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62. Hupsonius sTorerraANus (Kirtland) Jordan. 
Lake Minnow. | 
Leuciscus storerianus, KIRTLAND, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist., v, 1845, 30.—GUNTHER, Cat. 
Fishes Brit. Mus., vii, 250. 
Hybopsis storerianus, Cope, Trans. Am. Philos. Soc., 1866, 380, and of authors. 
Hudsonius amarus, GIRARD, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1856, 210. 
Hybopsis amarus, JORDAN, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 1864, 279. 
Hybopsis phaénna, Cork, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1864, 279. 
Description —Body elongate, considerably depressed in adults; head quite short, the 
muzzle blunt, decurved, shorter than the very large eye, which is three in head ; top of 
the head flattened, somewhat concave between the orbits; greatest depth of the head 
nearly three-fourths its length; mouth moderate, nearly horizontal, the jaws nearly 
equal; the maxillary extending to the eye; lateral line nearly straight, slightly 
decurved anteriorly ; eighteen scales before the dorsal ; coloration very pale, sometimes 
a dusky spot at base of the caudal, especially in the young; sides with a broad silvery 
band; pectorals not reaching ventrals, the latter not to vent; caudal fin long; head 42; 
depth 44; D. 8; A. 8; scales 5-39-4; teeth 1, 4-4, 0 or 1. Length 4 to 8 inches. 
Habitat, Great Lake Region to New Jersey and south to Georgia, east of the 
Alleghanies. 
Diagnosis.—This handsome fish may usually be best known by the 
small size of the head and mouth, compared with other large scaled species 
with short intestines. 
Habits.—This fish is abundant in Lake Erie, where it reaches a con- 
siderable size. It seldom ascends the small streams, but is taken in 
seines in the waters of the lake. The largest I have seen were about eight 
inches long, and it is said to grow much larger. Dr. Kirtland also found 
it only in the lake. 
Hudsonius fluviatilis Girard (Clupea hudsonia, Clinton) is also said to in- 
habit Lake Erie, but I have never seen specimens from the lakes. It 
has teeth 1, 4-4, 2, and usually a dusky caudal spot. 
63. HupsonIus voLUCELLUS (Cope) Jordan. 
Hybognathus volucellus, COPE, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1865, 283. 
Hybopsis volucellus, CcP#, Trans. Am. Philos. Soc., 1866, 851, and of writers. 
Leuciscus volucellus, GUNTHER, Cat. Fishes, Brit. Mus., vii, i868, 260. 
Description —Body moderately stout ; head depressed, elongate, the vertex plane, the 
muzzle elongate ; fins more elongate than in most of the related species ; the pectorals 
reaching the ventrals; caudal peduncle slender; eye three and one-third in head; oliva- 
ceous, @ slight dusky lateral shade; no dorsal stripe ; fins plain; head 32; depth 4; D. 
8; A. 8; scales 4-34-5; teeth 4.4. Length 24 inches. 
Habitat, Southern Michigan to Wisconsin. 
