y4 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY III. 



Table showing the Distrihtdion of the Species in the Different IHver-Basins—CoutinneH. 



' Zyrjonettes atrilatuK, sp. dov. — A abort, tbick-tet species, related io Z. 7)iclanops Copo. Body sbort 

 •itsd stout, compressed, especially posteriorly, tbe depth about "1 times in tlie length to base of caudal. 

 Head moderate, 31- times in length, moderately broad and flattened above, the mouth of the ordinary 

 sort. Dorsal fin well back, moderately high, of about 8 rays; anal larger than the dorsal, with seven 

 lays: ventral flns quite small, not reaching quite to the anal : pectoral tins .small : caudal fln rounded, 

 of the usnal form: scales large, in about 30 transverse series. 



Coloration dull olive; no stripes nor bars: scales slightly dark-edged: each .side with a large jet-black 

 blotch ou the sides of the body just above and somewhat in front of the vent: dorsal and anal fins 

 speckled. 



Numerous specimens, IJ to IJ inches in length, nearly all females, distended with spawn. In all, the 

 black side-blotch is very distinct. They were taken by Messrs. Brayton and Gilbert, in the Xeuae 

 River, near Goldaboro', with loa vitrea, Noturus eleutherus, Achirus lincatus, and other interesting 

 species. < 



