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6a. Scales relatively large, the -anterior dorso-lateral
 scales usually 13 to 16, circumferential scales usu-
 ally 24 to 29. Scale pockets in dorso-lateral area
 with considerable dark pigment, forming three or
 four prominent straight or crooked parallel stripes
 along length of back; these meet posterior to the
 dorsal fin, forming distinct "V's." No broad, light
 area lateral to mid-dorsal stripe in breeding male.
 Mid-dorsal stripe not attaining a bright golden hue
 in live breeding males; narrow longitudinal stripe
 not present beneath parallel stripes on side of back.
 Pigment usually present on. chin and anterior part
 of gular area ---__7----------
 7a. Parallel dark lines along dorso-lateral part of
 back crooked, sometimes fairly indistinct. Pre-
 dorsal and anterior dorso-lateral scale rows
 always crooked. Anterior dorso-lateral scales
 (13) 14 to 16 (19); circumferential scales (23) 26
 to 29 (32) -
 -----.- Notropis chrysocephalus chrysocephalus
 Northeastern Oklahoma east to northern Geor-
 gia and north to southeastern Wisconsin and
 western New York. Intergrading with isolepis
 in central Alabama.
 7b. Parallel dark lines along dorso-lateral part of
 back straight, always distinct. Predorsal and
 anterior dorso-lateral scale rows straight and
 even, rarely crooked. Anterior dorso-lateral
 scales (12) 13 or 14 (15); circumferential scales
 (23) 24 to 28 -....---- ------
 -____----_- ..-Notropis chrysocephalus isolepis
 Southeastern'Oklahoma and northeastern Texas
 to west-central Georgia and the Gulf coast. In-
 tergrading with chrysocephalus in central Ala-
 bama.
6b. Scales relatively small, the anterior dorso-lateral
 scales usually 17 to 25, circumferential scales usu-
 ally 26 to 35. Scale pockets in dorso-lateral area
 with little or no dark pigment; no parallel longitudi-
 nal stripes running along back. A broad, light
 stripe lateral to mid-dorsal stripe, particularly evi-


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