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I 3. Notropis amcenus (Abbott). 
! A few large specimens very dark in color and looking as though starved. 
I 4. Notropis niveus (Cope). 
I Very abundant, similar to specimens from the Dismal Swamp, the color darker, 
I the snout sharper, the mouth more oblique and more terminal than in specimens from 
I Cape Fear River. 
5. Notropis procne (Cope). 
Specimens quite slender, the back less elevated than in upland examples, the color 
very dark, but the markings similar. Chin always pale (black in the next species). 
6. Notropis chalybaeus (Cope). 
Very close to N. anogenus Forbes, differing chiefly in the more backward dorsal 
and smaller ante-dorsal scales, the general form, markings, size of eye and form of 
mouth the same in the two species. Head 4^ in length ; depth 5 ; D. 8 ; A. 7 to 9. 
Scales 33, 16 to 17 series before dorsal. Length, 2 inches. 
Body moderately elongate, compressed, the back a little elevated, the tail con- 
tracted ; top of head not very broad : scales before dorsal small ; lateral line nearly 
straight, somewhat interrupted. Snout short, not two-thirds the large eye, rather 
blunt, mouth short, very oblique, the chin projecting. Eye 3 in head. Dorsal inserted 
behind ventrals, at a point one and one-third times length of head, behind the nape. 
Dorsal and anal very short and high ; pectorals and ventrals short. Color quite dark, 
a jet black lateral band, which passes around the snout and includes the chin ; a 
darker spot at base of caudal ; a dark streak along base of anal. 
Compared with specimens of Notropis anogenus taken by Professor Meek in Cay- 
uga Lake, the latter differs in the paler color, broader head, more anterior dorsal 
(only a head’s length behind nape), and in the larger size (13 in number) of the scales 
before the dorsal. 
7. Clupea sapidissima (Wilson). Shad. 
Young, abundant. 
8. Gambusia patruelis (Baird & Girard). 
Few taken. 
9. Lucius reticulatus (Le Sueur). 
A few taken. 
10. Micropterus salmoides (Lac^pMe). 
Common. 
11. Lepomis auritus (L.). 
Common. 
12. Lepomis gibbosus (L.). 
A few. 
13. Perea flavescens (Mitchill). Raccoon Perch. 
Two taken. 
14. Etheostoma vitreum (Cope). 
Abundant. 
15. Etheostoma nigrum olmstedi (Storer). 
Abundant; cheeks covered with small, partly imbedded scales. 
