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tt Branchiostegale ~>. (Fundulus.) 



b. Dorsal lonjr; its rays 16 or 17. 



537. F. SCillinolis Girard. 



Body rather stout. IIead subpyramidal, the snout tapering. Eye 

 l-l in head. Dorsal fin high, its origin nearer apex of snout than origin 

 of caudal; anal deeper than long. Yentrals not reaching vent. Scales 

 deeper than long, of moderate size. Dark brown with large round 

 black spots, the spots corresponding to the scales, upon their line of 

 intersection. Dorsal and caudal spotted. Head 3|; depth 3f. D. 17; 

 A. 13; V. 6. Florida. (Gh-anl.) 



(Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1859, 59; Giinther, vi, 325.) 



1>b. Dorsal moderate, its rays 11-14. 



c. Scales rather small ; more than 40 in a longitudinal series. 

 d. Cross-bars blackish. 



538. F. diaplinnus (Le S.) Ag. Spring Minnow. 



Body rather slender, not elevated, compressed posteriorly. Head 

 moderate; quite Hat above. Fins not large; dorsal and anal rather 

 low; ventrals scarcely reaching vent in the females; somewhat longer 

 in the males. General color olivaceous; sides silvery; 15-23 narrow, 

 irregular blackish cross-bars on the sides; back always more or less 

 spotted with blackish; fins nearly plain. Teeth pointed, the outer 

 not much enlarged. Head 4 ; depth 4|. Eye large, 3i in head. D. 

 13; A. 11; Lat. 1. 40; L. transv. 12. L. 4 inches. Coasts, ascending all 

 streams to their fountain heads. Abundant in various tributaries of 

 the great lakes, Upper Mississippi, west to Colorado, and in ponds and 

 of the Middle and Eastern States. 



iliii/ilimni I.r Sucm. .Jmirn. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. i, 1817,130: 

 WHtW/OKMta Kc Snciir 1. c. i:'>1 : I'intilitltis mnll(t'<inci<itnx (Jiin; licr. vi, :i'J4. and of most 

 \\iii< rs; .Jordan, Proc.. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1-77, ti7. ) 



539. F. COOlflllOlltllS Condi- A. Bean. 



Yellowish, wi:h ;i longitudinal streak along each row of scales and 

 about I I distinct irregular vertical dark bands. Head low, Hat. Snout 

 not produced. Intel-orbital space L' in length of head, eye 1 in head. 

 Origin of dor>al midway between tip of caudal and middle of eye. 

 FirM ray of ;m;il under second of dorsal. Anal higher than long. 

 Scales crowded. ]!. probably ~>. Head .".J, : depth .".';. D. 10; A. 10; 

 Lat. 1. \~>. Lake .Monroe. Florida. (Qo<l< ,( 



(Goode A IJcan. I'roo. U. S. Nat. Mils. 1-7'J, lid.) 



