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U. S. P. R. R. EXP. AND SURVEYS—ZOOLOGY—GENERAL REPORT. 
Beferences to the figures .—Plate LVIII, fig. 16, represents C. notata, size of life. Fig. 17 is 
a section of the body across the line of the greatest depth. Fig. 18, a dorsal scale. Fig. 19, a 
scale from the lateral line. Fig. 20, a scale from the abdominal region. 
List of specimens. 
■ Catal. 
No. 
Cor. No. 
of teeth. 
No. of 
spec. 
Age. Locality. 
When col¬ 
lected. 
Whence obtained. 
Orig’i 
No. 
Nature of 
specimen. 
Collected by— 
13G 
2715 
2 
Adult and young. Rio Scco, Texas. 
1853 
Lieut. A. W. Whipple.. 
19 
Alcoholic.. 
Dr.'C. B. Kennerly... 
8. CYPRINELLA WHIPPLI1, G^rd. 
Plate LYIII, Figs. 6—10. 
Spec. Char. —Body elongated and sub-fusiform. Peduncle of the tail stoutish. Head constituting the fifth of the entire 
length. Eye rather large ; its diameter entering nearly four times in the length of the side of the head. Snout sub-conical and 
tapering ; gape of the mouth nearly horizontal ; posterior extremity of maxillar bone corresponding to a vertical line drawn at 
the anterior rim of the orbit. Anterior margin of dorsal fin nearer the insertion of the caudal than the tip of the snout. Origin 
of ventrals situated under the anterior edge of the dorsal. Pectorals and ventrals slender. Reddish brown above ; golden yellow 
beneath ; a black patch at the posterior margin of the dorsal fin. 
Syn. — Cyprinella whipplii, Grd. in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. VIII, 1856, 198. 
Gracefully elongated and sub-fusiform. Dorsal region slightly arched upon the insertion of 
the fin. Greatest depth forming a little more than the fifth of the total length, whilst the head, 
which is sub-conical, constitutes a little less than the fifth of the same dimension. The eye is 
rather large, its diameter entering about four times in the length of the side of the head. A very 
characteristic feature consists in a very high dorsal fin, rounded upon its upper margin. The 
origin of the ventral fin is situated opposite the anterior margin of the dorsal or very slightly in 
advance of it. The anal fin is very much developed also, somewhat deeper than long, its anterior 
margin being nearer the fork of the caudal than the isthmus. The ventrals and pectorals are 
slender and lanceolated, the tips of the former overlapping the vent and reaching the origin of' 
the anal, whilst the latter are far from approximating the insertion of the ventrals. 
D 2, 8 + 1 ; A 2, 9 + 1; C 8, 1, 9, 8, 1, 6 ; Y 1, 8; P 14. 
The scales are of moderate development, and the lateral line, as usual, deflexed upon the 
abdomen, approximates more the ventrals than the dorsal fin. 
The color is reddish brown above ; yellowish beneath with a golden reflect. A black patch 
may he observed at the posterior margin of the dorsal fin ; the upper fins assuming a greyish 
olive tint, the lower fins a light yellowish one. 
Beferences to the figures. —Plate LYIII, fig. 6, represents Cyprinella whipplii , size of life. 
Fig. 7 is a section of the body across the line of greatest depth. Fig. 8, a dorsal scale. Fig. 
9, a scale from the lateral line. Fig. 10, a scale from the abdominal region. 
List of specimens . 
Catal. 
No. 
Cor. No. 
of teeth. 
No. of 
spec. 
Age. 
Locality. 
When col¬ 
lected. 
Whence obtained. 
Nature of 
specimens. 
Collected by— 
137 
2716 
i 
Adult. 
Sugarloafcreek, Ark.... 
1853 
Lt. A. W. Whipple.. 
Alcoholic. 
H.B.Mollhausen.... 
