332 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY - IV. 



* Dorsal I'm l>i'^iinmii; in advanrr of anal. 



t Branchiostegals 6. (H<i/lr<t>-</i/r<i f Larrprili'.) 



n Miili-s with dark rn>-liars ; frmalrs with longitudinal stripes. 



532. F. Ilia jalis (Walli.) (itlir. KiUifiJi : Muji*h ; 



llo.ly oblong, scan-fly elevated, little compressed; liead rather pro- 

 longed anteriorly, the mouth small, terminal and very oblique; scales 

 rather large; dorsal lin moderate; anal liu very high in the males, mod- 

 erate in the females; ventrals long in the males, reaching past front of 

 anal ; e\e moderate, shorter than snout and than intcrorbital space; a 

 slight angle formed by the profile, iu front of the eye, due to the greater 

 tl.it telling of the snout. Male fishes dark olivaceous above; sides sil- 

 very or somewhat golden, with about a dozen broad transverse bars of 

 the color of the back; posterior part of dorsal fin with a black patch; 

 fins yellowish or pale. Females olivaceous above, white below, a narrow 

 black band along sides about on the level of the eye and as wide as the 

 pupil; below this two similar black bars anteriorly and one posteriorly, 

 the upper one being interrupted; one or two black bars at base of cau- 

 dal. Females usually larger than the males. A large specimen taken at 

 JVanfort, X. C., supposed to be a male of this species in high coloration, 

 showed tin- following colors in life: I'.ack olive, sides and belly bright 

 salmon yellow; lower tins clear yellow ; pectorals and anal wit h some 

 dusky; posterior edge of 'caudal dark; dorsal nearly all black, a large 

 black oeellated spot on the last rays; opercles and under parts of head 

 with an inky suffusion; cheeks, top of head, and mouth bronze yellow; 

 sides with about 18 narrow dusky vertical bars. Teeth in a broad band; 

 an outer row of rather large teeth. Oviduct adnate to first anal ray for 

 a short distance. Head 3.?; depth 4. ]). IL'; A. 10; Lat. 1. 30; L. 

 transv. 13. L. f>-G inches. Cape Cod to Florida, the largest of our 

 ('i/in-iiiiiilinithlii-; abundant in shallow bays. 



hilix miijuHs U'alliaiini, Arti-ili, 1'isc. 1'J, IT'.i'J: /.'-<u ilni'i 'UK Mitch. Trans. Lit. & 

 1'hil. Sue. N. V. i, .l;!;i; (Jiintlirr, vi. :;.'_': IIi/<lrtiri/i/r<t >iij<ilix ('. A V. \\ iii, '.'H7.) 



b'.l'.l. F. s\v:iBiie>iiiUK (Lac.) (Jthr. 



Very similar to the preceding, but the scales apparently somewhat 

 smaller; greenish olive, with a silvery longitudinal band, and ll'-l/) 

 blackish vertical streaks. Head 4; depth I 1 ,. 1'.. 0; D. 14; A. 11'; 

 Lat. I. 13. South Carolina. ( \'<il.) 

 (Hydrargira svampina Lai-t-jinir, Hist. \ai. I'oNs. \. :;?.-': (iiintln-r, vi, 



Laii ; |nilc, Hist. Nat. I'm-^. v, :;;.-. ]-n;i: ty)" 1 Jli/<lninjini mraiiynnu Lac. (5op, 

 water: >ilvcr.) 



