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downwards: snout truncate, mouth almost vertical. Dorsat 

 and anal finis with nine rays. 



Length from lour to six inches; vulgar names, Silverside, 

 Shiner, White Chub, &c. Common in the streams of Kentucky. 

 Mouth large, upper jaw almost vertical, yet longer than the 

 lower. Iris white. Pectoral fins with 14 rays, reaching almost 

 the abdominals, which areoboval and white. Tail forked as usu- 

 al with 24 rays. Scales large. 



47th Species. Baiting Fallfish. Rutilua comfiressus* 

 Rutile appat. 



Diameter one seventh of total length: silvery, back fulvous, 

 sides compressed, lateral line straight, raised upwards at the 

 base, snout rounded, mouth hardly diagonal, nearly horizontal. 

 Dorsal and anal fins with nine rays. 



A small fish from two to four inches long, called Fall-fish 

 Bait-fish, Minny, See. It Is found in the Alleghany Mountains 

 in the waters of the Monongahela, Kenhaway, and even in the 

 Potomac. The name of Fall-fish arises from its being often 

 found near falls and ripples. Body more compressed than in 

 the other species, as much so as in the genus Minnilu s. Scales 

 large, lips a little fleshy. Iris silvery gilt. Fins transparent, the 

 pectoral with 14 rays and not reaching the abdominal, tail with 

 32 rays. 



48th Species. Rounonose Fallkish. Rutilua Amblofis. 

 Rutile amblopse. 



Diameter one sixth of total length: silvery, head fulvous a- 

 bove, snout round: sides with an opaque band, lateral line 

 straight: pectoral fins with 12 rays and reaching the abdominal 

 fins. Dorsal and anal fins with 10 rays. 



Length one or two inches. Vulgar name White Chub or 

 Fall-fish. It is found at the tails of the Ohio. Back slightly 

 tulvescent, snout large and rounded, mouth hardly diagonal, 

 eyes large, ii is silvery, and scales large. Tail with 30 rays. 



49th Species. Bi.acktail Fallfish. Rutilua mclanurus. 

 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. 



