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are the conspicuous characters. The color is unusually dusky, a broad dark 
lateral band extends forward over the opercle through the eye to the tip of 
the nose. There is no caudal spot, and all the fins are plain. S. A. F.] 
96. Alburnops stramineus Cope. Straw-colored Minnow. (M. V. 291 ; 
Nelson 46.) 
Probably common in the southern two-thirds of the state. The 
only specimens noticed by me were from McLean, Crawford and 
Union Counties. 
97. Alburnops microstomus (Raf.) Jor. (M. Y. 291.) 
Specimens apparently of this species, from Clear Creek, in 
Union County. It occurs in the streams of Kentucky. 
98. Alburnops volucellus Cope. (M. Y. 291 ; Nelson 46.) 
Specimens collected by Professor Copeland in the Rock and 
Pecatonica Rivers. 
99. Alburnops fretensis Cope. (M. Y. 292 ; Nelson 47.) 
Specimens are in the collection from Rock River, and from 
McLean Co. Pine Cr. and Rock R., Ogle Co.; Henry, Normal. 
100. Alburnops hsematurus Cope. (M. V. 292; Nelson 47.) 
Several specimens are in the collection from the Illinois River 
at Peoria. 
Genus LUXILUS, Rafinesque. 
101. Luxilus cornutus (Raf.) Jor. Shiner. (M. Y. 293; Nelson 47.) 
The commonest fish in the state, occurring by thousands in 
every stream. Mackinaw Cr., McLean Co.; Rock R., Ogle Co.; 
Pine Cr.; 111. R., Pekin; Effingham; Cache IL, Union Co.; 
Johnson Co.; Crystal L., Kane Co. 
Genus PHOTOGEN1S, Cope. 
102. Photogenis analostanus (Grd.) Jor. Silver Fin. (M. Y. 294 ; Cyp- 
rinella analostana Nelson in Errata ; Cyprinella galactura Nelson 47.) 
Everywhere abundant, perhaps most so in the valley of the Wa- 
bash. McLean Co.; very common in Rock R., Ogle Co.; Effing- 
ham; Peoria; Union Co. 
Genus CYPRINELLA , Girard. 
103. Cyprinella forbesi Jordan (sp. nov.) Forbes’ Red Fin. 
A small deep, strongly compressed species, belonging to the group 
called by Girard Montana , and related to the species called complanata , 
gibbosa, etc. Body oblong, elevated, strongly compressed, the depth great- 
