Trionyx uintaensis, Leidy.

Cont. to Ex. Vert. Fauna, p 176.

Cottonwood Creek.


[PISCES.]

TELEOSTEI.

TELEOCEPHALI.

CYPRINODONTIDÆ.

"Head and body covered with scales; barbels, none. Margin of the upper jaw formed by the premaxillaries only. Teeth in both jaws; upper and lower pharyngeals, with cardiform teeth. Dorsal fin situated on the hinder half of the body." (Günther.)