. Synopsis of the fishes of North America [microform]. Fishes; Poissons. :^fnf 31 CYPRINID^âTRTCHERODON 247 nearly over veutrals. Anal basis short. Lateral liue complete. Intes- tinal canal short. Peritoneum white. Small. (^diiioTzoUw, to feed daintily; *y;, tooth.) 413. O. emiliae Hay. Body rather elongate, moderately conij^.ressed, not elevated. Head short, slender. Muzzle blunt and rounded. Mouth very small and verj- oblique, smaller than in any other of our Cyprinidw, withscar .ely any lateral cleft; its size, when opened wide, less than that of the eye. Man- dible short and deep, strongly
. Synopsis of the fishes of North America [microform]. Fishes; Poissons. :^fnf 31 CYPRINID^âTRTCHERODON 247 nearly over veutrals. Anal basis short. Lateral liue complete. Intes- tinal canal short. Peritoneum white. Small. (^diiioTzoUw, to feed daintily; *y;, tooth.) 413. O. emiliae Hay. Body rather elongate, moderately conij^.ressed, not elevated. Head short, slender. Muzzle blunt and rounded. Mouth very small and verj- oblique, smaller than in any other of our Cyprinidw, withscar .ely any lateral cleft; its size, when opened wide, less than that of the eye. Man- dible short and deep, strongly curved, jaws equal. Eye lonj?er than snout, 3 in head. Dorsal beginning over i)osterior raysof ventrals, nearer snout than base of caudal. Pectoral very small, not reaching veutrals, tlie latter to anal. Caudal peduncle long and slender. Anal short and () V. Breast naked; 16 large scales before dorsal. Yellowish; sides silvery; â¢scales above dark-edged; a dark lateral band from snout to caudal, above and below which are series of black dots; anterior rays of dorsal dark; sometimes a black spot on the posterior rays. D. 9; A. 8; scales 5-40-3; teeth 5-5, serrate. Eastern Mississippi. (Hay, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1380, ) 106.âTRYCIIERODON Forbea. (Forbes, MSS. geu. nov.: typo Trychcrodon viegalops Forbes.) Pharyngeal teeth in one row, 5-5 or 5-(), strongly hooked, deeply creuate, without masticatory surface. Lateral line imperfect. Dorsal over veutrals. Intestine shorter than head and body. Peritoneum pale. Thorax naked almost to ventrals. ]\Iouth terminal, upper jaw protrac- tile. No barbels, {rpuxepa^, ragged; 6dwv^ tooth.) 414. T. iilcg:alops Forbes, spec. nov. "A small, fusiform species, with a small, terminal, oblique mouth, a very large eye, an imperfect lateral line, a narrow black lateral stripe, a partly naked breast, and large fins. The dorsal has a large dusky black blotch on the front rays. The depth is contained from 4 to 5 times in the length without
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