336 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH 'AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY -- IV. 



cross bars, each about as broad as a scale; females with about as many 

 narrow black bars, which do not extend on the hack or belly; scales 

 punctate, Ilcad.'irJ; depth 1. 1 >. 1 1 ; A.!; scales .">.' 1-1 1. L. L'A inches. 

 (diinthcr.) Atlantic co.ist of United States, not very common. 



i 11 ; iil rn i-'jurn >ii<i>-nj'<ixi-:t<tii Lc Siu-nr. .Tonni. Arad. Nat. Sci. I'liila. 1-17, i, 133; 

 Stoivr, I'i-1' M.IS-. -.".I.".: (Jiimlicr, vi, :^5.) 



_//'. Mules with .silvi TV spots and bars; females nearly plain olivaceous; lins spotted. 



"tt'l. F. ll<>t<'roclitUS (L.) Giintbi-r. Common h'iUilixli ; Mummichog; Sult-irutrr 

 Minnow. 



Uoily thick-set, short and deep; anteriorly broad, posteriorly com- 

 pre-vse.l. the lack elevated; head rather short, blunt, broad and Hat on 

 top: eye moderate, about equal to snout, about half the width of inter- 

 orbital space and one-fifth of the length of the head: lins moderate, the 

 dorsal inserted in males midway between snout and tip of caudal ; in 

 females farther back; oviduct attached to anterior ray of anal lin, its 

 open in:;- near the tip of the ray; teeth in broad bands, pointed, the 

 outer series enlarged. Coloration in males dark dull green, the belly 

 more or less orange yellow; sides with numerous quite narrow ill- 

 delined silvery bars made up of spots, most distinct posteriorly: besides 

 these are numerous conspicuous white or yellow spots, irregularly scat- 

 tered ; vertical lins dark, with nnmeious small round pah- spots; dorsal 

 often with a blackish spot on its last ray: anal and vent nils yellow 

 anteriorly; under side of head yellow; youn.n males sometimes with 

 dark bars. 1-Ymalcs nearly plain olivaceous, lighter below, without 

 spots or bars, the scales finely punctate; sides sometimes with a few 

 faint \crlical shades. Head .'5' r j ; depth .T r J. J). 11 ; A. 11 ; scales ;><i-l.">; 

 L. ;>-."> inches. Maine to Mexico, everywhere very common in brackish 

 waters, the mo>t abundant of our ('i/prhuxltnifiilir. Southern specimens 

 perhaps reach a larger si/e (var. f/rniulix) than northern, and some speci- 

 mens (var. iiisriih'iifus) have the head \\itler than usual. 



' .,/>;/;< /!/./- Hi, i \.. S\>l. \;il.: /,,,., ^^-ul.nlim. Milch. Tran>. Kit. A. 1'liil. S<T. N. 

 Y. i. Ill ' Fundulltt piaculeittus of most Ann-ricai 1 aulliur>: l-'tiilttlt<x ; l>rii |)rkav, N. ^. 

 Kaiina. l'i-li. '.'I-. I-I-J: / iiniliiliix </nui(tix liaii'd iV (liranl, I'mc. Acad. Nat. Sci. I'liila. 

 :. .:-.!: / mi, lulus ,/rii<lix i -ir.ird. I. S. Mr\. Ilonnd. Snr\ . Irlil li. li! : i'nnditlim jlon- 

 ih ;/.s/'.v ( ;irard. I'l oc. A' ad. Nal.Sci. I'liila. I- ".'.', \'.~i : i'nnditlim j>i*< ul< ntim Stun-r, I-'isli. 

 Mas,. -.".M; (Jiinih.T, Cal. Ki>li. llril. .Mils, vi, 3 



Dm-.sal I'm ln-^iniiiii^ din-i-l ly alinM- ..rsli^lilly lirliind anal. ( \i nixiini* .lor.) 



.l..rdan. Hull. liiiH'. goo. \:il. Ilisi. 1-71',. 1 J-.' : type .\i-ninin<t *t< Ilij, r<t .(or. 

 a sin-prise.) 



