THE FISHES OF NEW JERSEY. 141 



p. 824.— Abbott, Am. Nat, VHI, 1874, p. 331.— Abbott, Rep. U. 

 S. F. Com., 1875-76, p. 824. 



Cliola procne Abbott, Nat. Rambles, 1885, p. 478. 



Notropis hudsonius amarus (Girard). 



Gudgeon. Spawn Eater. Smelt Shiner. Silvery Minnow. 

 Blue Lined Minnow. 



Head 5J^ ; depth 4^^ ; D. 11, 7, i; A. iv, 7, i; scales 36 in 

 lateral line to base of caudal, and 2 more on latter ; 6 scales ob- 

 liquely back from origin of dorsal tO' lateral line; 4 scales between 

 origin of anal and lateral line; 14 scales before dorsal; snout 

 3^ in head; eye 2Ys ; maxillary 3% ; interorbital space 3 ; first 

 branched dorsal ray i^Ao; first branched anal ray i}i; least 

 depth of caudal peduncle 2^; pectoral lYe', ventral 1%; 

 pharyngeal teeth i, 4-4, o. Body elongate, compressed, and 

 rather slender. Caudal peduncle compressed, rather long. Head 

 short, with blunt rounded convex muzzle. Snout projecting a 

 little beyond tip of mandible. Eye longer than snout, also a little 

 longer than deep, and its center a little anterior. Mouth inferior, 

 a little oblique, with small maxillary nearly reaching eye. Nos- 

 trils large, close together, near front of eye above. Interorbital 

 space broad and but slightly convex. Preorbital about two-thirds 

 of horizontal orbital diameter. Gill-rakers 2 + 4 short weak 

 denticles. Scales large, rounded, well striate, and of uniform 

 size. Lateral line median, continuous, and of simple tubes. Ori- 

 gin of dorsal midway between tip of snout and base of caudal. 

 Anal inserted about opposite tip of depressed dorsal. Caudal 

 emarginate. Pectoral reaching two-thirds of space to ventral. 

 Ventral inserted opposite origin of dorsal, and reaching about 

 five-sixths of space to anal. Color pale olivaceous. Sides silvery. 

 Base of caudal pale like caudal fin, without blotch. Length 4J4 

 inches. Trenton. 



Hyhopsis phcenna Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1864, p. 

 79. — Abbott, Am. Nat. VIII, 1874, p. 333. 



Hyhopsis hudsonius Cope, Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. Phila., 

 XIII, 1869, p. 386, PI. 12, fig. 3.— Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868 



