THE FISHES OF NEW JERSEY. 151 



in McCall's brook at Trenton. He also states that it is less abun- 

 dant than the following. 



Argyreus nasutus Cope, Trans. Am. Philos. Soc. Phila., XHI, 

 1869, p. 369, %., PI. 12, fig. 5.— Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868 

 (1869), p. 824. 



Rhinichthys nasutus Abbott, Am. Nat., VHI, 1874, p. 328. — 

 Abbott, Nat. Rambles, 1885, p. 479. 



Rhinichthys atronasus (Mitchill). 



Dace. Black Nosed Dace. Striped Dace. 



Head 3% ; depth 5; D. 11, 7, i; A. iii, 6, i; scales 60 in lat- 

 eral line tO' base of caudal ; 1 1 scales obliquely back from origin 

 of dorsal to lateral line; 9 scales between origin of anal and lat- 

 eral line in a vertical series; about 38 scales before dorsal; snout 

 3 in head; eye ^Ys) maxillary 4; interorbital space 3^; first 

 branched dorsal ray 2 ; first branched anal ray i J4 ; least depth 

 of caudal peduncle 2^ ; pharyngeal teeth 2, 4-4, 2. Body 

 moderately elongate, little compressed, and profiles similar. Head 

 moderate, conic, rather broad above. Snout rather broad and 

 conic. Eye circular, a little anterior. Mouth small, a little infe- 

 rior, and with upper jaw slightly protruding. Barbel minute, ter- 

 minal on maxillary. Maxillary reaching about half way tO' orbit. 

 Upper lip level with lower part of pupil. Nostrils close in front 

 of eye above. Interorbital space broad and flattened. Gill- 

 rakers 1+4 short weak points. Scales small, somewhat em- 

 bedded, and crowded on predorsal region. Lateral line of simple 

 tubes, complete. Dorsal inserted about midway between posterior 

 margin of orbit and base of caudal, and when depressed reaching 

 about half way to latter. Anal long, inserted just behind base 

 of last dorsal ray, or nearer tip of pectoral than base of caudal, 

 and reaching three- fourths of space to latter. Caudal emarginate. 

 Pectoral two-thirds of space tO' ventral. Ventral inserted before 

 dorsal or a little nearer base of caudal than tip of snout, and 

 reaching vent, which is close in front of anal. Color dusky-olive 

 above mottled with blackish. Below silvery-white. A black band 

 from snout through eye to base of caudal, where it ends in a 



