1893.] Zoology. 153 
Head 4, depth 4-43; D. 9# or 103 (I or II, 83); A. 94 (II, 74); 
scales 4 or 5-34-3 or 4; scales in front of dorsal, 12 or 14; teeth 44, 
hooked, with evident grinding surface; head pointed, broad above, 
and slightly convex ; snout decurved, pointed, the lower jaw included ; 
mouth oblique, the premaxillary on a level with the lower margin of 
the pupil or somewhat lower; maxillary reaching front of orbit; eye 
large, considerably longer than snout, 3 in head, greater than interor- 
bital; origin of dorsal over ventrals, equidistant from tip of snout 
and base of upper caudal rays; longest ray scarcely extending beyond 
tip of last when depressed ; anal low, the longest ray not extending 
beyond tip of last when fin is depressed, equal to snout and eye; ven- 
trals reaching vent, slightly longer than the highest anal ray; pecto- 
rals little longer than head, less opercle; scales closely imbricated, the 
exposed edges considerably deeper than long in the largest specimens ; 
lateral line decurved, complete; breast naked. 
Dark streak from anal to caudal, lower parts otherwise plain; a 
dark vertebral line, a plumbeous band along the side: a faint spot at 
the base of the caudal about as large as the pupil; a series of spots 
along each side of the lateral line; upper parts of sides and the back 
profusely spotted, the edges of the scales are black, giving the whole 
part a reticulated appearance. The specimens from Quappelle are 
darker than those from Brandon. 
5. Notropis scopiferus E. & E. 
Many specimens from Winnipeg, Brandon, Fort Quappelle, 
Medicine Hat. ae 
This species is evidently closely related to W. luciodus, from which it 
differs in having a conspicuous jet black spot about as large as the 
pupil at the base of the caudal fin. 
Head 4-43; depth 44; D. 93; A. 104 (II, 83); scales 6-36 to 42-4 ; 
14-18 scales in front of the dorsal; teeth 2, 4-4, 2 grinding surface 
very narrow, on two teeth only; head heavy, compressed, flat above; 
snout blunt, much decurved ; mouth small, little oblique; maxillary 
extending to eye; eye, 3 in head, little less than interorbital ; lateral 
line complete, evenly and gently decurved to above origin of anal Toon 
conspicuous black spot at the base of the middle caudal rays; a sil- 
` very lateral band, its dorsal margin distinct, color otherwise variable. 
6. Agosia faleata E. & E. 
Many specimens. Boise River, talene 
Scales larger and fins much longer than in A. nubila. 
Head 34 po 4}-5}; D. 11}; A. 9}; scales 53-60, about ten 
above the lateral line; dorsal usually inserted directly over the origin 
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