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at times, snapping at perch lines, though seldom taking the 

 hook. When one is fishing for white perch (Morone amcri- 

 cana) in clear water these minnows will dart at and snap at the 

 line well above the bait, to the annoyance of the angler. Small 

 river mussels (Unio complanatus) are also taken on the hook, as 

 they frequent the same localities. 



Hybognathus regius Abbott, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., 

 1861, p. 156. 



Hybognathus nitidus Abbott, 1. c. 



Hybognathus osmerinus Cope, Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc, 

 Phila., XI, 1870, p. 466.— Abbott, Am. Nat, IV., 1870, p. 

 117. — Abbott, 1. c, p. 717, fig. 163. — Abbott, 1. c, VIII, 1S74, p. 



335. 



Hybognathus argyriiis Jordan, An. N. Y. Acad. Sci., I, 1879, 

 p. 107. 



Hybognathus nuchalis Abbott, Nat. Rambles, 1885, p. 478. 



Genus Pimephai^es Rafinesque. 



The Fat Heads. 



Pimephales notatus (Rafinesque). 



Blunt Nosed Minnow. 



From the other minnows this may be distinguished by the 

 blunt and enlarged first rudimentary dorsal ray, which is con- 

 nected by a membrane with the first developed dorsal ray. The 

 muzzle is also blunt and convex. 



Known from a single example taken from the Delaware and 

 Raritan canal by Dr. Abbott and Prof. A. C. Apgar. It was 

 captured with Hybognathus nuchalis regius. I have never seen 

 any New Jersey examples. 



Hyborhynchus notatus Abbott, Am. Nat., VIII, 1874, p. 337. 

 — Abbott, Nat. Rambles, 1885, p. 478, copied. 



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