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13. Notropis telescopus (Cope). S., M., G., N., W., D. 
Very common ; not found in warm creeks (like Beaver Creek), but ascending cold 
streams farther than the preceding or the next. 
Green, silvery below; fins pale; no red, often a faint dusky caudal spot. Scales 
(f back conspicuously dark-edged ; the two uppermost rows running into outline of 
hack, the one under the dorsal, the other just behind it. Anal with concave edge and 
10 rays. Eye very large, 2f in head, longer than the sharp short snout ; mouth oblique, 
the jaws equal. Insertion of dorsal midway between snout and base of caudal, a little 
behind ventrals ; 13 scales before dorsal. Depth 4f to 5^. It reaches a larger size 
than the preceding, but less than the next. 
14. Notropis atherinoides (Ralinesque). G., N., W., D. 
Abundant in quiet places in the river channels. Very large specimens, 5 inches 
long, in the Watauga. Eye as long as snout, in head. Snout sharp ; depth 6 in 
length; 15 scales before dorsal. The specimens are similar to those from the Kana- 
wha basin, but a little more elongate. 
15. Notropis ariommus (Cope). W. 
One specimen taken. Very pale; a silvery lateral band; eye excessively large, 
2§ in head, nearly twice length of snout, which is evenly rounded ; maxillary 3^ in 
head, reaching front of eye; mouth oblique; fins low; dorsal over ventrals; head 
in length ; depth 5 ; 15 scales before dorsal ; anal rays 9. 
16. Notropis coccogenis (Cope). M., S., G., N., B., W., D. 
Everywhere very common, especially in the clear streams, the most abundant of 
the larger minnows. 
Color in life, steel-blue, silvery below ; a dash of scarlet on upper lij) ; axil of pec- 
toral, front of dorsal, and a vertical bar on front of opercle, bright scarlet. Base of 
caudal milky, tinged with reddish anteriorly ; anal and ventrals white. 
17. Notropis galacturus (Cope). S., G., N., B., W., D. 
Associated with the preceding and reaching a similar size, but less abundant and 
not ascending the small streams so far. Very large specimens have the tip of snout, 
dorsal, tip of caudal, pectorals, anal, and ventrals Hushed with red. Base of caudal 
conspicuously yellowish-white. 
18. Notropis rubricroceus (Cope). M., S., D. 
Excessively abundant in the clear streams, outnumbering all other species at 
Marion and Holstein Mills ; rare in the rivers ; a single specimen only taken in 
Doe River, 
In life, bright green, a steel-blue lateral stripe, becoming darker behind and end- 
ing in a distinct caudal spot; a silvery streak below the lateral band; below this a 
red stripe; snout and lips deep brick-red ; base of pectoral scarlet ; belly and cheeks, 
and sometimes back also, flushed with red in old males. This brilliant species reaches 
a length of nearly 4 inches, and even the young and the females show more or less of 
red. 
19. Hybopsis amblops (Rafinesque). S., M., G., N., B., W., D. {Hi/bopais gracilis Agassiz; Cerat- 
ichthys hyalinus Cope.) 
Rather common in all streams except the coldest ; much less abundant than N. 
coccogenis, rubricroceics, leuciodus, and telescopus. No red markings ; dark lateral 
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