ADDENDA 49. CYPRINODONTID^ GAMBUSIA. 893 



stripes following the rows of scales, the stripes a little narrower than 

 the interspaces; a large blackish blotch below eye; fins nearly plain, 

 the upper somewhat dusky; young with faint dark bars. Body com- 

 paratively long and slender, little compressed. Caudal peduncle long, 

 rather slender. Head long, broad and depressed above. Eye large, 

 about equal to snout, interorbital width, 3| in head. Lower jaw 

 heavy. Teeth small, the outer scarcely enlarged. Fins all small. 

 Head 3| ; depth 5. D. 8 ; A. 9 ; scales 40-10. Indian River, Florida. 

 (Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. v, 1882.) 



Page 343. Lucania venusta is generally common along the Gulf coast. 

 Co 1 or nearly plain light olive, the males with the dorsal and caudal 

 bright yellow, the anal orange, each of these fins margined with black; 

 dorsal with black spot at base in front, ocellated with yellow. D. 11 or 

 12; A. 9 or 10; scales 26-8. 



Page 343. To the description of Lucania parva add : 



Plain olive, edges of scales darker; front of dorsal with a dusky spot. 



Body comparatively deep, the back somewhat arched. Dorsal high; 



anal small. Head 3^; depth 3J. D. 11; A. 8; scales 26-8. L. 1 



inches. Connecticut to Florida (Bean). 



Page 345. No. 562 may be redescribed as follows: 







562. CJ. patruelas (B. & G.) Grd. 



Light olive, each scale edged with darker; a very narrow dark streak 

 along sides; top of head dusky; an obscure bluish-black bar below 

 eye; a black blotch on each side of belly, caused by the black perito- 

 neum showing through the skin; fins dusky; the caudal sometimes 

 dotted. Body rather slender. Head small, very broad and much de- 

 pressed; teeth in broad villiform bands; eye small, If in interorbital 

 width, 3^ to 3 in head. Intestinal canal as long as body. Dorsal 

 small, far back; distance from its insertion to caudal half that to snout; 

 anal larger and higher than dorsal. Head 4; depth 3 to 4. D. 7; A. 

 8 or 9; scales 30-10. L. 1^ inches. Marshes and lagoons of the South 

 Atlantic and Gulf coasts, Delaware to Mexico, mostly in brackish or 

 fresh water; excessively common in Louisiana. Eastern specimens 

 (var. liolbrooU; Maryland to Florida) have usually the eye larger, about 

 one-third length of head, 1 in interorbital width; head 3 in length. 



