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men known to us is a single one taken by Professor Gilbert at Panama 

 in 1883. This specimen has been destroyed by fire, and the species is 

 not represented iti the National Museum. 

 Smithsonian Institution, August 15, 1884. 



DESCRIPTION OF Zijqoneclcs zovifer, A NEW SPECIES OF ZYGONEC- 

 TES, FROM NASHVILLE, GEORGIA. 



By DAVaJD i^. JORDAN and SKTH E. mEEK. 



Head, 3|; depth, 4f. D.7;A.9. Scales, 30-11. Length (28505,':Nasli. 

 ville, Ga.), 2f inches. 



Body moderately elongate, compressed, the head comparatively broad 

 and depressed, the anterior profile somewhat concave above the eyes, 

 thence a little convex to the dorsal. Head anteriorly rather j)ointed in 

 profile, the snout nearly as long as eye, which is about half the broad 

 interorbital space and 3i in head. Teeth quite small, the outer little 

 enlarged. Scales rather small. 



Dorsal fin much smaller than anal, and inserted nearly over the end 

 of the first third of that fin. Anal higher than dorsal, as well as longer, 

 both fins highest in the male, in which they reach very nearly to base 

 of caudal. Insertion of dorsal midway between front of eye and tip of 

 caudal. Caudal rounded, about as long as head. Least depth of cau- 

 dal peduncle half length of head. Pectorals 1| in head, reaching 

 slightly past front of ventrals. Ventrals nearly reaching anal, If in 

 head. 



Color of specimen with highest fins (supposed to be male) dark olive 

 above, with the edges of the scales a little darker; sides somewhat sil- 

 very, with 12 sharply defined black cross-bars, not half as wide as the 

 interspaces, nearly vertical, those near the middle of the body a little 

 farther apart and a little more distinct than the others. No longitudinal 

 streaks. Fins without ocelli. Caudal entirely plain. Dorsal and anal 

 with distinct cross-streaks of dark dots. 



Other specimens (perhaps females) with the color a little darker; the 

 black cross bands broader and more sharply defined; a conspicuous 

 black blotch below the eye; fins colored as in the others. 



This species is founded on three specimens, all about equal in size, iu 

 fine condition, taken by Mr. W. J. Taylor in a tributary of the Alta- 

 maha (Upper Suwannee River), near Nashville, Ga., and by him sent 

 to the U. S. National Museum, with Pcecilichthi/s quicscens, Notropis 

 nietaUicus, Elassoma cvergladei, and other interesting si^ecies. The 

 specimen of the latter species, larger than the original types, shows an 

 api)roach in coloration to E. zonatum, showing faint vertical bars and a 

 dusky scapular spot. Its depth is 4J in length of body, the form being 

 considerably more elongate and less compressed ih?mva. E. zonatum. 

 The scales are about 32-15. 



Smithsonian'Institution, August 15, 1884. 



