RANGES ARE IN PARENTHESES. STANDARD LENGTHS OF SPECIMENS ARE: WALNUT RIVER, KANSAS, 60.0 TO 72.7 mm., [=X] = 67.1; BIG BLUE RIVER, 43.3 TO 63.3 mm., [=X] = 52.0; AND CHIPPEWA RIVER, WISCONSIN, 57.6 TO 74.4 mm., [=X] = 65.9. ================+=================+=================+================== | Walnut River, | | Chippewa River, | Kansas | | Wisconsin COUNT OR | _H. n. placita_,| Big Blue River, | _H. n. nuchalis_, PROPORTIONAL | KU 3869 | Kansas KU 3812 | KU 2012 MEASUREMENT +-------+----+----+-------+----+----+-------+-----+---- | A | B | C | A | B | C | A | B | C ----------------+-------+----+----+-------+----+----+-------+-----+---- Lateral-line | 38.9 | 1.1| 0.4| 37.2 | 1.1| 0.4| 37.3 | 1.0 | 0.2 scales |(37-41)| | |(35-39)| | |(35-39)| | | | | | | | | | | Predorsal | 16.8 | 0.9| 0.7| 15.9 | 0.8| 0.2| 15.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 scale-rows |(15-19)| | |(14-17)| | |(14-17)| | | | | | | | | | | Scale-rows below| 15.6 | 1.2| 0.3| 14.9 | 1.0| 0.3| 12.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 lateral-line |(13-18)| | |(12-16)| | |(12-15)| | | | | | | | | | | Scale-rows | 16.2 | 1.1| 0.3| 15.8 | 0.8| 0.2| 13.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 around caudal |(15-19)| | |(14-18)| | |(12-15)| | peduncle | | | | | | | | | ----------------+-------+----+----+-------+----+----+-------+-----+---- TABLE 2.--Concluded.