..The fishes of Illinois . •j$$wm$ | COMMON SHINER, Notropis cornutus (Mitchill). BLACKFIX, Notropis uwbratilis atnp-es (Jordan) NOTROPIS 147 laneous plant structures, including seeds, anthers, and pollen, andfragments of grass-like vegetation. Females apparently about to spawn have been taken by us fromMay 21 to June 12, but others which had not yet deposited theireggs occur in our collections occasionally up to the middle of males have the head largely tuberculate, together with apad-like tuberosity, closely set with tubercles, on the snout. Thescales of the upper part of the
..The fishes of Illinois . •j$$wm$ | COMMON SHINER, Notropis cornutus (Mitchill). BLACKFIX, Notropis uwbratilis atnp-es (Jordan) NOTROPIS 147 laneous plant structures, including seeds, anthers, and pollen, andfragments of grass-like vegetation. Females apparently about to spawn have been taken by us fromMay 21 to June 12, but others which had not yet deposited theireggs occur in our collections occasionally up to the middle of males have the head largely tuberculate, together with apad-like tuberosity, closely set with tubercles, on the snout. Thescales of the upper part of the sides in front of the dorsal fin arelikewise tuberculate. NOTROPIS CORNUTUS (MiTchill)(common shiner) Mitchill, 1817, Am. Month. Mag., I, 289 (Cyprlnus). &., VII, 249 (Leuciscus); J. & G, 186 (Minnilus), 192 (M. plumbeolus); M. V., 58 (megalops); J. & E., I, 281; N., 47 (Luxilus); J., 57 (Luxilus); F., 77 (megalops); L., 17. This species, in size one of the largest of our minnows, is distinguishedespecially by the great depth of the exposed portions of the scales
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