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GOLDEN SHINER. 867 
moderate; lateral line much decurved, continuous; dorsal fin much behind yentrals; 
anal basis moderately elongate; the rays 10 to 13; species of large size, all American, 
closely related to the European genus dAbramis, from which they differ in the shorter 
anal, Abramis having from 25 to 45 rays in that fin. 
87. NorrMIGONUS CHRYSOLEUCUS (Mitchill) Jordan. 
Geidenm Sihimer. 
Cyprinus chrysoleucus, MITCHILL, Rept. Fishes N. Y., 1814, 23; Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soe., 
i, 1815, 459. 
Rutilus chrysoleucus, RAFINESQUE, Ich Oh, 1820, 48. 
Cyprinus (Leuciscus) chrysoleucus, RICHARDSON, Fauna Bor.-Am., iii, 1837, 122. 
Leuciseus chrysoleucus, STORER Rept. Fishes Mass., 18239, 88.—Tuompson, Hist. Vermont, 
1842, 136.— KIRTLAND, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist., iv, 1843, 305. 
Notemigonus chrysoleucus, JORDAN, Ball. U. S. Mus., x, 1877, 65; Man. Vert., 2d Ed., 1878, 
301. 
Notemigonus auratus, RAVINESQUE, Ich. Oh., 1820, 40. 
Abramis versicolor, DEKaAY, Fishes N. Y., 1842, 191. 
Leuciseus versicolor, STORER, Syn., 1346, 415. 
Stilbe versicolor, AGassiz, Am. Journ. Sci. Aris, 1854, 359. 
Leuciseus obesus, STORER, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., July, 1865, p. —; Synopsis, 1846, 
AL8. 
Stilbe cbesa, AGASSiz, Am, Journ. Sci. Arts, 1854, 359. 
Luxilus obesus, GIRARD, Proc, Pail. Acad. Sei., 1856, 203. 
Leuciscus americanus, STORER, 1946, 403. (Not of Linneus.} 
_ Leucesomus americanus, GIRARD, Storer’s Fishes Mass., 1¢53, 283. 
Luxilus americanus, GIRARD, Proc. Phil. Acad. Sci., 1856, 203. 
Plargyrus americanus, PUTNAM, Bull. M. C. Z., 1863, 7. 
Stilbius americanus, GILL, Can. Nat., Aug., 1865, 18.—Jorpan, Ind. Geol. Surv., 1674, 224. 
Stilbe americana, Copn, Cyp. Penn., 1566, 3¢9.—ABBoIT, Am. Nat., 1670, 14.—Goopx, 
Ball. U. 8. Museum, vi, 1876, 64.—UHLER and LuacEr, Fishes of Maryland, 1676, 
145, | 
Abramis americanus, GUNTHER, Cat. Fishes, vii, 1863, 305. 
Notemigonus americanus, JORDAN and CopELanD, Check List, 1876, 155.—JorDAN, Anu. 
N.Y. Lye. Nat. Hist., 1877, 344, Bull. Butt. Soc. Nat. Hist., 1676, 93; Man. Vert., 
1876, 291.—NELSON, Ball. Ills. Mus., 1876, 48. 
Luxilus seco, GIRARD, Proc. Phil. Acad. Sci., 1856, 203; Pac. R. R. Surv., 1858, 281. 
Notemigonus seco, JORDAN and COPELAND, Check List, 1876, 155.—JORDAN, Ann. N. Y. 
Lyc., 1877, 365. . 
Description.—Body moderately elongate, strongly compressed ; head short, subconic, 
compressed, the top ef the head convex, the profile of the head continuous with that of 
the back; mouth small, oblique, the upper lip on the level with the upper part of the 
pupil, the maxillary not reaching the front of the eye; eye moderate, about four in 
head; fins mediam; color clear greenish above; sides silvery with bright golden reflec- 
tions; fins yellowish, the tips of the lower fins cometimes orange in spring males; head 
44; depth 3; D. 8; A. 12-14; scales 12-51-3; teeth 5-5. Length 12 inehes. 
