49. CYPK1NODONTID.E - ZYGONECTES. 339 



mouth rather large ; jaws each with a series of long and rather slender 

 canine-like teeth, behind which is a band of small teeth 5 the canines 

 larger in the lower jaw; eye large; scales rather large ; dorsal fin short 

 and high, inserted slightly behind the anal in the males, exactly opposite 

 it in the females; caudal large; anal fin larger and rather lower than 

 dorsal; ventrals quite small; pectorals moderate. General color oliva- 

 ceous ; sides covered, especially posteriorly, with rather large, irregu- 

 larly placed orange spots, which also extend on the vertical fins; dorsal 

 dusky, with a dark bar ; head without red ; caudal and anal more or 

 less yellow; females obscurely marked; young with diffuse greenish 

 vertical bars. Head 3 in length to base of caudal ; depth 4. B. 5; 

 D. 7 or 8 ; A. 10 or 11 ; Lat. 1. 33 ; L. transv. 10. L. 3-4 inches. San 

 Sebastian River, Florida. The largest species of the genus, looking 

 like a Fimdulus. 



(Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1879, 327.) 



548. Z. tSoc-flpEEJBODS (Cope) Jor. 



General form of Z. notatus ; lower jaw somewhat projecting ; external 

 series of teeth in both jaws enlarged ; eye large, 3^ in head. Olive gray, 

 scales with ochre borders; fins yellow, broadly edged with crimson. 

 Head 4J; depth 5. D. 10; A. 13; scales 29-10. L. 2^ inches. Elvers 

 of Colorado. ( Cope. ) 



(Haplochilus floripinnis Cope, Zool. Lieut. Wheeler's Expl. W. 100th Mer. v, 695, 1876. 



549. Z. liiacatus Garman. 



Brownish, finely punctulate with brown; white below; lips, top of 

 head, and a line along middle of back dark ; tail with faint transverse 

 bands. Moderately stout, compressed. Crown flat. Eye large, as 

 long as snout, If in iuterorbital width. Lower jaw slightly longer. 

 Outer teeth long, slender, curved. First ray of dorsal almost opposite 

 first of anal, one-third the distance from base of caudal to front of eye; 



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caudal truncate. Head nearly 3; depth 4 J. D. 11; A. 14; V. 6; P. 15; 

 Lat. 1. 36; L. transv. 12. Northeastern Wyoming. (Garman.} 

 (Garman, Bull. Mus. Zool. viii, No. 3, 88, 1881.) 



rt. Skies with a broad, dark lateral band ; fins plain or speckled. 



55. Z. nolatus (Raf.) Jor. Top Minnow. 



Body rather slender, compressed behind. Head low, depressed, and 

 rather elongate, the snout somewhat produced, the lower jaw scarcely 

 projecting; interorbital space broad, its width about half length of 

 head; eye large, less than snout, about 3 in head. Fins moderate, the 



