. Synopsis of the fishes of North America [microform]. Fishes; Poissons. 31. cyprinid;e—apocope. 209 nooked, with grindinj;;' surface. Scales quite small. Lateral line con- tinuous. Dorsal over or slightly behind ventrals. Anal basis short. Size, aspect, and (joloration of RhinwhtJu/s and Apocope. (A coined name, wirliout uu^aning.) 3IS. A. chrysossister Giranl. Body rather stout, the back slightly elevated. Head heavy, the snout bltiutly conical, covered with tubercles in males in spring. Mouth siiiiill, nearly horizontal, the lower jaw included, preiiuixillary entirely lielow the level of th
. Synopsis of the fishes of North America [microform]. Fishes; Poissons. 31. cyprinid;e—apocope. 209 nooked, with grindinj;;' surface. Scales quite small. Lateral line con- tinuous. Dorsal over or slightly behind ventrals. Anal basis short. Size, aspect, and (joloration of RhinwhtJu/s and Apocope. (A coined name, wirliout uu^aning.) 3IS. A. chrysossister Giranl. Body rather stout, the back slightly elevated. Head heavy, the snout bltiutly conical, covered with tubercles in males in spring. Mouth siiiiill, nearly horizontal, the lower jaw included, preiiuixillary entirely lielow the level of the eye, the maxillary not reaching its anterior mar- gin, barbel minute. Eye ratluu- large, about 4 in bead. Fins well d(ni)ed. Lateral line somewhat decurved. Color t)livaceous above, with black spots; yellow below; a black streak along the sides. Head 4j\; depth 4^. D. !); A. 8.; Lat. L. 3^ inches. Rio Gila, Ari- zona. (Oinird.) (Girard, Proc. Acad. Nut. Sci. Pliilfi. 185fi, 187, and U. S. Mex. Bound. Snrv. Ichth. 48.) 319. A. metallica Grd. Stouter, the head shorter, and the snout more convex. Dorsal rather iiiglier and narrower. Scales (in tjgure) considerably larger. Colorar tion and i)roportion8 essentially as in the preceding. Lat. 1. 75. Rio Gila. (Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. 8oi. Pliila. 185(5, 187, and U. S. Mex. Bound. Surv. Ichtb. 49.) 91.—APOCOPF (Jopp. (Cope, Hayden's Qeol. Surv. Mont, 1871, 47*2 : type Aporopc cnrrhttjtoni CoytPi.) Body somewhat elongate. Mouth normal, rather .small, .vith thickish lips and a terminal maxillary barbel, premaxillaries i)rotractile. Teetli mostly 1, 4-4, 1, hooked, without grinding surface. Scales very small. liiiteral line weak, often more or less broken posteriorly. Dorsal fln inserted behind the ventrals. Anal basis short. • Isthmus broad. Size small. Colors dusky, with red in spring. The species are closely re- lated and difficult to separate, and the geinis is scarcely distim^t from Agosia. {dTroumr^, a deficiency, in
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