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U. S. P. R. R. EXP. AND SURVEYS—ZOOLOGY-GENERAL REPORT. 
The scales, as already stated, are larger than in either C. gunnisoni or C. umbrosa ; their 
upper and lower edges tapering somewhat as in the latter mentioned species. 
The color is greyish brown above, and orange red beneath, with an obsolete silvery streak 
along the middle of the flanks. The fins being unicolor. 
List of specimens. 
Catal. 
No. 
Cor. No. 
of teeth. 
No. of 
spec. 
Age. 
Locality. 
When col¬ 
lected. 
Whence obtained. 
Nature of 
specimen. 
Collected by — 
135 
2714 
9 
A.&Y. 
Sluice of Arkansas river, 
near Fort Makee. 
1854 
Lt. E. G. Beckwith. 
Alcoholic . 
Mr. Kreuzfeld._ 
5. CYPEINELLA SUAYIS, Grd. 
Spec. Ciiar.—B ody rather short, sub-fusiform in profile; back slightly arched. Head constituting the fifth of the entire 
length. Diameter of eye entering nearly four times in the length of the side of the head. Gape of the mouth oblique. Posterior 
extremity of maxillar bone extending to a vertical line drawn behind the nostrils. Anterior margin of dorsal fin nearer the 
insertion of the caudal than the tip of the snout. Origin of ventrals situated somewhat in advance of the dorsal. Pectorals 
slender and elongated. Yellowish brown, ligher beneath than above; middle of flanks metallic white. Fins unicolor. 
Syn .—Cyprinella suavis , Grd. in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. VIII, 1856, 197. 
By its general form and appearance this species establishes the transition between the deep 
and slender species. The head forms about the fifth, and the depth the fourth, of the total length. 
The dorsal fin is higher, and the anal deeper than long ; the anterior margin of the anal is 
nearer the tip of the lower lobe of the caudal than the extremity of the snout. The tips of the 
ventrals approximate the vent; but the extremities of the pectorals do not reach the origin 
of the ventrals. 
D 2, 8 + 1 ; A 2, 9 + 1 ; C 7, 1, 9, 8, 1, 6; V 1, 8; P 14. 
The scales are moderate sized, sub-elliptical in their outline, though rather truncated ante¬ 
riorly. The lateral line describes a gentle curve below the middle of the flanks. 
The color is yellowish brown above, the middle of the flanks reflecting a metallic white .tint, 
whilst the belly is light yellow. The fins being unicolor, of a light yellowish tint. 
List of specimens. 
Catal. 
No. 
Cor. No. of 
teeth. 
No of 
spec. 
Age. 
Locality. 
When 
collected. 
Whence obtained. 
Orig’l 
No. 
Nature of 
specimen. 
Collected by— 
138 
2717 
24 
A. & Y.... 
Near San Antonio, Texas.... 
1853 
Lt. A. W. Whipple 
9 
Alcoholic....« 
Dr. C. B. Konnerly. 
6. CYPRINELLA LEPIDA, Grd. 
Plate LYIII, Figs. 21—25. 
Spec. Char. —Body elongated, sub-fusiform. Peduncle of the tail robust. Head contained four times and a half in the total 
length. Eye well developed ; its diameter entering four times in the length of the side of the head. Snout rather blunt; gape 
of mouth somewhat arched ; posterior extremity of the maxillary extending to a vertical line drawn before the orbit. Anterior 
margin of dorsal fin nearer the insertion of the caudal than the tip of the snout. Origin of ventrals placed slightly in advance 
of the dorsal. Pectorals moderate. Reddish ash above ; pale sulphur yellow beneath. Fins unicolor. 
Syn. —Cyprinella lepida, Grd. in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. VIII, 1856, 197. 
