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In the genus Xoiemgomis, as already noticed by Dr. S. A. Forbes, 

 the gill -rakers are numerous, slender, and comparatively long. In the 

 allied genus, Richardsonius, of the Pacific coast, the gill-rakers are few 

 and very short. 



11. Dorosoma cepedianum exile, Jordan & Gilbert. 35195, 35232 to 35'<i39. 



The numerous specimens, large and small, seem to be referable to the 

 slight variety exile, established by us on Galveston specimens. Exam- 

 ples, 13 inches long, have the depth 2| to 2^^ in length ; those 7 inches 

 long, 2| to 3. The number of anal rays seems to vary considerably, 

 the following numbers being counted on nine specimens: ii, 30 5 ii, 31 j 

 ii, 32 ; ii, 33 ; ii, 34 (3) ; ii, 35 (2). 



Scales about 58 ; scutes 17 + 12. Dorsal rays 1, 12. Dorsal fila- 

 ment about as long as head. 



12. Esox venniculatus, Le Sueur. 35208. 



Color very dark ; fins somewhat dusky. Sides with about 30 nar- 

 row, reticulating cross-streaks ; a dark bar below eye. Lips blackish. 

 B. 11-12. D. iii, 13. A. ii, 12. Eye very slightly before middle of head. 

 Head 3^ in length. 



13. Fundulus ? ocellaris, Jordan & Gilbert. 35226 (6<? ) ; 35227 (4 $ ). 



Numerous specimens of a species of Fundulus, which seems to agree 

 with Fundulus ocellaris in all tangible respects, but differs widely in 

 color from the types of that species, as will be seen from the following: 



Males with about 15 sharply defined cross-bauds, as broad as or 

 broader than the silvery interspaces. A few dark dots on upper parts. 

 Dorsal and anal with pearly dots. Few or none of these on body. 

 Females light olive, with many small dark spots, which form obscure 

 series. Larger spots, as large as pui)il, scattered over sides of body. No 

 trace of dark cross-bands. Dorsal with a conspicuous black ocellus on 

 its last rays, as in F. ocellai is. 



Dorsal fin low and small, inserted a little before the small anal. 

 Oviduct extending around base of first anal ray. D. ca. 10; A. ca. 10. 

 Scales 34-13. Head, 3f in length ; depth, 3|. luterorbital width, 2-^ 

 in head. Eye equal to snout, 4^ in head. Largest specimen 2^ inches 

 in length. 



In spite of the marked difference in color, I hesitate to regard this as 

 specifically distinct from Fundulus ocellaris. 



14. Zygonectes chrysotus, (Giinther). 32412 (6) ; 32414 (6) ; 32420 (4). 



? Fundulus cingulatus, Cuv. & Val. <? ?. 



Zygonectes cingulatus, Jordan & Gilbert. Not Uydrargyra luciw, Baird. 



Numerous specimens agreeing well with the description given by us 

 in Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 586, c^f Zygonectes cingulatus and with Dr. 

 Giinther's Haplocliilus chrysotus. It may be the Fundulus cingulatus 

 scantily described by Valenciennes, but of this there is no certainty, 



