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Cone-head Minnow
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Head 3 1/2; depth 4 2/3; eye 7; snout about 3; D. 8; A. 8; scales 17-47-7. Body elongate, subfusiform, compressed; head broad and depressed; the snout tapering; mouth horizontal, the jaws about equal, the maxillary extending to the eye; eye small, preorbital elongate; interorbital space as wide as length of maxillary, 3 in head; scales rather small, loosely imbricated; dorsal fin a little behind ventrals; caudal fin 1 1/2 in head, the lower lobe the longer; caudal peduncle very long, 4 1/2 length of body. Colour, dark, paler below, no red. This minnow reaches a length of 2 or 3 feet and is of some value as a food-fish. It is found only in the Sacramento-San Joaquin basin.