CoG Bulletin 4J^ United States National Museum. 



Fintdnlns chrysidns, Holbkook, MS., 186(1. 



Uaphniiilus chri/sotns, GiiNTHEK, Cat., VI, 317, 1860, Charleston, South Carolina. 



ZijtjinuHi'S i-hrijmlns, JouUAN & Gilbert, Synopsis, ;!42, 18S3; Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 



1884, 319. 

 ZijgoncHcK ciugulalus, Jouhan & Gilbert, Pmr. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 586; not of OuviEU & 



Valenciennes. 



»62. Fl'NDULl'S CINOrLATlS, C'uvier & Valenciennes. 



Head 3i ; depth 3t ; eyes modenite, 3i iu head. D. 7; A. 8; scales 

 34-10. Body rather short and deep, compressed posteriorly ; back ele- 

 vated; caudal peduncle deep. Head uot large, flat, broad between the eyes ; 

 mouth moderate; outer row of teeth long and slender, behiud whicli is a 

 baud of smaller teeth ; large teeth nearly equal iu each jaw. Scales 

 large. Dorsal fin short, its rays moderate, 2i in head ; anal larger than the 

 dorsal, its rays long, 2 in head ; ventrals short, 2^ iu head; i)ectorals If in 

 head. General color olivaceous; scales edged with dusky, forming a few 

 faint longitudinal stripes ; about 15 faint dark vertical bars, interspaced 

 with light orange, which is more plain posteriorly; almost everywhere 

 numerous, small, black points; belly orange; fins all blood red, fading to 

 dusky in alcohol. South Carolina to Florida, in coastwise swamps ; not 

 rare ; here described from the specimens taken by Bollmau in Escambia 

 River at Flomaton, Alabama, (chujulaiiis, belted.) 



FiiiKhihin ciu'jiilalHK^ CuviER & VALENCIENNES, Ilist. Nat. Poiss., XMil, 197, 1846; (D. 8; A. 10); 



"United States." 

 Zygotiecles ciiigulatitx, Jordan,* Proo. U.S. Nat. Mus., 1886, 527, redescriptiou of type; Boi.lman, 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1886, 463. 



963. FUNDULUS NOTTIIf (Agassiz). 

 (Star-headed Minnow.) 



Head 3^ ; depth ii; eye large, 2| in head. D. 7 or 8; A. 9 or 10; 

 scales 36-10. Form of body much like that of Funduliis clispar, compressed 

 behind. Head broad and somewhat concave above, narrow below ; inter- 

 orbital space fully i the length of head, IJ^ the diameter of eye; snout 

 obtuse, shorter than eye; outer row of teeth, above and below, enlarged 

 and recurved. Pectoral fin f the length of the head; ventrals slightly 

 shorter, attaining the vent ; dorsal and anal low, little higher than ^ the 

 length of the head ; first ray of dorsal situated slightly behind the first 

 anal ray, and over about the seventeenth scale in the longitudinal series ; 

 distance from the snout to the first dorsal ray passing beyond the tips 

 of the caudal rays ; distance from the first dorsal ray to the base of 

 the caudal reaching forward to the insertion of the pectoral. Belly 

 and ground color on lower half of body silvery ; sides with 6 narrow 



* Fnndulus cingnhUus, CuviER & Valenciennes. In the original type, head broad and flat; 

 eye large, 3 in head. Distance from front of dorsal to caudal half the distance to front of eye. 

 Teeth rather strong. Caudal long. D. 7; A. 8. Scales about 33-10, but as some are lost, this 

 count is unctrtain. Head 373 in length; depth 4J<^. Boily crossed by (about 16) narrow cross 

 bands, which are quite distinct, and narrower than the interspaces. Begion below eye silvery, 

 not dark. 



t The following is the scanty original description of this species: 



Ziigonectex n(}ttii, Agassi'/.: "The darker continuous longitudinal lines alternate with fainter 

 interrupted ones. Males with distinct transverse bands; dark olive above, fading ujion the sides; 

 silvery below. Oi)erculum, throat, and space in advance of the eye oi'ange color. Collected by 

 Dr. Nott at Mobile, Alabama." 



