. 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. for Jan and Evermann.âFishes of North America. 273 in front of dorsal. Dorsal fin extremely high; its height in the males one- fourtli I«>iigt)\ of body, in females somewhat lower; its insertion almost directly over first ray of ventrals. In the other similarly colored species of Xolnijiis the dorsal is evidently behind the ventrals. Coloration bril- liaut, clear dark
. 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. for Jan and Evermann.âFishes of North America. 273 in front of dorsal. Dorsal fin extremely high; its height in the males one- fourtli I«>iigt)\ of body, in females somewhat lower; its insertion almost directly over first ray of ventrals. In the other similarly colored species of Xolnijiis the dorsal is evidently behind the ventrals. Coloration bril- liaut, clear dark blue above, sides and below abruptly silvery; a blue lateral Htreak, much as in K. caruleua, bounding the blue of the upper partH, the white pigment of the lower parts looking as if painted over the blue. Dursal with a large black spot on its last rays above. Dorsal, aual, and caudal with the usual satin-white pigment at their tips; these iiuH otherwise of a clear, ferruginous orange. Females slender and dull- colored. Length 21 inches. Ocmulgee River, Georgia. An elegant fish. (Ka/M(, beautiful; af/fia, sail, from the dorsal fin.) 'uiii, Jordan, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. T., 1876, 363, South Fork of Ocmulgee River, Flat Shoals, Georgia. (Typo, No. 17864. Coll. Jordan & Gilbert.) Cidoiiiii i:(lli. -i«, Jordan, Hull. U. S. Nat. Mus., xii. 52, 1878. CUohi iMllisemi; Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 173, 1883. % â r'"^ P â¢â¢ i 11 ei Bpif 'k f Subgenus CYPRINELLA, Girard. 485. NUTR0PI8 BUBALINCS (Baird & Girard). Head 4!i; depth 3; eye 4 in head. D. 8; A. 9; scales 32 to 35. Body short, tlio back arched; head short and deep, blunt in profile; mouth moderate, oblique, the jaws subequal; lateral linedecurved. Coloration plain in Npirits, the males probably with bright pigment. Length 3^ inches. Streams of Arkansas and westward; not common. (Diminutive of buhahuH, buffalo.) ;.cii(.'iw.'i Mialimis, Baird & GiRABD, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1
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