. Synopsis of the fishes of North America [microform]. Fishes; Poissons. mmmm ttitk m. ! > 'I J 214 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY IV. scarcely greater than the width of the iuterorbital space. Preorhitul bone large, oblong, conspicuous, and silvery. Mouth rather small, hor- izontal, the lower jaw included, the edge of the premaxillary below the level of the eye, the maxillary not reaching to the vertical from the front of the orbit. Barbel quite small. Snout boldly and abruptly do- <!urved much as in C. amblops, the tip of the snout thickened, foruiirijf a sort of pad. Late
. Synopsis of the fishes of North America [microform]. Fishes; Poissons. mmmm ttitk m. ! > 'I J 214 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY IV. scarcely greater than the width of the iuterorbital space. Preorhitul bone large, oblong, conspicuous, and silvery. Mouth rather small, hor- izontal, the lower jaw included, the edge of the premaxillary below the level of the eye, the maxillary not reaching to the vertical from the front of the orbit. Barbel quite small. Snout boldly and abruptly do- <!urved much as in C. amblops, the tip of the snout thickened, foruiirijf a sort of pad. Lateral line decurved. Rows of scales along the back convergiug behind the dorsal wliere the upper series run out, as in Minnilus cornutm. Fins rather higher and more falcate than in Q, biguttatm. The dorsal fin inserted well forward, over veutrals. Pec toraV lins pointed, not reaching veutrals, veutrals not reaching vent. Teeth 4-4, hooked, without grinding surface. Translucent greenish above; sides and below brilliantly silvery; cheeks and opercles with a bright silvery lustre; lius plain; a slight plumbeous lateral shade. Head 4J; depth 4. D. 8; A. 8; 8cales5-4L'-4. L. 5 inches. Fallsof the Ohio. (Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns. 1879, 238.) â¢331. C. amblops (Kat.) Gv<\.âSilver Chub. Body rather slender, somewhat heavy anteriorly, not much com pressed. Head large, somewhat Uattened and broad above. Eye very large, longer than snout and longer than iuterorbital space, 3 in lusad. Mouth horizontal, subiuferior, and rather snuill. Muzzle bluntly de curved. Upper lip below le\'el of orbit, maxillary not reaching the line of the front of the orbit. Barbel evident. Fins moderate. Lateral line somewhat decurved. Sixteen scales before dorsal. Color translu cent greenish above; scales somewhat dark-edged; sides with a bright silvery band, which overlies dark i)igment, so that sometimes a plumbe- ous or even blackish baud a])pears; a dark band through eye around snout; males ".vi
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