120 
BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
Measurements of five specimens of Carpiodes tumulus. 
Measurements. 
Collected in markets of 
Tampico, Mexico. 
Length of body in millimeters.. 
245 
265 
242 
256 
210 
Depth of body expressed in hundredths of length 
44 
42 
40 
42 
42 
Depth of caudal peduncle 
164 
16 
15 
16 
16 
26^ 
26 
25 
26 
26 
Width of interorbital space 
124 
13 
13 
13 
13 
Length of snout 
9^ 
9 
8 
9 
8 
Diameter of orbit 
5 
5 
5 
5 
6 
Distance from snout to dorsal 
574 
55 
541 
58 
564 
Height of longest dorsal rays 
24 
21 
27 
25 
27 
Distance from snout to anal tin 
82 ^ 
82 
821 
82 
84 
Height of longest anal rays 
21 
22 
20 
20 
27 
Distance from anal to caudal 
13 
13 
12 
12 
13 
Length of caudal fin 
31 
29 
32 
30 
35 
Length of pectoral fin 
19 
20 
21 
19 
09 
Distance from snout to ventral 
52 
51 
52 
51 
524 
Length of ventral 
20 
21 
20 
22 
23 
25 
26 
24 
25 
23 
8 
9 
8 
8 
8 
Number of scales in lateral line 
35 
36 
34 
35 
36 
Number of scales above lateral line 
7 
7 
8 
8 
8 
Number of scales before dorsal 
14 
16 
14 
15 
16 
7. Moxostoma austrinum Bean. 
Obtained from the Rio Verde, Aguas Calientes, and Rio Grande de Santiago, near Atequiza, 
Jalisco. Numerous specimens, about 170 millimeters in length, were taken in the Rio Verde. A large 
specimen from the Rio Grande de Santiago was presented to the Museum by Sefior Joaquin Cuesta. 
Some fin-ray and scale counts of the Rio Verde specimens are here given: 
Measurements. 
Locality: Rio Verde. 
Number of dorsal rays 
11 11 
11 
10 11 10 1 11 
11 
11 
11 
ii 
11 
Number of anal ra> s 
7 7 
7 
7 7 7 | 7 
7 
7 
7 
7 
7 
Number of scales in lateral line 
48 48 
47 
40 1 47 45 46 
47 
46 
47 
48 
48 
Number of scales in transverse series 
16 15 
16 
15 14 15 15 
15 
15 
15 
15 
14 
CYPRINIDiE. 
8. Algansea tincella (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 
Locality: City of Mexico market, said to have come from Lago de Chaleo; Rio Verde, at Aguas 
Calientes. 
Measurements of ten specimens of Alej an sea tincella. 
Measurements. 
Locality: Rio Verde, Aguas Calientes. 
Length of body in millimeters 
96 
109 
94 
103 
94 
102 
95 
87 
85 
82 
Deptli of body expressed in hundredths of length. 
26 
23 
26 
25 
25 
25 
25 
26 
27 
27 
Depth of caudal peduncle 
124 
12 
134 
13 
14 
124 
124 
13 
13 
13 
Length of head 
25 
24 
25 
25 
25 
2b 
26 
25 
24 
25 
Distance from snout to occiput 
20 
19 
20 
20 
20 
20 
20 
20 
21 
21 
Width of interorbital space 
9 
8 
84 
9 
8 
84 
9 
9 
9 
84 
Length of snout 
7 
7* 
7 
-X 
7 
7 
7£ 
7 
7 
U 
Length of maxillary 
64 
7 
7 
■ 74 
7 
7 
•t 
7 
«, 
7 
Diameter of orldt .• 
4 
u 
5 
5 
5 
4 
5 
4 
52 
5 
Distance from snout to dorsal fin 
54 
53 
52 
55 
52 
534 
54 
52 
52 
52 
Height of longest dorsal rays 
20 
17 
J9 
19 
20 
17 
17 
20 
19 
20 
Distance from snout to anal fin 
75 
76 
72 
76 
73 
75 
74 
75 
74 
74 
Height of longest anal rays 
15 
14 
16 
16 
15 
15 
15 
16 
14 
15 
Distance from anal to caudal fin 
21 
20 
21 
19 
22 
20 
20 
21 
21 
22 
Length of caudal fin 
23 
22 
22 
24 
23 
22 
23 
24 
23 
23 
Length of pectoral fin 
16 
16 
16 
18 
21 
17 
17 
20 
17 
20 
Distance from snout to ventral fin 
55 
53 
53 
55 
51 
52 
52 
52 
53 
54 
Length of ventral fin 
14 
124 
14 
14 
15 
13 
14 
16 
13 
15 
N umber of rays in dorsal fin 
« 
8 
8 
8 
8 
8 
8 
8 
8 
8 
Number of rays in anal fin 
7 
7 
7 
7 
7 
7 
7 
7 
7 
7 
Number of rays in pectoral fin 
15 
16 
16 
16 
15 
10 
15 
16 
10 
16 
Number of scales before insertion of dorsal 
30 
29 
31 
28 
27 
27 
30 
29 
3 0 
31 
Number of scales between dorsal and lateral line. 
16 
15 
16 
15 
16 
17 
16 
1G | 
16 
16 
Number of scales iu lateral line 
68 
64 
75 
70 
70 
67 | 
64 
69 
74 
