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inches and, as a bait minnow, does not differ materially from the preceding 

 species. 



Head 4; depth 4^ ; eye 4^ ; snout 3 ; D. 7 ; A. 7 ; scales about 64 ; teeth 2,4-4,2. 



Body moderately elongate, scarcely compressed ; head moderate, rather broad 

 and flattish above ; snout moderate ; mouth small, subterminal, horizontal, the 

 lower jaw included ; barbel minute but probably always present ; upper lip on 

 level of lower line of pupil ; maxillary not nearly reaching eye ; eye small, nearly 

 median ; fins rather small, the dorsal well back, its insertion about midway between 

 nostril and base of caudal fin ; scales small, somewhat embedded. 



Color, blackish above, some of the scales irregularly darker; a black band pass- 

 ing from snout through eye and along side of body, a paler streak below it ; 

 belly silvery ; males in spring with the lateral band scarlet or orange, the red 

 color growing fainter later in the season. 



This species is excessively variable, but can always be distinguished from the 

 preceding by its shorter snout and different coloration. 



s3potted ^\)mZY y— Hybopsis dissimilis {Kirtld^nd). 



The genus Hybopsis is distinguished from all other genera of Cyprinida; by the 

 protractile premaxillaries, the presence of a terminal maxillary barbel, and the large 

 scales. 



It contains some 18 or 20 species, each of which is of more or less value for bait 

 in the region where found. Four of these species are known to occur in the State 

 of New York. The Spotted Shiner is one of these. Its range includes the region 

 from western New York in the Lake Erie and Alleghany River basins westward to 

 Iowa and southward to Arkansas and Tennessee. It is a fish which frequents lakes 

 and river channels, where it is usually not uncommon. It reaches a length of 3 or 

 4 inches or even more, takes the hook readily, and may often be seen on the small 

 boy's string. It is a pretty fair bait minnow for still-fishing for Small-mouth Black 

 Bass and is fairly good trolling for the large-mouth species. 



Head 43^ ; depth 5 ; D. 8 ; A. 7 : scales 6-40 to 47-5 ; teeth 4-4, often with a slight 

 grinding surface. Body long and slender, little compressed, with long caudal 

 peduncle; head long, rather flat above, the snout somewhat bluntly decurved and 

 projecting slightly beyond the rather small, horizontal mouth ; lower jaw included ; 

 each jaw with the skin hard in front, forming a sort of lip laterally ; barbels con- 

 siderably shorter than the pupil ; maxillary not nearly reaching orbit ; eye very 

 large, high up, somewhat directed upward, rather behind middle of head, forming 



