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largfe. Pectoral fins with 12 rays, not reaching the abdominal. 

 All the fins silvery. Tail with 24 rays. Scales very small. 



37th Species. Spotted Minny. Minnilus notatus. Min- 

 ny tachc. 



Diameter one seventh of total length, silvery, back olivaceous 

 vith a large brown stripe in the middle; head brown above, 

 lateral line straight, a black spot at the base of the tail. Dor- 

 sal with 8, and anal with 9 rays. 



Same size with the preceding, but not so slender and less com> 

 mon. Iris golden, nostrils very large, mouth small, lateral 

 line shining blue on the paque skies. Pectoral fins with 12 

 ravs and not reaching the abdomen. Tail with 14 rays. It is 

 often called Minny-chub. 



38th Species. Littlemouthed minnt. Minnilwt microtto- 

 mus. Minny microstome. 



Diameter one seventh of total length, silvery, olivaceous on 

 the back and head, sides with a few black dots: lateral line 

 straight, pectoral fins reaching the abdominal fins. Dorsal and 

 anal fins with eight rays. 



A small species found in the Kentucky river. Mouth very 

 smaU, nostrils large, iris silvery, fins fulvous, the pectoral with 

 12, and the caudal with 24 rays. Head elongated. 



XVI Genus. Shiner. Luxii.us. Luxile. 



Difference from Minnulus. Vent posterior or nearer to the 

 tail. Moutfr rather large, commonly with lips and equal jaws. 

 Scales rather largo. Preopercule with an angular suture. 

 1st Subgenus. Chrosomus. 



Mouth large, without lips, lower jaw much shorter. Scales 

 rough. Opercule flexuose. 



39th Species. Redbelly Shiner. JLuxilus erythrogaster. 

 Luxile erythrogastre. 



Diameter one sixth of total length: back olivaceous brown, 

 sides pale with two brown stripes, the upper reaching from the 

 gills to the tail, and the lower fom the nose to- the anal fin;, 

 belly white with longitudinal red stripes from the pectoral fin t» 

 the tail: lateral line curved downwards and only anierior. Dor- 

 sal and anal fins elongated. Dorsal 8, and anal 7 rays. 



A very distinct and insulated species, intermediate bet.vcen 



