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of some scales also slightly darker. Darker color of back with 

 eight transverse rather broad deep olive-dusky bars, and also 

 appearing at intervals, though mostly indistinct, on dark median 

 lateral band. First crosses from front of eye, second over inter- 

 orbital space, third above opercle, fourth midway in space to 

 dorsal, fifth begins at origin of dorsal, sixth begins at bases of 

 last dorsal rays, and others on caudal peduncle at equal distances. 

 Fins pale, dorsal and caudal pale grayish-dusky. Dorsal tinted 

 slightly with dilute ruddy basally, outer marginal portion much 

 deeper colored. Pectoral, ventral and anal slightly dusky along 

 edges. Iris pale brownish-w^hite. 



A young example from the Great Egg Harbor River above 

 May's Landing taken April 23d, 1905, was brownish on back in 

 life. A distinct dusky-blackish shade from snout along and 

 broadly on each side of head and back, leaving a narrow paler 

 median brown streak from opposite nostril to dorsal. A black 

 lateral band from snout not including mandible through eye to 

 base of caudal. Adjoining black lateral band above a narrow 

 pale band of a similar shade of brown to that medianly on pre- 

 dorsal region. Lower surface of body including head white. 

 Costal region and lowxr side of head with beautiful purplish- 

 golden or rosy reflections. Fins dilute brownish, caudal with a 

 reddish shade, basally most distinct, and edges of fins dusky. 

 Dorsal more or less dusky anteriorly with edge especially so. 

 Fin otherwise with rosy tint of caudal. Other fins transparent, 

 marked with pale dusky dots. Anal perhaps a little more dusky 

 than others. Vent encircled with dusky dots. Iris mostly silvery 

 with rosy or purplish tints. These fish were found abundantly 

 with Notropis chalybceus abbotti in the sphagnum banks, espe- 

 cially about Mare Run. The}^ all appeared much darker than 

 Delaware River examples. 



Equally abundant with the common sucker (Catostoiiiiis coiii- 

 ■mersonnii) , though distinguished by most fishermen as "mullet." 

 I have only taken the young during the winter. It wanders up 

 the streams in much the same way during the spring, running in 

 schools. I have examples from Brow^n Mills and Crosswicks 

 Creek. 



