Evermann & Cox, 1896, 309; Neuse River (after Cope). Jordan & Evermann. 1896, 279. 



Diagnosis.— Body somewhat compressed, the depth contained 3.5 times in total length; 

 head rather short and deep; mouth small, oblique, lower jaw included within the upper when 

 mouth is closed; scales in lateral series 34 or 35; edges of teeth serrate; dorsal rays 8, anal rays 8. 

 Color: silvery blue on back, scales with dusky edges; a large black spot on upper posterior part 

 of dorsal fin; in breeding males all fins more or less filled with satiny white pigment. Length, 

 4 inches, {analosiarms , pertaining to Analostan Island.) 



Cope states that this species is abundant in Catawba River and is also found 

 in Neuse River; no one else, however, has reported it from North Carolina. The 

 species is common in the Chesapeake and Delaware basins. 



70. NOTROPIS GALAOTURUS (Cope). 

 Milky-tailed Minnow. 



Hyv'ilepis galacturus Cope, Proceedings Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1867, 160; HoLiton River, 



Virginia. Cope, 18706, 459; French Broad River. 

 Nolropis galucturtis, Jordan, 18896, 152; Swannanoa River and Spring Creek at Hot Springs, N. C. Jordan & 



Evermann, 1896, 279, pi. xlviii, fig. 122. 



Fig. 28. Milky-tailed Minnow. Notropis galacturus. 



Diagnosis. — ^Body elongate, fusiform, slightly compressed, the depth a little less than .25 

 total length; length of head equal to depth of body; mouth large, horizontal, lower jaw included 

 within the upper; eye small; lateral line somewhat decurved; scales in lateral series 41, in cross 

 series 9; dorsal rays 8, anal rays 8. Color: males steel blue (females olivaceous) above, silvery 

 below; a black blotch on posterior dorsal rays; caudal fin creamy yellow at base, dusky 

 distally; males in spring with abdomen, paired fins, and tips of dorsal, anal, and caudal fins 

 charged with milk-white pigment, anal and caudal fins sometimes reddish. Length, 6 inches. 

 (galacturus, milky-tailed.) 



This minnow inhabits mountain streams from Missouri to Virginia, west of 

 the Allegheny mountains. In North Carolina, it is common in the upper tribu- 

 taries of the French Broad River (Swannanoa, south fork of Swannanoa, and 

 Spring Creek). 



