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dorsal reg-ion convex, so that body tapers backwards from a 

 point considerably in advance of dorsal with base of that fin 

 oblique. Head large and heavy, broad and rounded above. Snout 

 broad, a little protruding. Eye small. IMouth oblique, broad. 

 Upper lip just below level of pupil. ^laxillary barely reaching 

 front of orbit. ]\Iaxillary barbel small. Interorbital space broad 

 and a little convex. Gill-rakers 4+5 short points. Scales small, 

 considerably crowded and reduced anteriorly, about 30 before 

 dorsal. Lateral line decun^ed. Fins small, dorsal inserted about 

 midway between posterior margin of eye and base of caudal. 

 Anal inserted a little nearer origin of ventral than base of 

 caudal. Caudal forked. Pectoral reaching 7^ of space to ven- 



Chub. Seinotiiiis atromaciilatiis (Mitchill). (Young.) 



tral. \^entral well before dorsal and reaching y^, of space to 

 anal. Color dusky-bluish above. Side with a dull dusky band 

 disappearing with age. Belly creamy. A dusky bar behind 

 opercle. Edges of scales with dusky dots. A black blotch at 

 base of "dorsal in front. Length 5J4 inches. ''Beesley's Point" 

 [probably Cedar Swamp Creek?]. 



Abundant, chiefly in small brooks. It is found in the same 

 localities as the preceding. In most all small upland brooks the 

 young abound, associated with other small minnows, from which 

 they are distinguished by the crowded scales before the dorsal fin 

 and the more robust body. They are abundant throughout the 

 Delaware basin. Spring males have the dorsal blotch bordered 



