. The fishes of North and Middle America [microform] : a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Fishes; Fishes; Poissons; Poissons. ii'i 266 BuUetin 47, United States National Museum. reachinf; eye; front of dorsal midway between snont and caudal; Hcales deeper than long; lateral line fltraight, complete. Light brown, s(;ale8 above dark-edged; numerous round dark dots above, the largeHt somo- times nearly size of pupil, the spots unequal and irregularly placed, imich as in Ilyhopitis -354. Slender, wit
. The fishes of North and Middle America [microform] : a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Fishes; Fishes; Poissons; Poissons. ii'i 266 BuUetin 47, United States National Museum. reachinf; eye; front of dorsal midway between snont and caudal; Hcales deeper than long; lateral line fltraight, complete. Light brown, s(;ale8 above dark-edged; numerous round dark dots above, the largeHt somo- times nearly size of pupil, the spots unequal and irregularly placed, imich as in Ilyhopitis -354. Slender, with long tail; head long, flattish above; snout niudcrate; mouth rather large, little oblique, the lower jaw included. Lips a little thickened, especially near angle of mouth. 17 scales before dorsal, whiub is inserted slightly behind ventrals. Light olive; sides with dusky streaks and dark specks. Length 2i inches. Eastern Iowa to eastern Colorado, abundant in muddy streams of the plains, from the Des Moiues River to the Platte. (Named for Dr. Charles Henry Gilbert, joint author of the "Synopsis of the Fishes of North ;) NotropU gilberti, Jordan & Meek, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., 1885, 4, Des Moines River and Village Creek, Ottumwa, Iowa. (Type, No. 35840?. Coll. Jordan & Meek.) 421. NOTBOPIS PIPTOLEPIS (Cope). Head 4; depth 4i; eye 3i. D. 7; A. 8; scales 6^36-4; teeth 1, W, 1. Physiognomy of Hyhopais diasimilis. Body elongate, not elevated. Head elongate. Mouth small, nearly horizontal, the maxillary reaching beyond line of orbit, the mandible somewhat projecting. Region in frontut dorsal fin more or less bare of scales. Dorsal beginning opposite ventrals, nearer snout than base of caudal. Olivaceous; silvery below; a broad, silvery lateral band, with dark specks; sides of head with black specks; a dark vertebral band. Length 3 inches. North Platte River. (Cope.) A doubt- ful species, perhaps the same as N. gilberti. (wiirru, to fall; ^enii, scale.) ill; ^
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