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(1869), P- 825.— Abbott, Am. Nat., IV, 1870, p. 718.— Abbott, 

 1. c, VIII, 1874, p. 332. 



Alhurnops hudsonius Jordan, An. N. Y. Acad. Sci., I, 1879, 

 p. 109. 



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



Cliola storeriana Abbott, 1. c. 



Notropis analostanus (Girard). 

 Silver Fin. Shiner. 



Head 3% ; depth 45/5 ; D. 11, 8; A. iii, 8; scales 33 in lateral 

 line to base of caudal, and 2 more on latter; 6 scales obliquely 

 back from origin of dorsal to lateral line ; 3 scales between origin 

 of anal and lateral line; snout 3^ in head; eye 3J4 ; maxillary 

 3 ; interorbital space 3 ; length of depressed dorsal 1% ; of de- 

 pressed anal 1% ; least depth of caudal peduncle 2% ; caudal i ; 

 pectoral 2% ; ventral i J4 ; pharyngeal teeth i, 4-4, i. Body 

 moderately elongate, somewhat compressed, and profiles similarly 

 convex. Head rather short and deep. Snout conic. Eye small, 

 circular, anterior. Mouth oblique, quite small. Maxillary small 

 reaching orbit. Jaws even. Interorbital space broad and slightly 

 convex. Gill-rakers 2 -\- y tubercular points. Scales narrowly 

 imbricated. Lateral line low, of simple tubes. Origin of dorsal 

 midway between front rim of orbit and base of caudal. Anal 

 inserted just behind base of last dorsal ray, and about midway 

 between middle of pectoral and base of caudal. Caudal emar- 

 ginate. Pectoral not reaching ventral. Ventral inserted about 

 opposite origin of dorsal and reaching anal. Color leaden-silvery. 

 Edges of scales dusky. A dark vertebral line. A large blackish 

 blotch in upper posterior part of dorsal. Paired fins, as well as 

 lower part of belly, tips of anal and caudal, and front and upper 

 parts of dorsal, charged with clear satiny-white pigment. Length 

 i^^/iQ inches. Crosswicks Creek near Trenton. 



One of the most abundant of all the minnows in the Delaware. 

 They occur in fresh-water streams, preferably those of the uplands 

 above tide-water, sometimes in shoals of possibly a thousand indi- 

 viduals. They prefer the clear smaller streams, either quiet or 



