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law ’ i^^o^erately compressed. The snout rounded, under 
sum shortest, nostrils large and open; eyes large; 
mi o the head broad, body rounded over the back; scales 
arcey perceptible. The first ray of the dorsal fin at the 
e, as measured from the snout to the fork of the tail, 
ten- ^ short, making 
ann \ ^ fi^om one root. Anal fin beginning about 
forked dorsal, with seven rays; tail wide. 
Colo ’ nineteen rays; pectoral pointed; ventral nine rays. 
^ ° ^ ® ^_°P of the head and back dark green, with darker 
from'tV ^ visible in some, less so in others; a yellow line 
faint of gill-covers to the tail; cheeks yellow; 
a da whitish on the belly; fins generally pale yellow, 
brown root of the tail. In some specimens a dark 
season raystache; and in the breeding 
head hi! ^ breadth across the 
that tb t; V towards the mouth is the best proof 
• .^ . true Phoxinus of Aristotle ; whose name of 
shapl “formed like a top.” is applicable to such a 
