. Synopsis of the fishes of North America [microform]. Fishes; Poissons. %i * * â f f 'â H â jy KtM : M". I* 204 CONTRIBUTIONS TO XOKi'H AMEUICAN ICHTHYOLOGY IV. Series. Lateral line short or nearly obsolete. (Dorsal flu not described.) Amil basis short. Small flshes, differing from Minnilm in the incoui plote condition of the lateral line; possibly merely the young of some Hqualius. (-|r>(, before; ^'y""?» Pore.) 307. P. doiniiiniis Cope. Boily rather stout, front convex. Muzzle obtuse. Mouth horizontul, end of maxillary not quite reaching orbit. Eye 4 in head. Lateral
. Synopsis of the fishes of North America [microform]. Fishes; Poissons. %i * * â f f 'â H â jy KtM : M". I* 204 CONTRIBUTIONS TO XOKi'H AMEUICAN ICHTHYOLOGY IV. Series. Lateral line short or nearly obsolete. (Dorsal flu not described.) Amil basis short. Small flshes, differing from Minnilm in the incoui plote condition of the lateral line; possibly merely the young of some Hqualius. (-|r>(, before; ^'y""?» Pore.) 307. P. doiniiiniis Cope. Boily rather stout, front convex. Muzzle obtuse. Mouth horizontul, end of maxillary not quite reaching orbit. Eye 4 in head. Lateral lino not developed as far as the ventral fins. Grayish; a broad dark lateral bana, spotted witli darker; back and top of head dark. Head 4i; depth 5. 1). 8; A. 7; scales U-SG-G; teeth 2, 4-4, L L. 2 inches. Fort Hail, Idaho. {Cope.) (Cope, lliiydou's Gool. Siirv. Mout. 1871, 47:», 1872.) §::KIâ¬YiTIBA Cope. (Copo, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1805,88: type Eriojmha buccxita Copo.) Body rather elongate, little conii)ressed. Muzzle broad. Interopor- cle, suborbital, and dentary bones crossed by (5onspicuous, externally vis'ble, nuujouH channels. Li[)s thin. No barbel. Teeih I, 4-4, 0, without grinding surl'ace, hooked, the edges entire. Scales rather large, Latt 'ill line continuous. Dorsal fin above ventrals. Anal basis short. Si!ver;y lishes of rather small size, known at once from all other nun nows by the cavernous bones of the lower part of head, {ipi, an inteii Hive particle; xob^rj^ a cavity; in allusion to the development of the mu- cous channels.) AQti. Vt. buccutit Cupu. Body fufciform, lather elongate, little compressed, the back not ele- vated. Il«Mid rather long, some^what depressed above, with broad and prominent muzzic. Mouth rather small, horizontal, subinli rior, the lower jaw considerably shorter than upper, upper lip below level of ])upil, maxillary not rea<;hing to eye, dentary bones dilated, the mu eons channels conspiijucms, Sul)oibit
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