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border of scales, largest just above lateral line ; top of head dark, snout pale, lips dark- 
edged; a row of somewhat larger specks along median line of back from occiput to 
caudal fin; body below lateral line plain yellowish without any specks except a single 
row at base of anal fin on each side, usually quite distinct in most specimens; entire 
side of head silvery; fins, especially dorsal and anal, with a few small dark points. 
The specimens from Long Lake are a little more heavily spotted than those from the 
river. 
13. Notropis fumeus, sp. nov. 
Allied to Notropis dilectus (Grd.). Head, 41 to 4-1 ; depth, 4-1 to 5; eye, 3 to 3 4 ; D. I, 
8; A. I, 11; scales, 7-40-3; teeth, 2, 4-3 ( ?) 2, hooked. 
Body slender, greatly compressed, dorsal and ventral outline gently arched; head 
moderate, conic ; snout pointed, shorter than eye ; eye large, equal to interorbital width ; 
mouth rather large, oblique, lower jaw projecting, scarcely included, maxillary scarcely 
reaching orbit; caudal peduncle long, compressed, its least depth equal to distance from 
tip of snout to middle of pupil; lateral line complete, considerably decurved. Origin 
of dorsal behind ventrals, nearer base of caudal than tip of snout, its height less than 
length of head ; anal larger, its base 1£ i ]l head ; pectorals short, not reaching ventrals ; 
ventrals short, just reaching vent. Peritoneum pale silvery, with some small dark 
specks. 
Color: Dark yellowish above, thickly covered with small dark-brown specks; the 
majority of these are very small, but interspersed among them are a good many of larger 
size, spots most numerous in certain lines forming distinct cross-hatching; a dark line 
along middle of back ; side with a broad, dark plumbeous band, overlaid with numerous 
rather large brown spots, thickest and darkest toward caudal peduncle; this band also 
extends across cpercle and around the snout; lower jaw with anterior half darkened by 
numerous specks ; lower parts, pale silvery, with few or no specks except at base of anal 
fin, which has a rather heavy row on each side, in some specimens continuing along 
under side of caudal peduncle to caudal fin ; dorsal, anal, and caudal with some black 
on membranes, pectorals edged with black. 
This species is based upon 4 specimens, each a trifle over 2 inches in length, taken 
in Hunter Creek, about 9 miles from Houston, Texas, November 20, 1891. It very 
closely resembles N. dilectus (Grd.), and may prove to be not 1 specifically distinct from 
that species ; the lateral line is, however, more decurved, the scales seem to be some 
smaller and the color is markedly different in the distinctness of the broad plumbeous 
lateral band. 
14. Notropis notemigonoides, sp. nov. 
Head, 4 to 4J; depth, 4^ to 44; eye, 3^ to 34; D. I, 8; A. I, 10 or 11; scales, 10- 
41-3, about 29 before the dorsal; teeth, 2, 4-4, 2, hooked, grinding surface moderately 
broad, plainly crenate. 
Body slender, greatly compressed, somewhat elevated; head conic, snout pointed, 
about equal to eye; mouth large, oblique, lower jaw slightly projecting, maxillary 
reaching orbit; eye rather large, equal to snout, but a little less than interorbital 
width; caudal peduncle long and compressed, its least width only half diameter of 
orbit. Fins moderate, dorsal inserted behind ventrals a distance equal to diameter of 
eye, much nearer base of caudal fin than snout, its rays about as long as head, free 
margin straight; anal with longer base but shorter rays; pectorals falcate, not reach- 
F. C. B. 1891—6 
